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US Railroad reports data breach AFTER a Ransomware Attack
A US Railroad company, RailWorks Corporation, reported a data breach after a Ransomware attack occurred. The exposure 3,500 Personal Identifiable Information (PII) of their employees (current and former), dependents and beneficiaries. Not only did RailWorks have to deal with the RansomWare, but also the exposure of a data breach of PII information of their employees.…
The Agency in charge of security for the White House gets Hacked.
“It’s a painful irony that the agency charged with providing secure comms for the White House has fallen victim to a data breach.” The hack also could have grave implications for the upcoming presidential election, especially with the memory of Russian interference in 2016 still fresh in many minds. There already has been evidence that…
62% of Cyber Attacks are on small businesses.
Call us for your Security Assessment Today! There are so many companies that I have run across that feels that it will not happen to them – Until It Does… He is a sample of the cost to your business and reputation. Many companies never fully recover. Customers don’t return because of the lack of…
How fast can your computer get Infected?
I performed a test on an old laptop with a fresh build of Windows 7. No Anti-Virus – No Firewall – No Patches… I took this poor innocent laptop and plugged it directly into the internet, bypassing my firewall. 32 Seconds! I was a little amazed, surprised and frightened. After 32 seconds, the CPU went…