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Kaspersky ThreatPost- Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records August 31, 2022
- Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger August 30, 2022
- Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms August 29, 2022
- Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise August 26, 2022
- Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras August 25, 2022
- Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version August 24, 2022
- Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning August 23, 2022
- Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers August 22, 2022
- iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days August 19, 2022
- Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year August 18, 2022
Category Archives: Industry News
Is Ineffective Technology The Real Reason Why Cybersecurity Is Failing? We Disagree…
HelpNetSecurity.com posted a rather provocative article recently that postulated that the reason why cybersecurity was failing is due to ineffective technology. Although we can see how many might consider this to be an accurate representation of the cybersecurity industry right now, … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Latest Security News, Wedge News
Tagged Buyer Seller Disconnect, Can't Test Them All, Cyber Security Is Failing?, Efficacy Issues, Industry Disruption, Ineffective Technology, Ineffective Technology is Normal?, Innovation, Real-time Threat Prevention, Wedge Advanced Real-time Protection, WedgeARP
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Another Municipality Hit By a Cyber Attack / Cyber Fraud: Why Not Prevent These Occurrences Using WedgeARP – Real-time Threat Prevention?
Here’s an interesting case of a municipality that has lost money, not due to ransomware this time (unlike the other blogs that we’ve done such as: this, this and this) , but due to cyber fraud. Portageonline.com reported that the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone, in Manitoba, “was … Continue reading
Paying Ransomware Can Now Get You Sanctioned By the US Department of the Treasury: Here’s How Wedge Can Help!
A big ransomware game changer came down the pipe on October 1st, from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as they issued a Ransomware Advisory alerting companies of potential sanctions risks for facilitating ransomware payments. This has … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of the Treasury, Detect and Block vs Detect and Remediate, Government Sanctions Against Paying Ransomware, Malicious Cyber Actors, OFAC, Ransomware, Real-time Threat Prevention, Wedge Absolute Real-time Protection
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Edgecore Networks Partners With Wedge Networks to Integrate Wedge’s Absolute Real-time Platform into Joint Product and Solutions Offerings
24 September 2020 – HSINCHU, Taiwan and CALGARY, Canada: Edgecore Networks Corporation (Edgecore), the leader in open networking, delivering wired and wireless networking products and solutions to data centers, service providers, enterprises and SMB customers worldwide, has formally entered into … Continue reading
AI Automating Cybersecurity in Post-COVID World: Wedge can get you straight to Level 5…
A great article in Venturebeat was recently published that brought up the marked acceleration of using AI in the realm of cybersecurity. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are ahead of the curve in this regard and are evolving much more quickly in order to take advantage of the … Continue reading
RHEA Inc. Enters into Strategic Alliance With Wedge Networks
Leading cybersecurity and engineering solutions company, RHEA Group to offer Wedge Networks Absolute Real-time Protection platform – WedgeARP™ in Canada and across Europe and South America 10 September 2020 – CALGARY, Canada: RHEA Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada, offers bespoke … Continue reading
Popular Anti-Malware Products Are Failing to Recognize Notable Threats: Time to Replace Out With WedgeARP!!
A brief but interesting article happened across my desk that made me pause and ponder the state of the popular and established cybersecurity solutions currently on the market. Namely, the article from ITProPortal.com that declared that “Half of anti-malware products fail to … Continue reading
Wine and Spirits is Not Immune To Ransomware: Real-time Threat Prevention is Key to Securing Confidential Information
It’s turning out that Wine and Spirits will be potentially drowning their sorrows in drink as U.S. alcoholic beverages giant Brown-Forman was hit by a cyber attack recently. In this attack, attributed to the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators, the attackers were found … Continue reading
Ransomware Partly to Blame for Company Being Forced Into Financial Restructuring: Could Your Firm be Next?
Just a brief blog today about the dire results of a ransomware attack that hit foreign exchange company Travelex. Stemming a ransomware attack that hit the company in December 2019, in conjunction with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been … Continue reading
Garmin Ransomware Attack: How Malware Had a Massive Effect on Global Positioning Services
An interesting ransomware case affected one of our co-workers recently as he went hiking in the Rocky Mountains. This being that his Garmin GPS was out of commission as he was trying to navigate himself through the wilderness. The good … Continue reading
