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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: Wedge News
…And Another Municipality Falls to Ransomware…
Ransomware attacks against municipalities have been hitting various cities around the U.S. as of late. We saw the Ryuk malware hitting Jackson County and provided an overview of how various ransomware strains are hitting governments across the globe, however, Spiceworks … Continue reading
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Tagged Detect and Block, Municipalities, Ransomware, Unprepared, WedgeAMB
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Equifax Downgraded: Financial Costs of Cyber Attacks Far Outweigh Actual Ransom or Remediation
Who watches the watchers? It was very telling to read the news recently on (ZDNet, Forbes) highlighting the downgrade of credit monitoring agency Equifax by credit ratings agency Moody’s (Moody’s lowered Equifax’s outlook from stable to negative last week (May … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Latest Security News, Wedge News
Tagged Credit Monitoring Agency, Cyberattacks Impact Bottom Line, Detect and Block vs Detect and Remediate, Equifax, Financial Costs Outweigh Remediation Costs, Ongoing Financial Strain, Proactive vs Reactive Security, WedgeAMB
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Is the Dazzling Future of the Smart City at Risk? How Can Smart Cities Protect Themselves Against the Effects of Ransomware?
The dazzling future of the Smart City; where governments are always connected -managing traffic lights, pollution control, and the power grid – all the way down to full home automation, from smart garage door openers, to your intelligent Google Nest … Continue reading
Targeted Ransomware Attacks Are On the Rise and are Crippling Local Governments: How Can They Protect Themselves?
Targeted ransomware attacks being perpetrated on local government entities is on the rise. Although the ransoms demanded are often relatively small, typically under $100K, the overall costs to remediate the attack and the damages inflicted by downtime and decreased efficiencies … Continue reading
Warning Investors of Cyber Security Risks to a Business’ Operations, Profitability and Share Performance – The New Norm?
This article from ZDNet was of particular interest to us as a Network Security Company and really hit home how much potential financial impact Cyber-Attacks can have on any and all private and publicly listed companies. The cloud-based team collaboration … Continue reading
Hackers Can Now Give You… Tumours!
Security in the Healthcare industry has been coming up a lot in the news lately, but not just for the hacking of patient data or the ransoming of hospital infrastructure; that has been the norm in the past. The latest … Continue reading
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Save Patient Zero!
Owing to the onslaught of ever-evolving malware, firewalls will typically offload an inconclusive scan to a sandbox in order to properly identify whether content is safe or malicious. This is how it works: Your firewall will attempt to use Deep … Continue reading
IoT and Smart Cities – Protecting Them From Growing Security Concerns
I was fortunate to participate and present at the 2019 Smart Cities Summit and Expo in Taipei, Taiwan last week representing Canada’s leading cybersecurity Industries in a visit facilitated by the Alberta Taiwan Office and the Alberta Economic Development and Trade – Trade … Continue reading
Responding to the Need by MSSPs for a Next Generation Secure Web Gateway, Wedge Announces the Release of its Wedge Intelligent Web Shield™
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – February 25th, 2019 – In response to MSSP’s need for in-depth monitoring and visibility, advanced threat detection, and support for mobile/remote office users, Wedge Networks, the global leader in Orchestrated Real-time Threat Prevention, is pleased to announce the … Continue reading
Android App Store and the Growing Threat to Mobile Devices and the IoT
As the popularity of the Android OS grows, powering not only phones but increasingly tablets, TV boxes, and a host of other IoT devices; its rapidly increasing install base becomes a double-edged sword. The Android platform has become quite ubiquitous … Continue reading
