Marketing Agency Temporarily Halts Operations after Ransomware Attack

A marketing agency announced just days before Christmas that it would be temporarily suspending operations as it works to recover from a ransomware attack. Sandra Franecke, CEO of the Heritage Company, sent a letter to employees that the company would … Continue reading Marketing Agency Temporarily Halts Operations after Ransomware Attack

Securing Your Network in Preparation for the Holidays

The holiday shopping season is upon us. Kicking off with Small Business Saturday – a chance for customers to explore local or regional small businesses, and continuing throughout the month of December. With the increase in internet traffic to bus… Continue reading Securing Your Network in Preparation for the Holidays

Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform

Cybereason, which uses machine learning to increase the number of endpoints a single analyst can manage across a network of distributed resources, has raised $200 million in new financing from SoftBank Group and its affiliates.  It’s a sign of the belief that SoftBank has in the technology, since the Japanese investment firm is basically doubling […] Continue reading Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform

Gadsden Independent School District Discloses Malware Attack

Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) announced that it was working to recover from a malware infection on its network. Travis L. Dempsey, superintendent of the Sunland Park school district, posted a notice about the attack on GISD’s website… Continue reading Gadsden Independent School District Discloses Malware Attack

Duo’s Wendy Nather to talk security at TC Sessions: Enterprise

When it comes to enterprise security, how do you move fast without breaking things? Enter Duo’s Wendy Nather, who will join us at TC Sessions: Enterprise in San Francisco on September 5, where we will get the inside track on how to keep enterprise networks secure without slowing growth. Nather is head of advisory CISOs […] Continue reading Duo’s Wendy Nather to talk security at TC Sessions: Enterprise

Ransomware: A Persistent Scourge Requiring Corporate Action Now

ASCO is the latest headline-making organization to be hit by ransomware, prompting many companies to consider what to do to minimize their risk. Continue reading Ransomware: A Persistent Scourge Requiring Corporate Action Now

Best Practices for exporting sensitive database data and transforming it whilist keeping it encrypted?

Say one has to export database data to use in another tool, such as an Excel Spreadsheet or for use as a csv file with some other program.

There’s a problem with this, and that’s that it ends up in an unencrypted form on the… Continue reading Best Practices for exporting sensitive database data and transforming it whilist keeping it encrypted?

Alphabet’s Chronicle launches an enterprise version of VirusTotal

VirusTotal, the virus and malware scanning service own by Alphabet’s Chronicle, launched an enterprise-grade version of its service today. VirusTotal Enterprise offers significantly faster and more customizable malware search, as well as a new feature called Private Graph, which allows enterprises to create their own private visualizations of their infrastructure and malware that affects their machines. […] Continue reading Alphabet’s Chronicle launches an enterprise version of VirusTotal