The only thing to be afraid of when it comes to cybersecurity is not having a plan.

 

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Here's a quick checklist of things you should do when your email has been compromised.

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Recent research has shown changes in the effectiveness of various phishing attacks.

Cofense, previously PhishMe, issued a report based on 1,400 clients in 23 industries in more than 50 countries that notes that 7.5 million phishing emails were reported in 2017 alone. But the effectiveness of phishing campaigns has shifted.

In prior research, users were most emotionally motivated to open emails that made them feel a sense of urgency, fear or opportunity. Those three emotional motivators have now been replaced with entertainment, social and reward/recognition.

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If you want to know what’s happening in top cybersecurity threats right now, ask the FBI.

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A recent ransomware attack against the city of Atlanta took its computers offline for over a week while city officials, along with the FBI, attempted to remedy the situation without paying the hackers $51,000 in Bitcoin. 

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We have recently been made aware of a sophisticated email phishing campaign targeting law firms and other businesses. 

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Did you miss our CEO Michael Kemps' recent webinar on preparing your firm for the inevitable client audit?

 

Fortunately, we recorded it for you.

Topics: Webinars, Client Audits, Cybercrime, cybersecurity

Are you preparing for your holiday vacation? Planning to do a little work while you're away?

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Firms' information technology departments are no longer immune to client audits. 

Join our CEO Michael Kemps for a special webinar review of the biggest security threats to law firms and how to prepare for a client audit. 

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Just after the school year commenced, Steve Bradshaw, superintendent of the Columbia Falls, Montana, schools got a menacing text from a number he didn’t recognize. The cyber thug behind the message made a myriad of threats – including physical harm to district students and staff and releasing their personal information – unless a ransom was paid in Bitcoin. The community was thrust into a panic, and the district closed its 30 schools for three days.  Was this response warranted or appropriate?

 

Topics: cybersecurity, Cybercrime, Ransomware, Information Governance, Information Security

Did you know that this month is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month? 

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by Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Story republished from The Conversation.

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Everyone knows by now that it's important to have a strong password. But how do you know if yours is strong enough? 

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