Security

In a global effort to combat the sale of stolen credentials, the FBI recently conducted “Operation Cookie Monster” which resulted in the take down of Genesis Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces. This operation was conducted alongside law enforcement agencies from Germany, France, and Finland. As part of this operation, 120 people were…

Nowadays, we all have a basic sense of computer literacy. We are repeatedly told to use passwords, be careful with suspicious emails, and lock our devices when not in use. However, there is a lot you can do before you even get to a computer system that will point your business in the right direction.…

Email is the number one way that small businesses communicate both internally and with clients. Its popularity comes from allowing people to multitask and having a “send it and forget it” kind of functionality. This popularity makes it dangerous, however. Email often sends messages in plain text, which means that the message you send across the internet is not encrypted and anybody that intercepts the message can read it.

Law firms are increasingly finding themselves to be targets for cyber criminals. This is not necessarily because law firms are making more money, but because they are storing more information than ever before.

Cyber-criminals are always searching for vulnerable networks. Hacking is a volume job: it is necessary to check as many potential victims as possible so that they can find their “golden goose.”