Updated Safeguards Rule - What You Need to Do On October 27, 2021 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced changes to the FTC Safeguards Rule in order to protect consumer data. The new cybersecurity rules were published on December 9, 2021 and require compliance by December 9, 2022. Who's Affected? [...]
Chrome users urged to update as Google patches seventh zero-day exploit this year Late last week, Google rolled out emergency fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3723, has been described as a type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine. Successful [...]
Microsoft Patches a New Zero-Day Affecting all Versions of Windows Microsoft has confirmed another Windows zero-day vulnerability already being exploited by attackers. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2022-37969, is a privilege elevation vulnerability in Windows Common Log File System Driver. It impacts Windows versions from 7 right up to 11 [...]
Need Protection on a Minimal Budget? We've Identified 3 the Top Phishing Tools You Should Implement Now. Human element continues to drive breaches, with 82% of 2022 attacks involving a human element (2022 Verizon Data Investigations Report). As phishing continues to be the most common go-to attack, we've (with [...]
Warning for Employees and Businesses that use Direct Deposit The latest phishing scam involves direct deposit, with emails being specially crafted to the targeted organization. Scammers impersonate an employee, often by establishing an email address using the employee’s name and utilizing display name spoofing in the messages. The malicious [...]
Google Chrome’s latest update has a security fix - users are urged to apply when notified Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser on Windows, Mac and Linux to fix a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited actively by cyberattacks. Successful exploitation of the [...]
Did you know a magnitude-2.3 earthquake struck parts of northern New Jersey Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This recent event, coupled with the incoming storm season serves as a reminder to have a Disaster Recover plan in place. Developing a plan offers assurance to both employers and their [...]
On Wednesday, Apple backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. If you own the following devices an update is needed: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini [...]
Another BMT Recommendation Proven Safe! As you probably have heard by now, Last Pass, the world's largest password manager was breached last week. The breach appears to have been of the development servers, facilitated by a compromise of a LastPass developer account. The breach has been contained and there [...]
It seems hardly a day goes by without a new report of a cyberattack. The average ransom payment shot up 82 percent from 2020 to 2021. By the middle of 2021, the number of ransomware attacks was up more than 150 percent over the entirety of 2020. These numbers are [...]
Did you know the median financial impact of a breach over the past year is $21,659, with 95 percent of incidents falling between $826 and $653,587? Of these attacks 85% involved a human element. Phishing emails are one of the most popular attack vectors for cybercriminals, with scams becoming [...]
Two weeks ago we reported an issue Microsoft was having with Outlook. Emails were unusually slow/delayed. We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of other ways to connect with us if email is not the best option. You can always connect with BMT! Connect With Us Via [...]
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