Cybersecurity

The Role-Playing Game Your Business Needs Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercises strengthen your business. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, threats to cyber environments loom larger than ever before. Cyber-attacks are not just problems for tech giants; every business, big or small, is a potential target. But how do you prepare for threats that can mutate faster […]

Introduction In the rapidly evolving realm of cybersecurity, staying a step ahead of potential threats is paramount. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plays a pivotal role in shaping cybersecurity guidelines to ensure data protection. Building on its established framework, NIST Special Publication 800-171, the institute introduced NIST 800-172, designed to enhance defense […]

Introduction The increasing importance of data security has ushered in various cybersecurity frameworks. Among the most prominent is the NIST Special Publication 800-171, which focuses on the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems. Boasting 110 controls spread across 14 families, this guideline offers a comprehensive approach to safeguarding sensitive data. A Deep […]

Managed Cybersecurity Providers keep you secure. In today’s interconnected world, where data forms the backbone of many businesses, cybersecurity is no longer a luxury but a necessity. As cyber threats grow in number and sophistication, many organizations are turning to managed cybersecurity providers to safeguard their digital assets. But what is a managed cybersecurity provider, […]

Introduction Cybersecurity, in our digitized era, is akin to a game of chess. As the opponent evolves, so too must the defenses. Among the various guidelines and controls stipulated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Control 3.13.12 stands out for its emphasis on session protection. This often-overlooked aspect […]

Just a few weeks ago, we asked how many more patch Tuesdays we had left before pieces of the cookie began to crumble a bit. Microsoft answered the question by issuing an out-of-band update when one of their patches recently failed, and left users unable to authenticate. For this specific situation, you must manually download […]

Being Human is hard, because no one gave us a handbook. How to process emotions, how to tap-in to Potential, how to have a BulletproofPC?  We don’t really understand ourselves as a species, and certainly don’t understand how our perspective frames our viewpoint…and how our viewpoint presents our experience. Take this idea, and apply it […]

The past two years have handed small and medium-sized businesses a whole host of problems, such as supply chain issues, recruiting woes, and staff retention difficulties. Unfortunately, while dealing with these urgent challenges, the vast majority of those companies have been failing to prepare for a threat that’s been grabbing headlines with increasing frequency at […]

Businesses of every size and in every sector are at risk from growing cyber threats—those are just the facts. With awareness of the danger growing, more and more companies are looking at ways to protect themselves when they’re hit with a malware attack or data breach (and I do mean when, not if), which is […]

The growing crisis between Ukraine and Russia may seem a world away for most US businesses, but government agencies caution that cyber threats may be closer than you think. On Tuesday, February 22, just moments after President Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites in response to Putin’s decision to send troops to […]

Cryptocurrency’s growth in popularity is now (finally!) being matched by its growth in accessibility. Until recently, those looking to buy, sell, or trade cryptocurrency would have to go through the tedious process of getting set up on a cryptocurrency exchange; a process so unexpectedly cumbersome that it deterred many would-be investors. Today, however, familiar money […]

As if there isn’t enough news of crisis in the Cyberworld, such as nation-state threats and career criminals using malware automations, now your problem could be safely incubating inside your own fence. Specifically, a WordPress backdoor that leads to the front door of your business where all the keys hang.  Introducing CVE-2021-24867. The trouble centers […]

Do you know what a logging library is? What you don’t know could hurt your organization—severely. On Thursday, December 9, a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting many versions of Apache’s Log4j 2 Java logging library was publicly announced. Since then, hackers have been busily scanning the internet for instances of Log4j vulnerable to the flaw, called […]

By: Craig Petronella, Founder of USA Best Cybersecurity Solutions, HQ in Raleigh, North Carolina In the 21st century, banking and other financial transactions have joined the long list of activities that are powered by computers. We pay bills online, make purchases with credit cards, and move and invest our money on the web. This convenience and […]

It’s not your imagination—the number of significant data breaches and cyberattacks is on the rise. Among the latest prominent victims is Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus, who recently notified 4.6 million customers that information associated with their online accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party in May 2020. [i]  In addition to notifying customers, the […]

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The malware crisis is alarming enough on its own, but seeing the reaction of “Big Tech” raises even more concern. There exists a blockchain called “Sia” that was created to be a platform for decentralized data hosting. Anyone can use free space on their PC to be a host, and the data is seeded across […]

Colonial Pipeline, a company that operates over 5,000 miles of gasoline and jet fuel pipelines from Texas all the way to New York, is the latest known victim of a cyberattack so fierce that they were forced to shut down operations yesterday. Colonial Pipeline carries almost half of the entire East Coast’s fuel supplies.  While […]

This past weekend, the personal data of over half-a-BILLION Facebook users was posted in a low-level hacking forum, including full names and phone numbers, email addresses, and biographical and demographic information. The only real upside to this breach is that the data is going on two years old, as it appears to have been stolen […]

It’s been almost a year now, since the pandemic seemingly turned our worlds upside-down in what was seemingly an instant.  Many workers who had never worked remotely began doing so on a regular basis.  And while that was immensely helpful in curtailing the spread of the physical virus, e-viruses have flourished, as anyone with even […]