Apple has partnered with PayAnywhere, a mobile credit card reader service that is currently used at over 300,000 locations in the United States. Apple Pay is already supported by the largest banks, retailers and credit unions in the country, and the latest integration with PayAnywhere allows small businesses to take…
Businesses of All Sizes Open to Cyber Attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If our federal government can get hacked, so can you. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management admitted its databases had been breached. In other words, 4 million federal employee records were stolen. As evidenced by other recent breaches at Sony, Target…
Small businesses under-prepared for cyber security
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Although there has been heavy media coverage of information security issues in the past year, more than half of Britain’s small businesses say that they aren’t taking any preventative measures to protect themselves against cybercrime. According to a survey by identity…
Local businesses protect others from cyber-security threats
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s usually kidnapped people – not a hijacked computer – that are held for ransom. “Once that machine is encrypted by the malware, the hacker contacts you with a ransom note to your screen: ‘If you want the keys to encrypt…
PBSO: Men used stolen credit cards at three businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Authorities are asking for help identifying men who used stolen credit cards at three stores in Palm Beach County this month. The credit cards were stolen during a vehicle burglary that happened between Feb. 1 and Feb….
Perfect security impossible, but businesses work to avoid cyber hacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads Growing instances of cybercrime — criminals penetrating the data systems of businesses, organizations and people — has many in Frederick County working to address the threat. “Because anything you do on the Internet can be hacked,…
Intel Security warns of six social engineering techniques targeting businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The report encourages businesses to address and educate employees on the “six levers of influence” being used in the digital world by hackers. According to the report endorsed by the European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3), all businesses and employees should be…
RansomWeb: Crooks Start Encrypting Websites And Demanding Thousands Of Dollars From Businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In another startling development in the world of cyber crime, malicious hackers have started taking over website servers, encrypting the data on them and demanding payment to unlock the files. A large European financial services company, whose name was not disclosed,…
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Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TAMPA — Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of what is going on…
(VIDEO) DON GLIDEWELL — The threat of cyber crime to businesses is real
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads If you think that cyber crime isn’t a threat to your business, think again. The topic came into the mainstream during the holidays with the cyber attack on Sony Pictures. If you are a business owner…