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Online Gamers and eSports are at Risk for Cyberattacks

The global online gaming industry is worth close to $100 billion today with an estimated gaming audience of 2.2 billion. Unfortunately, this growth isn’t without risks. Case in point: Steam, the most popular gaming platform, has a 125 million membership base. A critical security vulnerability which has existed for at least ten years may have exposed up to 15 million active clients’ sensitive information, including their bank accounts. eSports revenues are expected to reach $1.65 billion by 2021. According to the E-Sports Entertainment Association League (ESEA), 1.5 million gamer profiles were hacked into last month. The stolen information included the […]

The Real Reasons You Need to Get to Windows 10 Now

According to a February 2018 report from StatCounter, Windows 10’s share of the market is 43%, Windows 7’s is 42%, with the remaining 15% using Windows 8 or Linux. All support for Windows 7 will discontinue on January 14, 2020, just 17 short months away. Office 2019 will not be supported on Windows 7 or 8.1, when it comes out early next year – giving you another reason to upgrade. But the most important reason to get off the earlier versions of Windows have to do with cybersecurity. Here is what you need to know. If You are Still […]

Find Out Why Cybercriminals Love Accounting Firms So Much

Even though the tax season is wrapping up for individual returns next week, accounting firms shouldn’t breathe easy on April 18th. In fact, much of the data they process daily is exactly what bad actors want to get their hands on. Why? Because accounting firms hold the same, if not more, information than banks do. They have multi-year tax returns, Social Security and direct deposit numbers, just to name a few pieces of valuable information. On a personal level, cybercriminals love to take the returns from the year before or capturing current tax information before it’s filed. These hackers often […]

Spectre and Meltdown Can Spell Big Trouble for All Technology Devices

Just this past week, the Software Engineering Institute announced that computer chips in most technology is vulnerable to a cyberattack – allowing bad actors the ability to access and exploit sensitive data stored on smartphones, tablets, desktops and even the cloud. The code name for the two chip vulnerabilities: Spectre and Meltdown. This blog will address what these threats are, how you can minimize your exposure to them and what to expect in the coming days and weeks. What is Spectre? Spectre is a vulnerability that forces other programs on a user’s operating system to access an arbitrary location in […]

(Equifax + Yahoo) Breaches = Cybersecurity Partner Decision

With the announcement last month regarding the personal and financial data of almost 146 million (and counting) U.S. consumers that have been compromised by the Equifax breach and the disclosure last week that all 3 billion Yahoo emails were hacked, there is a movement among all businesses to select an outside cybersecurity provider. But how does a business vet one? This post will focus on the essential elements of selecting the right partner and what all businesses can do to try and head off data and network vulnerabilities. In a Nutshell: What Went Wrong at Equifax and Yahoo While much […]

5 Common Sense Cybersecurity Tips Every Business Should Follow

I know it may seem hard to believe, but according to Keeper, of the 10 million passwords that were stolen in 2016, a full 17% of them were “123456”. Even more concerning, there are still people that use “password” as their password! In addition, cyber experts have cited that a segment of the population refuses to upgrade to the newest operating system and applications, even though they know the newer ones are more secure. For example, Wanna Cry ransomware could attack computers that used Windows XP and 7 Operating Systems. These operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft. Last, […]