We've Recapped the Most Popular Topics of 2022!With a almost full year of post-covid living, we see things somewhat back to status quo. We decided to take a look back and see what trended this past year - this intel shows how things are changing and offers insight as to [...]
On Tuesday, November 15th, the FTC postponed enforcement of some of the requirements of the revised Safeguards Rule. While many may be tempted to delay compliance efforts, we encourage you to continue taking necessary steps now. Why? Many requirements that were postponed (MFA, Encryption, and Service Provider oversight) take [...]
Know What to Look For This Season! 3 Top Black Friday/Cyber Monday Scams for 2022 The Thanksgiving holiday also brings two of the biggest shopping days of the year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. With inboxes soon to be flooded with bargains, sales and promotions, it's important to know [...]
*UPDATE* FTC Has Extended the Deadline for Compliance until June 9, 2023 For more information, view the FTC news release The new Safeguards Rule requirements go into effect on December 9, 2022, are you ready? The Federal Trade Commission has updated the Safeguards Rule to include new requirements to [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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