Once complete, 5G will dramatically improve quality of service, and extend that quality over a broader geographic area, in order for the wireless industry to remain competitive against the onset of gigabit fiber service coupled with Wi-Fi. The 5G transition plan, once complete, would constitute an overhaul of communications infrastructure unlike any other in history. ….
Will 5G change the way you do business?
Smuggling malware into the power grids of rival states risks making tensions higher, especially when the rules of the game are yet to be established. … The New York Times has reported that the US has escalated its plans to place malware in Russia power networks, in response to similar and ongoing online incursions by Russia-backed hackers. This is the latest development in online hostilities involving power grids; energy companies have long been the targets of cyber-espionage, but in recent years the intent has switched from spying to creating outages.
How are you preparing your business for cyber-ware attacks?
The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers’ demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted. … According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat…
CBSNews.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Have you or will you ever pay a ransom?
A young woman recently contacted me for help: a hacker gained access to her Instagram and Snapchat and started sending her friends “nudes” she had taken. She tried many times to regain access to her account – often arduous efforts requiring she send social media companies selfies with dates and codes – but every time she regained access, the intruder locked her out again and forced her to start from scratch.
When I heard her story I was surprised; in these cases a password reset is usually sufficient. After digging a bit deeper I was astounded by the brutal effectiveness of the hacker’s strategy – so complete it left his victim with no recourse to regain her accounts.
TheGuardian.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Could your business survive this?
The group behind a malware campaign targeting both Windows and Android devices in an adware operation across both Europe and the US have altered its attack techniques and added new payloads including a cryptominer and a Trojan in an apparent bid to make more money from infected devices.
Have you checked to see if your security software blocks the latest version of Scranos?
ASCO, one of the world’s largest suppliers of airplane parts, has ceased production in factories across four countries due to a ransomware infection reported at its plant in Zaventem, Belgium. As a result of having IT systems crippled by the ransomware infection…
Any guess what this is costing the firm?
Orange County based real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003… The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. … this would potentially include anyone who’s ever been sent a document link via email by First American.
Have you done business with First American Financial?
There is a reason why 60% of computers are breached each year. Traditional solutions no longer even see the newest threats. The info-graphic below helps explain why this is.
How are you protecting yourself against next generation threats?
For more than two hours on Thursday, June 6, a large chunk of European mobile traffic was rerouted through the infrastructure of China Telecom, China’s third-largest telco and internet service provider (ISP). … …But if any other ISP would have caused this incident, it would have likely been ignored. Alas, it was China Telecom, and there’s a backstory.
Do you think we should be concerned by this?
Sixty eight percent of people believe they’re doing all they can to protect themselves against cyberattacks. …Perhaps surprisingly, it’s the older generations which has more confidence about how they’re protecting themselves online, with three quarters of those over 45 confident that they’re doing all they can to protect against data loss. …the higher confidence among older web users could be based on a naivety about the malicious threats that are out there on the internet, while younger users are aware of cybersecurity issues – but still aren’t addressing them.
How confident are you that your security is sufficient?
The most expensive offering on the market is provider information which can be used to forge a medical background, an alarming prospect given the harm which could be done when someone who hasn’t qualified poses as a medical professional. … The cybersecurity firm also found a vast array of forgeries available and for sale. For between $10 and $120 per record, you can buy fake prescriptions, labels, sales receipts, and stolen healthcare cards.
Has your healthcare info been stolen? What was the result?
With the right combination of software tools (plus the unavoidable hard work, long nights, and grit), you could find yourself with a thriving business… [Here are some of] our favorite small business apps into each of these categories. All apps mentioned here have a 4+ star rating with more than 100 reviews (with only a few exceptions for awesome, lesser-known apps).
AppSumo.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Have you used any of these apps? Give us your feedback!
You might not realize just how many tasks can be carried out via your smartphone, but if you’ve got the right apps, you can do pretty much anything. … we’ve collected some of the top apps that will turn your phone into an outsourcing machine.
PopSci.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Have you used any of these apps? Give us your feedback!
I’d advise the following ground rules to best prepare for doing battle against an unseen and dangerous foe. Purchase a second smartphone as your secure communication device. If you’re on a budget, buy an older, used model from a reputable source. … Use your main smartphone for all of life’s normal, unsecured stuff like social media, email, online shopping, and casual text messages; ONLY use your second smartphone for secure communication — nothing else. Ensure your second device an iOS device.
Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Do you carry two phones?
Here’s the thing about passwords: They’re terrible. Passwords are easy to hack, easy to lose and hard to use.
Worse still, passwords guard some of our most valuable digital assets.
Are you ready for alternatives to passwords?
Cryptocurrency is one of the man’s groundbreaking invention in finance, offering beneficial alternative avenues to the people who have limited access and benefit from what society presents. The rapid changes in cryptocurrency open an ample room for many possibilities in the near future. Three ways it will change your life…
Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Have you used Bit-Coins, yet?
“In 1998, Steve jobs convinced me to leave Compaq behind to join a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. They made computers. But at that moment at least, people weren’t interested in buying them. Steve had a plan to change things, and I wanted to be a part of it. He wasn’t just about the i-Mac or the i-Pod or everything that came after.
He was about the values that brought these inventions to life: the idea that putting powerful tools in the hands of everyday people helps unleash creativity and moves humanity forward; that we can build things that help us imagine a better world, and then make it real.”
Inc.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
What ideas drive you?
If you just want your passwords and banking information to stay secure, then a VPN is already obsolete. HTTPS keeps your passwords and other information inaccessible for hackers by utilizing strong encryption, no VPN required. However, if you want privacy, you’ll need a VPN.
Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Do you use a VPN?
The Navy SEALs use two breathing techniques that force the body into a more relaxed state when they’re in a high-pressure situation, and anyone can use them to control stress, says Everatt. “Tactical breathing” is a technique to use when you feel yourself having a fight-or-flight response.
Fastcompany.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
What techniques have helped you?
In the competition to lead the emerging technology race and the futuristic warfare battleground, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming the center of the global power play.
Forbes.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
What should we do?
Postings for cybersecurity had grown more than three times faster than other information technology (IT) positions and roughly 12 times faster than all other jobs. … There’s good reason behind the growth: Cybercrime caused an estimated $3 trillion in damages in 2015, according to research firm Cybersecurity Ventures. The company expects that figure to double to $6 trillion by 2021.
Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Are you having problems finding security help?
Welcoming criticism is not easy. It takes time to remove your emotions and build your character, but once you can do that you allow yourself to grow exponentially.
Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story.
What criticism have you received that changed your life?
Imagine that you are sitting in the boardroom of a major global drinks company, charged with producing a new product that will rival the position of Coca-Cola as the world’s second-most-popular cold nonalcoholic drink. How would you respond? … I’m fairly sure nobody would say is this: “Hey, let’s try marketing a really expensive drink that comes in a tiny can…and tastes kind of disgusting.” Yet that is exactly what one company did. … That drink was Red Bull.
Entrepreneur.com click the link to read the rest of the story.
What was your craziest idea that worked?
Deepfakes … made it possible for anyone to master complex machine learning; you just needed the time to collect enough photographs of a person to train the model. You dragged these images into a folder, and the tool handled the convincing forgery from there. The anonymous user had sparked “a war on what’s real,”
FastCompany.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
How are you planning to use AI?
Join the conversation on our Facebook Page!
Academics have discovered a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel processors that can allow attackers to retrieve data being processed inside a CPU. The leading attack in this new vulnerability class is a security flaw named Zombieload… academics say that all Intel CPUs released since 2011 are most likely vulnerable. Processors for desktops, laptops, and (cloud) servers are all impacted…
ZDNet.com click the link to read the rest of the story. Our FREE Tools can help!
Do you still use Intel chips?Join the conversation on our Facebook Page!
A new generation of Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), now taking root on desktop computers, may soon make the jump to your smartphone, changing how you download apps — and where they come from — forever.
Onezero.Medium.com click the link to read the rest of the story.
Is it time for the end of the app store?
A collective of Russian and English-speaking hackers are actively marketing the spoils of data breaches at three US-based antivirus software vendors. The collective, calling itself “Fxmsp,” is selling both source code and network access to the companies for $300,000 and is providing samples that show strong evidence of the validity of its claims. …
How much trust do you have in your Antivirus program to protect you?
Microsoft is rebooting and open sourcing PowerToys, the Windows 95 utilities that brought power users the popular Tweak UI, which allowed users to manipulate the Windows user interface, and over a dozen other tools. Microsoft is planning to publish previews of PowerToys utilities via GitHub this summer…
Did you use Power Toys?
Chances are high that your iPhone or iPad is an absolute treasure trove of personal information that you don’t want falling into the hands of others. And while iOS does a great job of keeping data safe, it’s possible to make the device a lot more secure.
Here are settings you should check (and change) and tweaks you should make to harden the security and lock down your device.
Have you hardened your iPhone from threats?
The chip on show at Amazon’s MARS event is many times more efficient than conventional silicon chips. … The chips, being developed … at MIT, … promise to bring powerful artificial intelligence to a multitude of devices where power is limited. … New AI chips could make warehouse robots more common or let smartphones create photo-realistic augmented-reality scenery.
Are you waiting to use robotic devices in your operation?
