SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Cost of Overlooked Cyber Attacks for Small Businesses. The cost of a cyber attack for small businesses specifically may not be quite so high, but the consequences can still be devastating. For those same reasons, small businesses are less likely to notice the attack or know how to contain it quickly.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2022

May 2 marks the start of National Small Business Week , a week that recognizes “the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners”, and promises to “celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of America’s entrepreneurs.” Thinking you are not a target.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. Therefore, it’s crucial that small businesses make cybersecurity a top priority.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 4, 2023

So what can small business owners do to quickly turn things around? Your small business may have adopted a working scheme that allows employees to work anywhere. In this case, it's vital to encrypt data in transit, so you don't have to worry about your employees using public Wi-Fi.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

PrismHR , a company that sells technology used by other firms to help more than 80,000 small businesses manage payroll, benefits, and human resources, has suffered what appears to be an ongoing ransomware attack that is disrupting many of its services. Hopkinton, Mass.-based PrismHR has not yet responded to requests for comment.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Small businesses and startups are known to face some extra challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Small businesses also often do not consider themselves to be a target, but you don’t have to be explicitly targeted to get breached or infected. Often security issues are just dealt with when the need arises.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Given the significant number of bad bots roaming the internet, all small businesses should be on guard. Why Are Small Businesses a Target? Small businesses often lack the resources and budget to leverage IT teams that can continuously monitor their databases for cybercriminals looking to exploit precious data.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, the truth is that businesses of all sizes hold valuable data in their hands, and cybercriminals work to create new sophisticated attack methods to acquire this information. An unfortunate reality for SMBs is that 43% of all cyberattacks target small businesses. Noisy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs.

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PCI perspectives

AUGUST 10, 2021

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has developed a set of payment protection resources for small businesses. Today’s blog focuses on using encryption to make payment data unreadable. In this 8-part back-to-basics series , we highlight payment security basics for protecting against payment data theft.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If you’re a small business owner, it’s crucial to understand the significance of cybersecurity and the steps needed to safeguard your data, customers, and company reputation. The Financial Impact of Cyberattacks For small businesses, the financial consequences of a cyberattack can be devastating.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

” How to protect your small business from ransomware As is true with all malware infections, the best defense to a ransomware attack is to never allow an attack to occur in the first place. Take on the following steps to secure your business from this existential threat: Block common forms of entry.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now more than ever, small businesses need a cyber security checklist when building and maintaining their websites. You must have an active SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate installed on your website server to effectively encrypt the communication between your website and your users’ browser.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Cloud Security Basics for Small Business Read More ». The post Cloud Security Basics for Small Business appeared first on TechSpective. The post Cloud Security Basics for Small Business appeared first on Security Boulevard. But it comes with cybersecurity risks, too.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Related: VPNs as a DIY tool for consumers, small businesses. VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. The sunsetting of Virtual Private Networks is underway.

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In an increasingly digital world, small businesses are just as vulnerable to cyber threats as their larger counterparts. Cybersecurity is not just a concern for big corporations; it’s an imperative function for small businesses as well. A single data breach can cripple a small business, and some may never recover.

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Cytelligence

AUGUST 8, 2023

Small businesses are increasingly becoming prime cyberattack targets in today’s interconnected world. While large corporations often make headlines when they fall victim to cybercrime, the impact on small businesses can be equally devastating, if not more so.

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Cytelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Securing your business data is crucial for the protection of your sensitive information and maintaining the trust of your customers. Secure Network Configuration: Ensure your Wi-Fi network is password-protected and encrypted using the latest security protocols (e.g., WPA2 or WPA3).

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

The software firm tested the tool and verified that it successfully recover the files encrypted with the REvil ransomware, now the company is providing the tool to its customers to help them to restore the encrypted systems. reads a statement published by the company.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

” Only, in every case the company mentioned as the “client” was in fact a small business whose payroll accounts they’d already hacked into. ’s victims led to dozens of stories over several years about small businesses battling their financial institutions to recover their losses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Even though encryption should be taken seriously by businesses of all sizes, only a small fraction of the corporate sector puts their back on it. Radicati Group reports that the total number of emails that businesses and consumers send and receive every day is expected to grow to a whopping 347 billion by 2023.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to protect your small business from social engineering Microsoft: You're already using the last version of Windows 10 Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission? Upcoming webinar: Is EDR or MDR better for your business? Google Authenticator WILL get end-to-end encryption.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

That’s because, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations are often hit the hardest by ransomware. Here are a couple factors to consider that might help reframe how we think about ransomware, who’s targeted and why small businesses can’t escape the gaze of ransomware groups.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 Trend Micro: Best for Small Businesses 14 $1.44 Sophos: Best for Home and Small Office Security 10 Acquired by Thoma Bravo 4.7 This also helps Fortinet make inroads into small business markets. Fortinet: Best for Network Security Perimeter Protection 15 $74.33

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2019

Please download and read the attached encrypted document carefully. Our {legal team | legal council | legal departement} has prepared a document explaining the {litigation | legal dispute | legal contset}. You have 7 days to reply to this e-mail or we will be forced to step forward with this action.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Holy Ghost ransomware gang has been active since June 2021 and it conducted ransomware attacks against small businesses in multiple countries. The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The threat actors asked victims to pay a ransom from 1.2

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SecureList

MAY 8, 2024

From high-profile breaches in healthcare and industrial sectors – compromising huge volumes of sensitive data or halting production entirely – to attacks on small businesses that have become relatively easy targets, ransomware actors are expanding their sphere of influence.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 22, 2024

Panelists unanimously agreed that cyber threats are increasing in both frequency and sophistication, posing significant risks to individuals, small businesses, corporations, and large public entities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

CISA adds Multiple Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server, Microsoft Windows Win32k, and Progress WhatsUp Gold flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

After an unsuspecting victim opens a malicious email or visits an infected site, ransomware begins to encrypt critical files hosted on the victim’s local machine. Putting it in hard numbers, the average business will spend around $133,000 recovering from a ransomware attack. Cybercriminals love ransomware because it’s profitable.

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Hot for Security

MAY 21, 2021

has shut down operations after extorting regular users and small businesses of almost 9 Bitcoin, the equivalent of around $365,000, in a matter of weeks. In typical ransomware fashion, the attackers gave victims a Readme.txt file containing instructions on how to recover their encrypted files – pay 0.1

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Many small business use pre-formatted questionnaires that ask for information they don’t actually need for day to day operations, and it’s hard to keep track of data they no longer need. Encrypt personal data. While that may seem like kicking in an open door, it’s really not. It’s a bit harder to stop there.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Ransomware attacks via email: Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts an organization’s data, holding it hostage until a ransom is paid. Email encryption: Encrypting sensitive emails protects the confidentiality of their contents during transit and storage.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. The Onyx ransomware group doesn’t bother with encryption. Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted. In encrypt mode, small files encrypted, others overwritten.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

Small businesses generally don’t have time to dip into logs several times a day, monitor every aspect of endpoint security via complex management consoles, or jump from point product to point product to stay on top of security. Instead, they want a few good tools that do a lot for them and don’t require much in the way of babysitting.

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