Virus Alerts

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There is a Cyber Risk that is not an old tool, but the use of the tool is increasing. The tool is malicious botnets. Botnets are the not-so-secret weapons of cyber criminals. They are armies of compromised devices, all under the control of a single bad actor.
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The recent notification by Microsoft about the exploitation dubbed “Follina” shows how desperate cybercriminals are to take advantage of a zero-day flaw with an official patch that has not yet been released. However, cyber experts have suggested disabling the MSDT protocol and using unofficial…
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You are being diligent with your cybersecurity training, you are not opening suspicious e-mails, and then it happens... You get a regular, old message from a colleague inviting you join a group or open an important file through your SharePoint access.
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Okay, I have your attention with a flashy title and blast from the past with hamburger icon, Clara Peller, but it is important to share that we need to “beef up” the rhetoric to stop the desensitization to cyber crime. Businesses are dying. Heck, people are dying. Yes, people are dying because…
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Sick of hearing about the rising tide of ransomware attacks? So is the RTF. The Institute for Science and Technology created the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) in December, drawing delegates from state, national and international government, law enforcement, cybersecurity insurance, security…
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 River Run received the following security update from ParkMobile this afternoon: "In March, ParkMobile, the developer of the MKE Park app, became aware of a cybersecurity incident linked to a vulnerability in a third-party software which we use. In response, we immediately launched an…
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With over 94% of text messages read and over 45% responded to, it is no wonder why there has been an explosion of “Smishing” (just like e-mail phishing, but by text) in 2020. We have all gotten sick and tired of the daily spam and junk e-mail, so tools and our own common sense have us only…
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In this article, I address growing security issues including, "What is clear is that there is no single framework that can become a magic bullet for an employer to deal with cybersecurity concerns now and in the future. This is truly a risk mitigation game." River Run can help. #cybersecurity…
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Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, many governments are moving into the “delay” phase of their strategy to fight the virus. This includes social distancing techniques including closing schools and asking people to work from home. Elsewhere, people are having to or opting to work remotely to…
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And so it begins, hackers are using the COVID-19 map to infect your systems and data. Please read and pass along - especially to those you may have working remotely who may get a link like this and download it.
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