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Cybersecurity (20)

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70% of Consumers Believe That Businesses Aren’t Doing Enough to Secure Their Personal Information

Cybersecurity trends can teach us to learn from past mistakes. They can predict future problems and can enable us to be better prepared for future...

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Out-of-Date Applications Rank as a Top Vulnerability–Do You Still Have Flash Installed?

When it comes to out-of-date applications, please don’t ignore them. While Adobe’s Flash Player officially hit its end of life on January 1, 2021....

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3 Quick IT Best Practices for Law Firms

It’s safe to say that law firms see their IT as mission-critical to their success. A simplified breakdown of IT for a firm could be described as —...

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The 3 Most Common Phishing Techniques Used to Attack Your PC

When it comes to phishing attacks, a few techniques are most commonly used to attack PCs. Data from cybersecurity company Proofpoint analyzed...

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IRS Publication 4557 – Safeguarding Taxpayer Data

CPA firms are lucrative targets for hackers. They store, send, and receive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for a living. Because CPA firms...

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Bending the Truth on Your Cybersecurity Insurance Application? See How It Cost a Healthcare Provider $4.125 Million.

If you’ve considered bending the truth or “lies by omission” on your cybersecurity application, we strongly encourage you to reconsider. The...

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Hacker Tracker | February in Review

Where are we in the world of cybersecurity? It’s easy to miss the cybersecurity threats and attacks happening right in our “backyard”. Our goal at PK...

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New Ransomware Trend “Pay or Get Breached” Is on the Rise

A troubling new ransomware trend is gaining momentum. Known as the “pay or get breached” trend (also called the “double extortion” scheme), it gained...

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55% Increase in Healthcare Breaches in 2020 from Previous Year

Among the many challenges of 2020, healthcare organizations in the U.S. took a big hit on the cybersecurity front. As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t...

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American’s Stolen Identities Only Worth $8 Per Record on the Dark Web

Like many of us, you’ve probably worried about what it would be like to get your identity or private information stolen. You’re careful with your...

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