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Myth-busting Antivirus Assumptions The number of new viruses grows every day. In fact, McAfee recently registered a 605% increase in total Q2 COVID-19 themed threat detections, contributing to the millions already in existence. While there is no way to know when or how cyberattacks will occur, it’s clear that antivirus software is one of the best ways to ensure you, and your devices, are safe. Despite its efficacy, there’s speculation surrounding the effectiveness of antivirus. To set…

Sixty-five percent of MSPs increased their revenue from delivering cybersecurity services even during the recession brought on by the pandemic, according to Kaseya. Image: iStockphoto/iBrave As COVID-19 expanded the office perimeter, IT teams at small and midsized organizations charged with keeping remote workers secure have increasingly turned to managed services providers. Cybersecurity is becoming more and more critical to SMBs–77% of MSPs reported that their clients were hit with a cyberattack, according to Kaseya’s newly-released 2021…

Beware of scams this tax season Length: 7:39 | Mar 29, 2021 Cybercriminals are using phishing emails on tax filers to scam them out of money. Be careful which emails you click on. Source link

Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked hackers. German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that email accounts of multiple members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) were targeted with a spearphishing attack. The messages were sent by threat actors to the private emails of the German politicians. The attackers are suspected to be hackers of the tracked as Ghostwriter group…

Weak passwords are dangerous to your organization Length: 10:01 | Mar 29, 2021 People are still using “Password” and “123456” to secure their accounts, NordPass says. Ensure strong security for your business. Source link

US Imprisons BEC Scammer A Plano resident has been sent to prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fraud and money-laundering scheme that victimized school districts, charities, and senior citizens.  In October last year, Babatope Joseph Aderinoye was found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering; wire fraud; aggravated identity theft; and mail fraud.  According to court documents, the 30-year-old would obtain fake passports in the names of other people, then use…

We’re excited to announce that registration for DockerCon LIVE 2021 is now officially open! Taking place on Thursday, May 27th, the one day virtual event brings together all of the application development technology, skills, tools and people to help you build, share and run applications faster. And the best part? It’s FREE.   Attendees will: Learn about the latest Docker features and technology updates See live, on-demand technical demos Talk to a panel of experts and…

In the previous blog post we spoke about the fact that Kubernetes is “just another thing to manage”. That is the case for cloud architects and operators that are responsible for providing Kubernetes as an endpoint within the clouds they are managing. Alongside other cloud services that the business needs. In this blog post we will look at the most common use cases that are relevant for cloud architects to consider when creating cloud services…