Cyber attacks have become a common ongoing issue for small businesses. Entrepreneurs need to be proactive. Here are 10 things small businesses should do immediately to protect their websites from a cyberattack.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/09/protect-your-website-small-business.html
From Krebs on Security:
“Deloitte, one of the world’s “big four” accounting firms, has acknowledged a breach of its internal email systems, British news outlet The Guardian revealed today.
Deloitte has sought to downplay the incident, saying it impacted “very few” clients. But according to a source close to the investigation, the breach dates back to at least the fall of 2016, and involves the compromise of all administrator accounts at the company as well as Deloitte’s entire internal email system.”
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/source-deloitte-breach-affected-all-company-email-admin-accounts/
Brian Krebs reports: “More than a week after it said most people would be eligible to enroll in a free year of its TrustedID identity theft monitoring service, big three consumer credit bureau Equifax has begun sending out email notifications to people who were able to take the company up on its offer. But in yet another security stumble, the company appears to be training recipients to fall for phishing scams.”
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-or-equiphish/
Engadget reports: “The malware that hackers inserted into legit downloads of popular PC-cleaning software CCleaner wasn’t harmless after all. According to Cisco’s Talos security division, it had specific targets: at least 20 tech titans, including Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Sony, HTC, Linksys, D-Link, and Cisco itself.”
http://www.engadget.com/2017/09/21/ccleaner-malware-targets-tech-titans
Over the last day or two, several Mac users appear to have been locked out of their machines after hackers signed into their iCloud accounts and initiated a remote lock using Find My iPhone.
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/20/hackers-find-my-iphone-remote-mac-lock/
