The word “hacker” often has a negative connotation. Most of the time, the hackers we refer to or hear about are of the villainous variety, known as “blackhat” hackers. However, these [...]

It may seem like the hacking of cash register systems, or POS systems, are a thing of the past, but in reality they are still very much alive today as statistics gathered by the 2017 Data Breach [...]

There are those that purport that updating your Content Management System (CMS) is one of the most basic practices in securing your website, but what happens when hackers “reverse engineer” [...]

Background Ransomware isn’t a new phenomenon. The concept of holding locked files for ransom has been around since the era of the floppy disks. However, many will be surprised to find out that [...]

What is a blended attack? Depending on the context, a blended attack can refer to two different things. Generally speaking, a blended attack refers to the idea of using mixed techniques to invade [...]

This past weekend hit the world like a pile of bricks as nearly 100 countries were hit with the ransomware, WanaCry (or WannaCry, as many are prone to calling it). This malicious ransomware, like [...]

While the word “cloud” has been growing in popularity and the “IT-trend” in virtual circles everywhere, the past couple of weeks have been a tough one for the Cloud. The term “Cloudbleed” has [...]

While phishing and pharming did not gain momentum until the mid-2000’s, they have been a force to be reckoned with since they first made waves on the Internet. According to a case study by Wombat [...]