Security News

How SMBs can protect themselves from hacks and data breaches
2018-04-13 11:16

Identity Guard SVP Jerry Thompson shares cybersecurity tips for budget-constrained startups and SMBs.

Ransomware Targets SMBs via RDP Attacks
2017-11-17 15:49

A series of ransomware attacks against small-to-medium companies are leveraging Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to infect systems, Sophos reports. read more

Most SMBs are not worried about their business being hacked
2017-10-27 11:45

America’s small business owners may want to consider placing a greater emphasis on cyber awareness and best practices year-round. According to a new survey by Paychex, 68 percent of small business...

Samba Update Patches Two SMB-Related MiTM Bugs
2017-09-22 15:00

Samba released three security updates, including two related to SMB connections that could be abused by an attacker already on the network to hijack connections and manipulate traffic or data sent...

13% of SMBs have experienced an IoT-based attack (Help Net Security)
2017-09-08 13:36

One in four companies have already experienced a ransomware attack and one in eight have dealt with an IoT-based attack, according to Arctic Wolf Networks. As mid-market companies continue to...

SMBs Eye Managed Security Solutions: Survey (Security Week)
2017-08-04 16:10

Webroot commissioned Wakefield Research to query 600 SMB IT decision makers in the US, UK and Australia to discover current attitudes towards IT security among companies with less than 500...

Most SMBs plan to outsource IT security this year (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 21:36

96 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US, UK, and Australia believe their organizations will be susceptible to external cybersecurity threats in 2017. And although...

22% of SMBs hit by ransomware had to cease business operations (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 19:38

More than one-third of small and medium-sized businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, a new Malwarebytes report claims, and 22 percent of these impacted businesses had to...

Windows SMB Zero Day to Be Disclosed During DEF CON (Threatpost)
2017-07-26 13:00

Microsoft has said it will not patch a two-decade-old Windows SMB vulnerability, called SMBloris because it behaves comparably to the Slowloris attacks. The flaw will be disclosed and demonstrated...

Millions of Devices Remain Exposed via SMB, Telnet Ports: Rapid7 (Security Week)
2017-06-15 17:21

Despite being exploited in wide-spread malicious attacks, SMB, telnet, RDP, and other types of improperly exposed ports continue to put both enterprises and consumers at risk, a new Rapid7 report...