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Many people are asking if text messages are safe, especially when it comes to 2FA Multifactor?
Many banks are still using this technology over app based protections and with so many companies now in the S7 ring, the attacks are happening more frequently now.
Continue reading “How is SS7 and text hacking happening and how are they doing it?”
Sterling IT is a company that provides IT services and solutions to various clients. In 2015, they faced a major data crisis when their vendor, who hosted their email and remote desktop servers, suffered a complete system failure and lost all their data. The vendor had promised to have geolocation backups, but they all failed as well. Fortunately, Sterling IT had their own external backups with different providers, and they were able to restore their clients’ data and operations. This story shows the importance of having external backups and not relying on the source provider alone.
We are often asked why dropbox over free onedrive?
Why should I pay for something I can get free?
One of the biggest reasons, besides what we see below, if that Dropbox’s primary product is Dropbox, and if this product fails, the whole company does.
On the other hand Microsoft, Google and others have a suite of products meaning that they are not reliant on one product, and therefore can “sometimes” not put the effort in. I am in no way saying this cant or wont change in the future
Ransomware security awareness video by cyber.gov.au
As spam, and more importantly, phishing and other malicious emails are becoming a more and more serious issue, companies are installing email filters such as TopSec Blockmail or Barracuda.
These mail filters scan the emails on many levels and use AI, keyword triggering, blacklist lookup and many other ways to determine if an email is safe to deliver or not.
One of the most basic checks, yet not well understood, is the SPF record (Sender Policy Framework). (more information at WIKI as well)
Continue reading “What is SPF in anti-spam, How do I set it up to allow email through and prevent from blocking?”
