Monthly Archives: August 2020

Popular Anti-Malware Products Are Failing to Recognize Notable Threats: Time to Replace Out With WedgeARP!!

A brief but interesting article happened across my desk that made me pause and ponder the state of the popular and established cybersecurity solutions currently on the market.  Namely, the article from ITProPortal.com  that declared that “Half of anti-malware products fail to … Continue reading

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Wine and Spirits is Not Immune To Ransomware: Real-time Threat Prevention is Key to Securing Confidential Information

It’s turning out that Wine and Spirits will be potentially drowning their sorrows in drink as U.S. alcoholic beverages giant Brown-Forman was hit by a cyber attack recently.  In this attack, attributed to the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators, the attackers were found … Continue reading

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Ransomware Partly to Blame for Company Being Forced Into Financial Restructuring: Could Your Firm be Next?

Just a brief blog today about the dire results of a ransomware attack that hit foreign exchange company Travelex.  Stemming a ransomware attack that hit the company in December 2019, in conjunction with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been … Continue reading

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Garmin Ransomware Attack: How Malware Had a Massive Effect on Global Positioning Services

An interesting ransomware case affected one of our co-workers recently as he went hiking in the Rocky Mountains.  This being that his Garmin GPS was out of commission as he was trying to navigate himself through the wilderness.  The good … Continue reading

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