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Executive
Review - How Secure is Your Data?
Organized Cyber Crime in 2008-
Breaks Trillion Dollar Mark!
Organized crime businesses have created
a Trillion dollar business, up from 105 billion in 2007.
This industry has exceeded the illegal drug trade industry!.
The sharp increase and almost certain trends will continue
as businesses slash spending in all areas including
information technology. Below are three great
articles that will give you a better idea of
what is going on, who is doing it and how relevant security
issues are to your organization.
Attacking
The SMB
SMB (Small & Medium Businesses) are under attack!
With shrinking budgets and economic pressures organized
crime units are targeting the low hanging fruit. Most
businesses are compromised multiple times and never
even know it ever happened.
A
Shadow Economy
An explanation of how under ground cyber criminal organizations
have all emerged over the past
two years to create a viable shadow economy, designed
to mimic real-world economies financially and structurally.
Cybercrime
Inc. Keeps Growing
This article covers the T.J. Maxx criminals that were
recently captured and other really interesting statistics
that help bring clarity to just how quickly this business
is growing.
2,000
Executives fall for scam - did you?
A
recent spear-phishing scam targeting business leaders,
mostly CEO's, tricking an estimated 2,000 executives
to fall for a subpoena scam. The email appeared
very real including the executives name, company's name
and even correct phone numbers. Spam filters didn't
pick up on this because it was distributed to such a
small amount of people and its authenticity and after
clicking on the link in the message a simple malicious
software program was then installed on the victims system
allow the intruder to compromise the system.
Are
you sending out Spam?!
Over
the past couple of months many of our clients have reported
problems sending and receiving emails. Turns out they
were on a spam blacklist and even on one occasion one
of their desktops was hosting a spam engine mass mailing
junk mail from their network! Contact us to
find out how you can check yourself, it is quick and
easy. With some quick and affordable measures
you can minimize the likelihood of this threat.
Compromised
Halloween web sites
Users
might end up with rogue anti-virus software
on their machines by searching for Halloween
costumes online. This has been one of the most frequent
calls we have been receiving from clients recently.
The Antivirus 2009 infection has created much work for
our team of technicians in the past couple of months.
News
and Events
Start,
Stop, Keep and Win!
Help
us discover our next great idea and win a party for
your entire business!
Security
Seminar - Nov 19th
The
Virginia Business Bank is partnering with Sklar Technology
to help business leaders learn more about an important
business issue- Data Security.
This is a great oppurtunity to network with Richmonds
elite executives, relax with light drinks and enjoy
learning. We hope to see you there!
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