November 7, 2023
Good morning, everyone!
This week’s critical vulnerabilities:
Patch All the Things! |
Beware of "reship packages" jobs
Really interesting expose last week from Brian Krebs, Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’:
One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Here’s a closer look at the Russia-based SWAT USA Drop Service, which currently employs more than 1,200 people across the United States who are knowingly or unwittingly involved in reshipping expensive consumer goods purchased with stolen credit cards.
Worth the read. It's important to understand how cyber crime works!
Do you have a copy of that somewhere?
Last week I read an interesting piece, My Office Just Burned Down to the Ground:
Yes, most of us have moved our most important systems to the cloud: accounting, HR, ticketing, and sales and marketing. However, if you have been in business for over 10 + years, there is a good chance that there are a ton of paper files that were not transferred into something like SharePoint, DropBox or other cloud data repositories. Or they were moved into a storage facility that could also potentially go up in flames or be destroyed by other natural causes (like hurricanes, tornados, or floods, which are frankly more common than a fire).
The article lists 6 documents that businesses should be be sure to store copies of in the cloud ASAP, and it got me thinking about people and their homes. What are some of the most important documents in your life that you should have an extra copy of somewhere? A few that come to my mind:
- birth certificates
- car titles
- deeds
- bills of sale for other important purchases
- insurance binders
- contact lists
- tax returns
What else can you think of? Start working on your backup copies!
Stay cyber safe this week!
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Have a great week!
Glenda R. Snodgrass
grs@theneteffect.com
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