• February 3, 2020

    How Deadly is Ransomware and How Effective are the Protections Against It? Picture the following scenario for a moment: It's a seemingly typical day at the office for your business. People are busy and coffee-driven. Everything is unfolding as it...

  • June 11, 2019

    BlueKeep: There's a Report For That With BlueKeep exploits looming large, knowing your exposed risk could save your time, money and business. Syxsense has added the “BlueKeep At Risk Devices” report to every console. Our dynamic architecture helps you stay...

  • June 7, 2019

    NSA Urging Users to Patch BlueKeep Vulnerability The National Security Agency has recently issued an urgent advisory to all Windows-based administrators and users to ensure they are using a fully-patched and updated system. Last month, Microsoft released additional security updates...

  • April 19, 2019

    How Forgotten Legacy Systems Could Be Your Downfall This article originally appeared in Infosecurity MagazineSome companies just simply swear by the adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and continue to run workstations and servers on legacy systems. Take...

  • November 14, 2018

    An unfortunate fact for IT departments is that they will, at some point, face a malware crisis. Here's how addressing malware normally plays out. At some point after the infection occurs, usually much later, it gets noticed. Whether by pure...

  • October 16, 2018

    Europol Cybercrime Report 2018 According to Europol’s 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report, ransomware is the top threat to organizations. This report sites ransomware as the largest player in financially-motivated attacks. It also points out the increase in...

  • September 5, 2017

    Is BitPaymer going to be bigger than WannaCry? On August 25th, a handful of Scottish hospitals was infected with the BitPaymer ransomware. This group of hospitals, responsible for more than 654,000 residents, was also hit during the WannaCry ransomware event...