“While cameras do provide added security, this recent popular camera system software issue demonstrates that even when it comes to security devices, we must be diligent in securing our systems.”

– Todd Hepler, Digitek Security

Taylor Hatmaker wrote the following article for Tech Crunch.

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“Microsoft Office users stay on your toes! According to recent studies, Office documents are the delivery mechanism of choice for malicious macros used to infect your computers.”

– Glenn Baruck, eDot Solutions

Kacy Zurkus wrote the following article for Info Security Magazine.

Listen up Microsoft users, according to a recent article written by Kacy Zurkus for Infosecurity Group, Microsoft Office documents accounted for the delivery of nearly half of all malicious macros in August 2018, according to Cofense. A recent blog post found that the macro remains the email attachment of choice for delivering malicious payloads. Of all the mechanisms analyzed, 45% of attackers used these documents to deliver malicious macros, including Geodo, Chanitor, AZORult, and GandCrab.

According to researchers, the macro is a top choice because it either is enabled on a machine or only requires a single mouse click to be enabled. According to the experts at Cofense, this makes it simple to launch the first stage of an infection chain. Read the rest of this brief but informative article to find out more.

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“Despite additional media coverage and increased warnings phishing attacks are not going away. They are still increasing, and more company employees are falling for the bait than ever.”

– Glenn Baruck, eDot Solutions

Michael Hill wrote the following article for Info Security Magazine.

Despite frequent news coverage and repeated warnings business, email fraud attacks continue to rise. Cyber-criminals are busier than ever sending more fake emails than ever before to defraud organizations, according to a new report, Protecting People, from Proofpoint. The firm analyzed more than 600 million emails, revealing that the number of email fraud attacks per targeted company rose 25% from the previous quarter, and 85% from the same time last year.

Learn more about this trend in this article written by Michael Hill Acting Editor, Infosecurity Magazine as Michael goes into further depth about who Cyber-criminals are targeting and what you can do to thwart these attacks.

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“Caring is always good but when it comes to marketing and brand success how much does it matter? The answer is not a simple one, as this excellent infographic demonstrates.”

– Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

Laura Forer wrote the following article for MarketingProfs.

Is social impact significant for your brand? Some experts say business is business; nonetheless, most people appreciate brands that also do some good in the world. At times that good comes directly from a product, but even brands that create less altruistic products often still have a positive impact. That impact can be critical to consumers, especially young ones. More than half of young people have purchased a brand or product to show support for an issue the brand represented, and 40% have stopped buying because a brand did not align with their values. These stats are based on a report by DoSomething Strategic, the data-driving consultancy arm of DoSomething.org.

The marketing question becomes “Does it make sense for your brand to be part of social change?” Check out the infographic to learn more.

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“Digital customer service may not be the holy grail it was made out to be. However, if you have an open mind you can use this to your advantage.”

– Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

Steve Hartert wrote the following article for MarketingProfs.

Digital technology was supposed to make customer service better, faster, and seamless. Instead, according to Steve Hartert and many other marketing professionals, (I included); it may have exasperated a problem that many thought it was helping to solve. In this article for MarketingProfs, Steve does an excellent job of exposing the pitfalls of digital tech when it comes to customer service and outlines an outstanding plan on how to use these shortcomings to your advantage versus your competition.

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