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Cyber News Rundown: WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Install Spyware

Reading Time: ~2 min. WhatsApp Exploited to Install Spyware through Calls A serious flaw has been discovered in the messaging app WhatsApp that would allow an attacker to install spyware on a victim’s...

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A Cybersecurity Guide for Digital Nomads

Reading Time: ~3 min. Technology has unlocked a new type of worker, unlike any we have seen before—the digital nomad. Digital nomads are people who use technologies like WiFi, smart devices, and...

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Cyber News Rundown: Banking Trojan Closes Ohio Schools

Reading Time: ~2 min. Banking Trojan Shuts Down Ohio School District After the discovery of the banking Trojan known as Trickbot, an Ohio school district was forced to cancel school since they were...

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A Chat with Kelvin Murray: Senior Threat Research Analyst

Reading Time: ~4 min. In a constantly evolving cyber landscape, it’s no simple task to keep up with every new threat that could potentially harm customers. Webroot Senior Threat Research Analyst Kelvin...

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Global Privacy Concerns: The World’s Top Five Cities Using Invasive Technology

Reading Time: ~ 4 min. Cities are expanding their technological reach. Many of their efforts work to increase public protections, such as using GPS tracking to help first responders quickly locate the...

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What Defines a Machine Learning-Based Threat Intelligence Platform?

Reading Time: ~ 4 min. As technology continues to evolve, several trends are staying consistent. First, the volume of data is growing exponentially. Second, human analysts can’t hope to keep up—there...

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Cyber News Rundown: Popular News Site Breached

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. News Site Suffers Data Breach Flipboard, a news aggregation site, recently revealed that it’s been the victim of a data breach that could affect many of their more than 100...

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The Importance of the MSP Sales Process

Reading Time: ~ 3 min. I’ve been in this business a long time, and I can honestly say that many MSPs lack a concrete sales process structure. That’s pretty worrisome because, let’s face it, you have to...

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Sit Down With Robert Scott: Senior Director of Development Operations

Reading Time: ~ 3 min. The main focus of Webroot’s Senior Director of Development Operations is collaboration with engineers to advance the architecture of cloud services, and that’s no easy task.   In...

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Cyber News Rundown: Medical Testing Service Data Breach

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Quest Diagnostics Customers Affected by Third-Party Breach The medical testing organization Quest Diagnostics has fallen victim to a third-party data breach that could affect...

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Cyber News Rundown: Radiohead Hit by Ransomware Hack

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Radiohead Refuses Ransom, Releases Stolen Tracks The band Radiohead recently fell victim to a hack in which 18 hours of previously unreleased sessions were ransomed for $150,000....

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Cyber News Rundown: WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Install Spyware

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. WhatsApp Exploited to Install Spyware through Calls A serious flaw has been discovered in the messaging app WhatsApp that would allow an attacker to install spyware on a victim’s...

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Cyber News Rundown: GPS Vulnerabilities in Tesla Vehicles

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Multiple Tesla Models Vulnerable to GPS Attacks Though it’s not the only manufacturer to offer GPS navigation in their vehicles, Tesla has once again suffered an attack on their...

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Streaming Safer Means Streaming Legally

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. It’s been more than a decade since Netflix launched its on-demand online streaming service, drastically changing the way we consume media. In 2019, streaming accounts for an...

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Webroot DNS Protection: Now Powered by the Google Cloud Platform

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. We are excited to announce Webroot® DNS Protection now runs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Leveraging GCP in this way will provide Webroot customers with unfailing security,...

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Webroot DNS Protection: Now Leveraging the Google Cloud Platform

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. We are  excited to announce Webroot® DNS Protection now runs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Leveraging GCP in this way will provide Webroot customers with security, performance,...

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Cyber News Rundown: Second Florida Ransomware Attack

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Second Florida City Pays Ransom Following the news that Riviera Beach, FL would pay the ransom demanded by cyberattackers, the mayor of Lake City, FL has announced that the city...

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Cyber News Rundown: Major Spike in Magecart Attacks

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Magecart Attacks See Spike in Automation The latest attack in the long string of Magecart breaches has apparently affected over 900 e-commerce sites in under 24 hours. This...

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Cyber News Rundown: Evite Data Breach

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Over 100 Million Accounts Exposed in Evite Breach More than 100 million users of Evite were exposed after the company’s servers were compromised earlier this year. While the...

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Out from the Shadows: The Dark Web

Reading Time: ~ 4 min. You’ve likely heard of the dark web. This ominous sounding shadow internet rose in prominence alongside cryptocurrencies in the early 2010s, eventually becoming such an ingrained...

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