Xena Mensink

How to Improve Your Home Network Security

It’s no secret that over the last few decades, U.S. households have increasingly relied on internet access. However, that reliance has only gotten stronger in recent years due to the increased popularity of remote working and learning. Keeping this trend in mind, home network security has never been more important. With so many homes consisting of multiple internet users who stay actively ...

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Miguel Amado, CyberGhost

Protecting Your Connected Devices With Minim

There’s no need to explain why protecting your Wi-Fi is important for your business and home usage. With more and more connected devices and the growing number of cyberattacks, having a protected connection is fundamental.

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Laura Mogenytė, CyberNews

Learning Internet Safety for Parents

The children of today grow up in a digital world. From the phones in their pockets to smart appliances in the kitchen, the internet is everywhere. As beneficial as it can be, it does come with threats that may not have been present when their parents were children. For many parents, this leads to increasing concerns for online safety. You know you can’t keep children off the internet altogether, ...

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Xena Mensink

5 Cybersecurity Tips for 2022

At Minim, we practice cybersecurity awareness 365 days a year but October is a particularly relevant month to discuss online safety, as it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! While the world has returned to a certain sense of normalcy in 2022, the data scientists at Ladders project that nearly 25% of all professional jobs in the US will be remote by the end of the year. As the prevalence of remote ...

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Caleb McKee

Home Network Security Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021

October is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency's (CISA) Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and we pieced together the best advice for locking down home network security to celebrate. Home networks are common targets for obtaining personally identifiable information and performing malicious activity. IoT devices have been especially singled out as they jumped from 19% to 33% of infected ...

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Sam Stelfox

Enterprise Cybersecurity Roundup [September 2021]

Critical vulnerabilities found in Azure and Internet Explorer browser engine - Skip to details Zero-day attack vectors located in macOS and iOS devices - Skip to details REvil Malware-as-a-Service organization returns from hiatus - Skip to details

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Caleb McKee

Insider Threat Awareness: Defend your business from unforeseen harm

From 2018 to 2020, the damage from insider threats increased to $11.45 million and incident frequency rose by 47%. Fortunately, there are measures you can enact to prevent the theft and extortion of company assets. With September being Insider Threat Awareness Month, we consolidated resources and outlined details of how to keep your business safe from unexpected threats.

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Sam Stelfox

Enterprise Cybersecurity Roundup [August 2021]

Jupyter Notebook feature enabled by default was linked to a full-access vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB - Skip to details with mitigations and full report Hive ransomware has been targeting the healthcare industries and the FBI issues a report for best preventative and after-care measures - Skip to details with mitigations and full report IoT and router vulnerabilities discovered in ...

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Sam Stelfox

DEF CON 2021: Deobfuscating the security industry with constructive discussion

After a panic-induced hiatus, DEF CON returned for a hybrid in-person and virtual event this August in Las Vegas. The theme? "Can't Stop the Signal" a fist-pumping message to the world that passionate people are still hard at work keeping our networks and computers secure.

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Hannah J Lobdell

Network security monitoring: 3 sessions to attend at DEF CON® 29

Minim is heading to DEF CON® 29 to gather the latest cybersecurity insights from the world’s largest computer security conference. With the global cost of cybercrime forecasted to reach $10.5 trillion USD by the end of 2025, we're keeping an eye out for actionable, immediate ways that users and businesses can patch vulnerabilities and protect sensitive data. There are three security sessions that ...

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