How to Prevent Ransomware This title may be a misnomer. If anyone tells you, “I can 100% protect you against ransomware” don’t believe them. It’s honestly kind of like COVID-19. All the protections in the world and you may still get it somehow. There are definitely things businesses can do reduce their risk. So here […]
Tag Archives: IT Security
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Jul
Jul
Mid-Year Security Update: Hackers pivot efforts to most profitable attacks, COVID Exploits on the rise Let’s face it. 2020 isn’t going to be remembered as anyone’s favorite year. There has been a TON of bad news and it doesn’t stop coming. Reading the latest security reports gave me a glimmer of hope for a few […]
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Jun
Jun
IT Security Rundown I thought we would switch it up this week and do a rundown of some hot topics in security. Here are a few that I’ve picked out that seemed relevant to our audience with links to more in depth articles if you want to know more. Group Policy Exploit A recent batch […]
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May
May
6 Indicators You’re at Risk for Ransomware Research reveals that there are 6 Indicators you’re at risk for ransomware. These items if not properly addressed will exponentially increase your risk of an attack. Here are the top 6 items you should look out for: No Centrally managed Anti-virus & Patching – Patching and Anti-Virus have […]
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Apr
Apr
Social Media Engineering – Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking that “Harmless Quiz” Most of us are working from home right now. Maybe we have a little more time on our hands than usual. It’s even possible that we spend more time than we used to on social media trying to keep up with […]
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Mar
Mar
Beware of Fake Corona Virus Phishing Attack Email Bad actors are now using the global threat of corona virus and associated panic to steal information and infect targets with ransomware. They are doing this by sending phishing emails that appear to be from the World Health Organization and claim to have information about how to […]
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Jan
Jan
Most Common Forms of Ransomware Some recent analysis done by the folks at Emisoft this last year gives us additional data about the current evolving state of ransomware threats. They looked at 230,000 submissions between April and September of 2019 and gathered data on the different strains of ransomware. The results help us to see […]
