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Five Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024

Every year, a crazy high number of people face the consequences of cyberattacks. These attacks not only cost organizations billions. They also leave a devastating impact on individuals.  We know, if you’re reading this, you get it. You already understand the importance of safeguarding your organization and people from cyber [...]

Passwordless is Possible!

Tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced last month that they have committed to building support for passwordless sign-in across all of the mobile, desktop, and browser platforms that they control in the coming year. Effectively, this means that passwordless authentication will come to all major device platforms in the not too [...]

Latest Phishing Campaign Targets US Government, Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability

The latest vulnerability comes in the form of a phishing email, pretending to be an offer of a raise in compensation, including an attached Word Document (RTF file). Once activated, the malware then checks if the system is a virtual machine, stealing information from multiple web browsers, mail clients, and file [...]

Is Your PC Ready For The Holiday Weekend?

Summer kick-off is a couple days away!  Before you sign off for the long weekend, implement these simple steps to ensure your computer is updated, secure and refreshed upon return. What You Should Do Before you shut down for the holiday weekend, it's important to have your workstation in [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 – Week 4

The final week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month emphasizes that security should be a priority and not an afterthought, and we look at how the actions we take today can affect the future of personal, consumer, and business cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is increasingly integral for securely working, learning, and playing. We'll [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 – Week 3

We continue on with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This week (10/18-10/22) we focus on what's new in the world of online security. Please review our videos and free resources to learn the latest in how to protect your online assets. Protect yourself and stay safe! Week 3 Video - [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 – Week 2

We continue on with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This week (10/11-10/15) we direct our attention to the growing world of phishing. Please review our video and free resources to learn how to better detect and report phishing attempts. Week 2 Video - Easily Detect and Report Phishing Attempts 90% [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 – Week 1

Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Simple, Everyday Things You Can Do To Keep Secure We are kicking off National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This week (10/4-10/8) we focus on simple things you can do to improve your security posture. (Password Manager and 2FA). Please review the video and free resources below to [...]

Importance of Changing Forgotten Passwords

Following Ubiquiti’s security incident and its subsequent recommendation to change your router/admin password and enable multi-factor authentication (2FA), we thought this would be a good opportunity to remind you of the importance of changing passwords regularly, especially those not used frequently and often forgotten. Wireless routers are an easy gateway [...]

Office 2021 Coming Soon, Available for Windows and Mac

A brand new version of Microsoft Office will be available to Mac and PC users later this year. Office 2021 will be available to current Office 365 (now known as Microsoft 365) subscribers via free update, or available for a one-time purchase for those who don’t want the subscription [...]

Microsoft Releases Updates for Exploits Found in Exchange Server Software

Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails hacked, according to a report by KrebsOnSecurity.  Patches have been released by Microsoft, but security experts say that the detection and cleanup process will be a massive effort for [...]

30,000 Macs infected with new Silver Sparrow malware

“Silver Sparrow” has infected nearly 30,000 Macs worldwide—and has been dubbed a “reasonably serious threat” by researchers at Red Canary, but those same security experts say they still aren’t exactly sure what the virus plans to do.  It’s a unique threat, in that the malware runs an hourly check to a control [...]

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