While Covid-19 has been dominating the news, another form of virus has been growing in sophistication, and cost – ransomware. Propagated by sophisticated technology tools, a ransomware attack can shut down and render useless all the IT resources of any organization, regardless of size. Several cities, hospitals, schools, and other high-profile entities have had their …
Why you should have preventative and reactive plans in case of a cyber attack: How recent is your Anti-Virus? Who do you call in the case of a data breach? Do you have a hardware firewall set up? Is your staff trained to look for false website and virus indicators? The Wall Street Journal posted …
Microsoft has issued a warning that a new piece of malware called JS/Febipos.A is making its rounds disguising itself as a Chrome extension and Firefox add-on. The malware monitors whether your computer is logged into a Facebook account, if your computer has an account logged in it can perform a variety of actions such as, …
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The .PDF has become ubiquitous in today’s office environment. Unfortunately it is also one of the most common virus delivery mechanisms exploited by hackers. Following the next few steps should reduce the risk of contracting virus and malware infections from .PDF documents: First make sure you have the most up to date version of Adobe Reader …
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Every few weeks business owners ask me what they could be doing to better protect their sensitive information on their plethora of gadgets. Here’s a list of the most common mistakes that I’ve seen over the years that can lead to heartache and data becoming compromised; 1. PASSWORDS, PASSWORDS, PASSWORDS Setting one in the first …
Major announcement reveals a critical flaw in Apple’s operating system. From The Verge: There’s a major flaw in Apple’s macOS High Sierra operating system that allows anyone with physical access to a Mac to gain system administrator access without so much as entering a password. Late Tuesday, Apple confirmed that it’s working on a software …
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