It is 2022, and you would think that phishing scams would be a thing of that past. The truth is, phishing scams, along with all cybercrimes, have seen a massive uptick since the start of the covid pandemic. For cybercriminals, there is good reason to continue with phishing scams; they make massive profits. While phishing…
Your business may have many different visitors, from customers to vendors, you should have your router set up to enable them all to safely connect to WiFi while protecting your network. Having a steady and reliable internet connection is paramount to many jobs, and as such, it is nice for visitors, vendors, reps, and more…
The cyber security threats keep coming, and it seems as though they are only picking up speed. Recently, constantly mutating malware has been found targeting the biotech industry. The malware has been named Tardigrade due to its ability to mutate and adapt, allowing it to persist in different conditions. Tardigrade is a new strain of…
In the beginning, they said they weren’t expecting any gas shortages. Those expectations have changed as we began getting reports Monday morning of gas stations without and gas to supply drivers with. For those who don’t know, Colonial Pipeline which provides approximately 45% of the gas on the East Coast, was hit with a ransomware…
Chances are that you, someone in your home, or at least someone you know has transitioned to working from home since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic. Many businesses and organizations have moved everyone they can to a work-from-home or hybrid position, only having them in the building when needed. Many businesses have seen…
2020 was quite the year! With the push to work-from-home, we saw technology innovations accelerate to new heights. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced technology and businesses to innovate. One of the hard-hit industries is local restaurants. How could local restaurants bring in customers when customers are afraid to be in public and facing capacity restrictions?…
Across industries, we have seen a gigantic push to work-from-home thanks to the pandemic. Many businesses and organizations have seen benefits from this, from work flexibility to reduced overhead costs, and are planning on keeping the work-from-home strategy in some form. Networks have been stressed with this push. Not all networks were designed to be…
Things happen, we get and we’ve seen it. You knowingly set your laptop down on a magnet that destroys your hard drive, or someone steals your laptop while you’re not looking. Maybe a particularly bad storm creates an intense power surge wiping out your data and your on-site backup. Not only can cloud backup help…
Our work networks have been changing lately. People have been working remotely for some time; however, with the pandemic, a vast number now work from home (WFH). These workers have been set up to access the company network while working remotely, changing the network in ways many hadn’t anticipated. With the switch for many to…
Gaining popularity and becoming a more common occurrence is Ransomeware attacks. We can already hear you asking, “what is Ransomware?” To answer your question, Kaspersky defines Ransomeware as: “Ransomware is malicious software that infects your computer and displays messages demanding a fee to be paid for your system to work again. This class of malware is a…
