The New Email Phishing Scam You Should Watch Out For
A cunning new email scam uses blank images and a trusted brand name to lead you and your people to download malware....
29 January, 2023
3 Steps Windows Users Should Take to Prevent Cyber-Attacks
Countless attempts at hacking your business happen every day, and businesses are in trouble unless they take these 3 steps ...
21 December, 2022
IT Horror Stories
Feeling Spooky? Read to learn what has been compromising businesses across the Puget Sound. ...
31 October, 2022
The Business Owner’s Complete Guide to Phishing
It’s likely you’ve heard of phishing and know it’s something you want to avoid. But do you know what it really means and exactly how a phishing attack works? ...
07 September, 2022
Your business is losing hundreds of hours to spam every year
How much spam email do you get each day? It’s not just annoying, it’s wasting far too much of your employees’ time. Guess how many hours a year you’re losing to spam… ...
07 July, 2022
Russian cyber-attack threat: How to protect your business
The Biden-Harris Administration has issued guidance for all US businesses to follow in order to stay protected from cyber-attacks. ...
05 April, 2022
Alert: A clever new type of ransomware attack
If you have a contact form on your business’s website, you’ll be used to getting emails with a subject line that says "A web form was submitted." There’s a new technique that cyber criminals are employing to launch ransomware attacks. And you need to...
29 March, 2022
Protect your business from these common financial phishing scams
The average office worker sends and receives around 121 emails every day. And while that sounds like a lot, what’s more shocking is that 3 billion phishing emails are sent each day. They account for 1% of all email traffic. What’s a phishing email? It’s...
21 March, 2022
It’s time to check your business’s defenses against the threat of Russian cyber attack
While the cyber security of your business should always be a high priority, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means that businesses may be at an increased risk of cyber-attack. Although there is no direct threat at present, the West is placing a range of sanctions on...
17 March, 2022
Be prepared: Sooner or later your business WILL be attacked
5 steps to improve your ransomware resilience Ransomware is the most terrifying data security threat your business has ever faced. Imagine all your staff trying to login one morning. But all of them get a bright red screen saying your data has been locked away, and you...
24 February, 2022
Microsoft blocks 1,000 malicious emails per second!
Microsoft’s recently revealed that more than 35.7 billion malicious emails were sent to its customers last year. Fortunately for us, the tech giant blocked 1,000 of these malicious emails every second of 2021. That’s about 31.5 million seconds....
18 February, 2022
What would your staff click on?
There’s a cyber-crime called phishing. You’ve probably heard about it by now. It’s a major pain. Criminals send hundreds of thousands of emails per day pretending to be someone they’re not. And they’re just hoping that one of your people will click a link that’s...
04 February, 2022
IT Horror Stories: Direct Deposit Redirect
The following is a true IT Horror Story based upon actual events and is distributed for educational purposes....
05 February, 2019
Security Alert: Fraudulent Phishing Emails with PDF Attachment
We’ve seen an influx of fraudulent phishing “please review” emails this week coming to our own staff so it serves as a good reminder to inform you of these threats that masquerade as legitimate emails....
15 November, 2017
Virus Alert: Ransomware Diligence
The purpose of this virus alert is to inform and educate you, as well as encourage you to remain vigilant against malware. We continue to experience isolated incidents of CryptoLocker and its variants, a type of virus known as “ransomware”....
17 September, 2015
Security Alert: Wire Transfer Scam
We are issuing this security notice to alert our customers to a fraudulent wire transfer technique that some of our customers have encountered this week. The technique is called spear phishing and relies upon email messages posing as urgent communications from senior officers to lower...
01 May, 2015
Virus Alert: CryptoLocker + How To Protect Yourself
Welcome to the first installment of the new SisAdmin blog! Keep an eye on this space in the coming months for lots of useful information to help your technology work for you....
23 February, 2015