[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you're a professional who uses LinkedIn to connect with others in your industry, you may have noticed an increase in fake profiles lately. These profiles are often created by scammers and cause all sorts of problems. But...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]There has been news recently that Samsung engineers inadvertently leaked sensitive corporate data through the use of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot ...
A cunning new email scam uses blank images and a trusted brand name to lead you and your people to download malware....
Countless attempts at hacking your business happen every day, and businesses are in trouble unless they take these 3 steps ...
Feeling Spooky? Read to learn what has been compromising businesses across the Puget Sound. ...
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? ...
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… ...
The Biden-Harris Administration has issued guidance for all US businesses to follow in order to stay protected from cyber-attacks. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
The following is a true IT Horror Story based upon actual events and is distributed for educational purposes....
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....
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”....
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...
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....
