The isolation and routine of WFH is starting to get to you, so you take a break to play a game or check your feed on Facebook. Be careful! Oversharing of sensitive information or giving games access to your profile can lead to security breaches. Source: Those Facebook...
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The latest on cyber security, computer support and small business IT from one of New Jersey and New York’s top managed IT service providers.
A New Layer of Cyber Security for our Managed Services Clients: Webroot Evasion Shield
The Webroot Evasion Shield is a new part of Webroot Business Endpoint Protection. It blocks malicious scripts from running, protecting your computers from ransomware and other malware that can be used to launch attacks on your network. If you are a Geek Girls IT...
From Krebs on Security: Turn on MFA Before Crooks Do It For You
If your account is hacked and you have not enabled 2-factor authentication, the hacker could enable it and tie the account to a device they control, making it even more difficult for you to recover access to your account. So it's important to set up 2FA before you get...
Warning: Phishing Scheme Pretending to Be MS O365 Password Change Request
If you see an email from MS requesting that you change your O 365 password, please discard it. This is a phishing scam: Notice the from address which is from a random domain. Another hint is that Microsoft actually no longer recommends that users change their...
Cyber Security News: Godaddy Reports Breach of Customer Accounts
Tighten your passwords and turn on 2FA! GoDaddy, the web hosting behemoth, recently reported a security breach. Password security business is more important than ever for small businesses. GODADDY REPORTS BREACH OF CUSTOMER HOSTING ACCOUNTS We can handle your web...
Remote Workforce Security: Russian Criminals Find New Cyber Security Target: Americans Working at Home
From the NY Times: A Russian ransomware group is targeting employees working from home during the pandemic and attempting to infiltrate their networks with ransomware and other malware. This presents new challenges to remote workforce security. Source: Russian...
Cyber News Rundown: Ransomware Hits LA Suburbs | Webroot
From our friends at Webroot, the City of Torrance, California fell victim to a ransomware attack that shut down many of their internal systems: Source: Cyber News Rundown: Ransomware Hits LA Suburbs | Webroot
Good Article: How to secure your Zoom Meetings
Here's a good article from ZDNet on how to keep you Zoom meetings safe. If you have further concerns, please contact us to discuss other meeting service options that are more secure. Zoom security: Your meetings will be safe and secure if you do these 10 things |...
From Bleeping Computers: Attackers Deliver Malware via Fake Web Site Certificate Errors
We've all seen these "security certificate" errors at one time or another. This malware imitates those familiar but confusing messages to prompt you into clicking on a button to install malware on your computer. Learn more here.
Microsoft Say Your Password Doesn’t Matter!
Here's an interesting blog post from Microsoft about the importance of 2-Factor Authentication. Did you know that changing your password frequently doesn't increase your login security? But 2-Factor Authentication does make you safer! Source: Your Pa$$word doesn't...