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 |...
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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...
MS: Frequently Changing Passwords Does Not Make Your Logins More Secure
Does your company have a policy expiration or rotation policy for email or other sensitive logins. Microsoft has actually stopped recommending rotating passwords. This is from the Office admin portal: In the past, Microsoft advised admins to make users change their...
Coronavirus “safety measures” email is a phishing scam – Naked Security
Be aware of this phishing scam. If you receive an email about the Coronavirus, do not click any links; do not log into any web sites with your passwords; do not forward the email. Source: Coronavirus “safety measures” email is a phishing scam – Naked Security
From the Microsoft Security Blog – the Cleverest Phishing Techniques of 2019
Phishing scams have become ubiquitous. Educate your users. They should be wary of emails that appear to come from a team member asking them to send money, or that appear to come from a vendor asking them to click and link and enter a password. Here are some other...
We Protect Our Customers’ Systems by Protecting Our Own
We are seeing more and more stories like this one about IT providers getting hacked, which leads to their customers getting hacked. This is generally due to security vulnerabilities in the networks of many managed IT service providers, as well as poor security...
Why every business needs a firewall – Phoenix Business Journal
This article spells out in plain English why every business needs a serious firewall. Here are two important takeaways from this article: 1. "60 percent of small businesses don’t survive a cyberattack." 2. "The firewall is not a 'set it and forget it' security system....
Zoom Videoconferencing Security Issue Reported
This article from Hacker News highlights a cyber security issue with Zoom's videoconferencing software for Macs. The Zoom software installs a vulnerable web server that communicates in an unencrypted manner; and even if you remove the software or install Zoom's update...
Our Take on the Kaspersky “Spy” Controversy
October 2017 EDIT: Since we posted this back in August, new information has come out indicating that Russia has been using Kaspersky software for spying. Whether or not Kaspersky was directly involved or if this effects Kaspersky's consumer products, is still not...