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As reported by The Register, the FBI recently issued a warning about a group called Silent Ransom Group, which has been targeting U.S. law firms since 2022. Their methods include impersonating IT staff over the phone to trick employees into granting remote access....
Zero Trust is a term that gets thrown around a lot in cybersecurity conversations without much explanation of what it means in practice. The concept is straightforward: rather than assuming that everything inside your network can be trusted, Zero Trust requires every...
BleepingComputer reported this week that CISA has added three Ubiquiti UniFi vulnerabilities to its list of known exploited flaws, meaning hackers are actively using them right now. These three matter together: one lets an attacker break in without a password, one...
Most business owners underestimate the cost of an IT outage until they've lived through one. The most direct and obvious cost is lost productivity: if ten employees can't work for three hours because a server is down or email is unavailable, you've lost thirty...
Our ticketing portal gives you a direct window into your IT requests: what's been submitted, what's in progress, and what's been resolved, without having to call or email. Through the portal, you or anyone you designate can submit new tickets, add notes to existing...
Summer intern season is approaching, and many businesses will bring on temporary help without giving much thought to the IT implications. One of the more overlooked risks involves company data ending up on a personal device. It’s alarmingly common to allow interns to...
Billions of accounts have been exposed due to infostealers. Infostealers are “a form of malicious software that breaches a victim’s device or systems to take sensitive information.” This is one reason why it’s critical that your employees work from company-managed...
Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. That may sound far off, but if your company still relies on PCs that can’t be upgraded to Windows 11, the time to act is now. Once support ends, Windows 10 devices will no longer receive...
Summer brings lighter schedules, more time out of office, and, hopefully, a vacation. But while your employees take breaks, cyberthreats don’t. In fact, hackers often increase activity during slower months, knowing that staff are stretched thin or distracted. This...
Strong passwords are critical for cybersecurity, but many users still rely on weak, reused, or easily guessable passwords. While a password policy helps set security standards, humans are often the weakest link. That’s where a password manager is essential. It...