If you’re considering a new Managed IT Service Provider (MSP) for your business, you probably know how difficult it is to assess them objectively. Many MSPs tout objective measures like Average Response Time and Mean Time to Resolve. These are important measures, but they can be manipulated by responding before a technician is ready to…
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Managed IT Service Provider: A Buyers Guide
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3 Big Cybersecurity Risks
As a business leader, it’s challenging to distinguish between significant security threats and those that are less likely to affect your organization. This is especially true nowadays, with frequent reminders about cybersecurity’s importance. While we emphasize cybersecurity’s significance and our role in educating small to mid-sized business leaders, we acknowledge the weariness caused by constant…
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What Small and Mid-size Businesses Really Need to Know About Ransomware
If you’ve been reading technology news lately, you’ve probably seen some sensational headlines about one of the recent ransomware attacks. What does it really mean for the average small or mid-size business? Ransomware is malware that locks your files away and charges you money to get them back. It is generally transmitted via email attachment…
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Unpatched Vulnerabilities, New Legislation and the FBI Pushing Against a Ransomware Payment Ban
The expanding threat landscape is making ransomware one of the few bipartisan issues in Congress right now. But an FBI expert’s testimony proves there are still no easy answers. Here are the top cybersecurity stories for small and midsize business executives in late July. Software Vulnerabilities Take 6 Months to Patch A recent study found…
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What Is a Perimeter Defense? How to Layer Security
The explosion of ransomware has many security experts arguing forcefully against a perimeter-only security model. These experts point out that this approach has led to cyberattacks that have caused billions of dollars of economic damage. But what is perimeter security? What does it leave out? And what should you do instead? Network Vs. Physical Security…
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Double Extortion Attacks More Prevalent than Ever
Ransomware is still all over the place – attacks are up 62% globally and 158% in North America since 2019. But ransomware-only attacks have mostly been replaced by more sophisticated – and ruthless – attacks. In a traditional ransomware attack, a cyber criminal finds a way onto business networks (often with stolen usernames and passwords)…
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Ransomware News: Biggest Attack Ever
Ransomware News: Early July had several cybersecurity events with big impacts on small and mid-sized businesses. Here are three you that should know about. REvil’s Kaseya Attack Hits Thousands of Businesses Worldwide, US Will Respond The biggest news story this week was a ransomware attack targeting Kaseya VSA, software used by large businesses and Managed…
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7 Types of Malware
The ever-changing IT environment has made it easier for malware to exist and thrive. In today’s world, businesses and individuals alike are constantly bombarded with new threats, making it more important than ever to be aware of the latest malware trends. Types Of Malware Viruses: Viruses are pieces of code that replicate themselves and spread from…
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On-Site Backups Wiped Remotely, Malware Call Centers, and a New Federal Data Breach Bill
Congress continues to crawl towards new legislation to contain cybersecurity damage. Meanwhile, traditional antivirus techniques now miss most attacks, and Western Digital customers wake up to empty backup drives. Signature-Based Anti-Malware Tools Now Miss Most Attacks Traditional anti-virus and anti-malware apps look for specific strings of code in files (or data transfers) to determine if…
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What Is Doxing? And What Does It Have to Do With Cybersecurity?
It sounds bad. It is bad. But what is it? Doxing Doxing is shorthand for “dropping dox” (documents), a phrase invented by hackers in the 90s. Dropping dox means to publish embarrassing or incriminating documents about a person or company online. It’s normally done to punish them for some perceived wrongdoing. People differ on what…