by admin | Aug 6, 2017 | Computer Security
I’m going to lead with the conclusion here: get a password manager, transfer your passwords into it, erase them from your browser. We’ve been giving this advice to our customers for quite a while now and we discovered yet another reason to confirm our...
by admin | Jun 4, 2016 | Computer Security
One of my Small Business customers contracted the CERBER Ransomware virus this week, here’s how it happened. My customer runs a small security guard firm here in Lexington. There is quite a bit of turnover of personnel in this business so they regularly place...
by admin | Jun 3, 2016 | Computer Security
Over the last few years, small businesses have become a prime target for hackers and fraudsters. This is because most hackers consider them easy-pickings. It is also a matter of the bad guys picking the low hanging fruit, exploiting small businesses that don’t take...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Computer Security
Apple Quicktime, which gets installed automatically when you install Apple iTunes, should be uninstalled from your Windows computer immediately. Apple has abandoned Quicktime on the Windows platform and so they are no longer releasing security updates for it....
by admin | Apr 12, 2016 | Computer Security
One of our customers who owns a horse farm was recently attacked using a phishing scam often called “CEO Fraud”. In this targeted attack, the customer’s Accounts Payable department was presented with a large invoice that was followed by an email from...
by admin | Mar 18, 2016 | Computer Security
Website Security The cost of a website hack is more that just the price to clean up the mess. According to popular WordPress security software company Wordfence, there may be long-term consequences for Google rankings as well. This long-tail effect of a website hack...