Month: September 2023

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Why is phishing still the most common cyber-attack?

By Josh Yarbrough | September 26, 2023
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What is phishing? Phishing.org defines phishing as “A cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.” This is a very common and…

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Ransomware cripples Las Vegas casino: How can you protect your business?

By Jeff Fowler | September 19, 2023
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Earlier this month, there was an attack on MGM Resorts that is still affecting business at the time of this post. Ransomware is crippling their technology from their ordering kiosks to their slot machines and even the hotel card readers. According to some reports, they are losing as much as $8.4M per day in revenue.…

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Why is it bad to reuse passwords on multiple sites?

By SandStorm IT | September 12, 2023
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When it comes to passwords, people like to use the same passwords for pretty much everything they need to login to. It’s easy to remember and more convenient to do, but it’s actually one of the worst things you can do for your security online. In 2022, over 24 billion passwords were successfully hacked. Using…

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What is patch management for 3rd party software?

By SandStorm IT | September 5, 2023
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What are patches? Patches can be seen as some type of hotfix. Everyday exploits, bugs, and security risks are found within programs, and these are what the patches would fix.  A bug in the software could be a failure or fault that could cause it to behave in unintended ways.  If you think of an…

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