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CEO Fraud. Business Email Compromise. Spear phishing. Wire Fraud. Pretexting. This cyberattack goes by a variety of names and may utilize a wide range of tactics, but they all come down to one thing: a malicious outsider pretends to be a legitimate boss in order to trick an unsuspecting employee into doing something they shouldn’t. Last year the scam cost …
It goes without saying that the pandemic has changed a great many things about life, as well as the world we live and work in. One significant change on the work front has, of course, been the dramatic rise in the number of people working from home. We’re reaching a point now where, although we haven’t quite turned a corner …
We opened 2020 celebrating our 16th year of serving our clients wholeheartedly while looking forward to expanding our technical team and introducing a revolutionary new service to further support our growing customers. Like many people, our lives changed dramatically in March and we all rapidly shifted to a work from home environment where possible. We are very proud of our …
We celebrated several monumental milestones this year including our 15th anniversary, record-setting growth and a few unique new honors. Your Lake Worth-based Managed Service Provider opened the first quarter in 2019 by adding two new team members and plans are already in the works to add more network engineers as we shape our vision for 2020! Mike Gavaghen and Megan …
Just when you think scammers couldn’t get any lower, they find new ways to prove you wrong. Recently, a new phishing scam has been spotted in the wild, this one baiting potential victims with the possibility of pay raises. The scammers structured their email so that they appeared to come from the Human Resources department of their victims’ companies. They …
American Express has been quietly contacting some of its customers with a tersely worded communication that reads, in part, as follows: “It was brought to our attention that personal information related to your American Express Card account listed above, may have been wrongfully accessed by one of our employees in an attempt to conduct fraudulent activity, including potentially opening accounts …
A recent report published by nCipher confirms what many business owners have known for a long time. Their employees are the weakest link when it comes to data security. The nCipher report, however, adds a disturbing exclamation point to the data with a few details you’re likely to find shocking. First, fully 71 percent of C-Suite employees surveyed in the …
Please join us in welcoming two recent additions to our I.T. Solutions of South Florida family – Mike Gavaghen and Megan Knipper! Mike fills a unique role with us as the Vice President of Management Solutions and Megan is our newest Network Engineer. While their titles are different, Mike and Megan both share the goal of providing technology solutions in …
For the last several years, industry experts have been sounding the alarm about password security. We’ve known for quite some time that one of the biggest weak spots in corporate security is the fact that employee passwords are notoriously weak. Millions have been spent on security education. Seminars have been held on the dangers of using weak passwords and using …
Last year, the FBI issued a warning regarding BEC (Business Email Compromise) scams. Unfortunately, security professionals report that those types of scams are increasing in frequency, and worse, the most recent ones come with a disturbing new twist. The latest incarnation of the scam targets employees, seeking to move their direct deposited paychecks into accounts controlled by the hackers. The …
