by Laura Peters | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog, Computer Security, Virus Protection and Security
Last week we received a call from one of our customers. They said someone claiming to be from Trend Micro contacted and stated Trend Micro was out of date. The caller named Akeem gave our customer the phone number 817-386-4921. Some of our clients do have Trend Micro...
by Laura Peters | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Computer Security, IT, Tech, Virus Protection and Security
Last week’s blog included tips on how to be proactive in your network security. One of those ways was to train your personnel. This week we will discuss why it is so important to have a trained staff. Here are five ways employees can compromise your data security....
by Laura Peters | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Business IT, Computer Security, Data Backup, Managed Services, Virus Protection and Security
Big company or small business, your data is valuable to not only you but hackers too. Don’t ever think that your firm is “too small” to be the victim of an attack. According to a recent NY times article, sixty percent of all online attacks in 2014 targeted small and...
by Laura Peters | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, Computer Security, IT
Scammers don’t care who they are trying to talk into giving out information (or money), they just want their lie to work. Case-in-point, a couple of weeks ago we received a submission form from our website. It was an inquiry for unit pricing for a Cisco switch. A...
by Laura Peters | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Computer Security, IT, Virus Protection and Security
If you received an email that appears to come from Facebook, do not click the link inside. We are unsure what type of malware the link contains, but in the past, similar malicious emails have had password-stealing programs. There are hints that this is a scam: 1. The...