What is Malware? Ransomware? Do We Still Say Virus?
Malware, ransomware, trojans, rootkits, and viruses. You may have heard some or all of these terms. But what do they mean? What is malware? In this article, we will discuss… Read more »
Vaccinate Your Practice to COVID-19 Scams
With COVID-19 sweeping the planet, we have all had to change how we live our lives. This has created many new challenges to the way we work. Many practices have… Read more »
Using Two-Factor Authentication Stops 99.9% of Account Compromises
Microsoft released a report that stated, from their research, 99.9% of all account compromises could be prevented by using multi-factor authentication. The report detailed that about 1.2 million accounts worldwide… Read more »
You’ve Been Hit with Ransomware, Here is How to Recover
One of your employees comes to you and says there is a funny message on your computer. You make your way to the computer in question to find a message… Read more »
Ransomware Attacks on Small Businesses Can be Devastating
Right before Christmas 2019, Arkansas based telemarketing firm, The Heritage Group, announced it was closing the company down. Earlier, in October, the company suffered a ransomware attack that crippled the… Read more »
Are You Using a Weak Password? Here are 2019’s Worst Passwords
A weak password can bring down even the strongest of your practice’s computer security defenses. Passwords are the cornerstone of all modern computer security practices. Because of that, they are… Read more »
Hundreds of Dentists Offices Hit with Ransomware
This past Monday, around 400 dental offices came to work to find that their data had been encrypted with ransomware. The outbreak occurred when Percsoft and the Digital Dental Record… Read more »