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Byron Martin: Jan 29, 2021
There are over 300 million fraudulent sign-in attempts to Microsoft cloud services every day.
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Byron Martin: Jan 28, 2021
Flood. Power outage. Cyberattack. Supply chain failure or a disgruntled employee. Disruptions to your business can happen at any moment causing...
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Byron Martin: Jan 26, 2021
87% of companies are dependent to some extent on their employee’s ability to access mobile business apps from their personal smartphones. (Source:...
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Byron Martin: Jan 22, 2021
New data breach protections give Washington one of the most robust data breach notification policies in the country.
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Byron Martin: Jan 18, 2021
Business Email Compromise earned hackers $1.3 billion in a year. (Source: Internet Crime Complaint Center)
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Byron Martin: Jan 15, 2021
Vermont hospital cyber attack “Clinics were filled with tears, yelling and anxiety and stress”.
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Byron Martin: Jan 14, 2021
Roughly 198 organizations, overall, were hacked using the SolarWind backdoor, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at Recorded Future. Source:...
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Byron Martin: Jan 13, 2021
Fiber Internet is Available in the Tri-Cities, WA Did you know that there is fiber-optic Internet available in Benton and Franklin Counties? Our...
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Byron Martin: Jan 7, 2021
66 Percent of Small Businesses Worldwide Have Faced Cyberattacks in The Past Year. For the third year in a row, SMBs are reporting big increases in...
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Byron Martin: Dec 31, 2020
As reported approximately 2 weeks ago, the US Government and thousands of public and private sector organizations around the world had their networks...
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Byron Martin: Dec 23, 2020
18,000 organizations have malicious code in their network, and 50 of them have suffered major breaches.
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Byron Martin: Dec 22, 2020
The FBI defines Business Email Compromise (BEC) as “a sophisticated scam that targets both businesses and individuals who perform valid...
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Byron Martin: Dec 15, 2020
Curious about what all the hype is around Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is the ultimate chat-based collaboration app for your organization. A...
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Byron Martin: Dec 2, 2020
It doesn't have to be a big stress in your life. You can have that peace of mind, but it does take time, attention, planning and strategy...
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Byron Martin: Dec 1, 2020
Hackers attack every 39 seconds, on average 2,244 times a day. (University of Maryland) Incidents are cyber events that can include a cyberattack,...
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Byron Martin: Nov 25, 2020
The holiday shopping season is well underway, and many are choosing to shop primarily online due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Online shopping opens the...
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Byron Martin: Nov 17, 2020
phish·ing /ˈfiSHiNG/ noun the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users...
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Byron Martin: Nov 12, 2020
Every endpoint connected to the Internet faces 1.5 attacks per minute. According to a study by the Ponemon Institute, 68% of organizations have...
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Byron Martin: Nov 9, 2020
81% of data breaches are caused by compromised, weak, and reused passwords. Password security is a key to keeping your information safe on the web.
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Byron Martin: Nov 4, 2020
Teknologize has recently seen a major uptick in email-based cyberattacks happening right now and right here in our own backyard.
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Byron Martin: Nov 3, 2020
In a joint alert, Wednesday October 28th, 2020 from the FBI, DHS, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency states “credible...
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Byron Martin: Oct 28, 2020
Windows 7 users who don't upgrade to Windows 10 will no longer be able to get Microsoft's security updates or technical support, leaving your...
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Byron Martin: Oct 10, 2020
Also known as CEO Fraud. Listen to CEO, Byron Martin, explain how hackers can get access to your email and what to be aware of. This is a billion...
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Byron Martin: Oct 8, 2020
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Instituted by the Department of Homeland Security in 2016, this month is a time where we want to...
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Byron Martin: Oct 5, 2020
The world has been transitioning to remote working for years, but the arrival of COVID-19 has certainly sped that up. VoIP calls are routed over the...
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Byron Martin: Oct 3, 2020
The Zelle app is a person-to-person transfer app that allows for easy payments straight from a user’s bank account, similar to Venmo or PayPal,...
Byron Martin: Oct 2, 2020
Stats show that 30% of your employees will fail, and fall for a fake email, and potentially get you ransomware.
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Byron Martin: Oct 1, 2020
We’ve all been there. You’re in the airport and need to quickly charge your phone before you jump on your plane. Fortunately, airports now have...
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Byron Martin: Sep 29, 2020
"Only 11% of enterprise users make use of those tools (Speaking of MFA). That means a staggering 89% of accounts remain open to fairly simple...
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Charlie Hill: Sep 25, 2020
Does your home internet feel slower, less reliable, than it was, just last year? Are your once smooth, HD movies now looking pixelated and choppy?...
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Byron Martin: Sep 22, 2020
92% of all breaches could have been prevented with a Security Awareness Training program. Security Awareness Training is a means to educate and train...
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Byron Martin: Sep 17, 2020
More than 30,700 organizations were targeted in the first quarter of 2020 with Business Email Compromise attacks.
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Byron Martin: Sep 15, 2020
Today’s IT professional has so much more on their plate than ever before. “IT infrastructure leaders often feel that they’re constantly in catch-up...
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Daniel Morgan: Sep 13, 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have spent the last few months scrambling to get their staff properly set up for remote work.
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Byron Martin: Sep 12, 2020
The Average Time it takes to identify a data breach is 197 days. The average time it takes to contain a breach is 69 days. With the volume of cyber...
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Byron Martin: Sep 11, 2020
The average ransom paid by a victim, increased by 60%, rising from $111,605 to $178,254 - according to a recent report from Coveware, comparing the...
