Ransomware is essentially malware that encrypts data and holds the key for ransom. Organizations that find themselves victims of ransomware are required to either pay the ransom (typically several thousands of dollars in the form of cryptocurrency, which can present it’s own challenges) lose their data or restore from backup (if they have one). For […]

The Internet and the Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the way that the world does business. I don’t mean things like Facebook, Twitter and all of those cat videos that everyone seems to be obsessed with, I mean the cool things that the Internet has enabled us to do (or do better). Connecting offices […]

What is RDP? Remote Desktop Protocol, or RDP, is a tool that many organizations leverage to allow users to access systems remotely. It’s built into all modern versions of Windows, is easy to enable, typically uses the same username and password used to access other systems (laptop, desktop, email, etc.) and offers a full desktop […]

Data breaches in three different locations including Farmington Missouri (48,000 records), Atlanta Georgia (397,000 records) and the Central / Midwest US (210,000 records) allegedly including Social Security numbers, full names, physical addresses, dates of birth and insurance information. The names of the organizations have not yet been released and the attacker has advised that a […]