What Important Lessons Can Be Learned from the Ransomware Attacks on Colonial Pipeline & JBS?

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The massive gas shortages caused by the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline have gone away, but the rise in gas prices is still being felt around the country. When Colonial Pipeline was hit with ransomware on May 7th, the pipeline that…

Why Is Microsoft Edge Outpacing Both Firefox & Safari?

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Microsoft Edge currently has about 8% of the global browser market share as of April 2021. That might not seem like a lot at first glance, but in the last 12 months, the user base for the browser has grown by 1300%. Also, during that time…

Firmware Attacks Have Increased 5X in 4 years! Protective Steps You Should Take

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Attacks on firmware have been increasing steadily, more than doubling each year over the last four years. It used to be one of those areas of a system that hackers didn’t pay a lot of attention to. However, as more high-profile firmware…

What Happened With Microsoft Exchange Server Hack? Is It Time to Consider Cloud Business Email?

Large-scale data breaches seem to be in the news fairly often these days. Many times, they involve the breach of a single large company’s database, such as Facebook or Experian. But the first big breach of 2021, is different. A hack of…

7 Major Updates Microsoft Is Doing in Teams and Security

To keep users secure when using Teams, Microsoft is making several major updates to address various data protections.

Key IT Security Takeaways from Sophos’ 2021 Threat Report

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When is the last time you updated your cybersecurity plan for your Middle Tennessee or Southern Kentucky business? Small business owners will often keep the same antivirus, firewall, or other security measures in place for years without…

What Can We Learn from Microsoft Productivity Score?

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Business has left the building, and most companies around the country have moved work processes to cloud environments to allow teams to work from anywhere. Use of the cloud has become a necessity in the time of the pandemic and telecommuting…

Cloud Waste Has Become a Big Problem! Find Out How to Fix It

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It’s estimated that nearly a third (32%) of IT budgets will be dedicated to the cloud in 2021. The last five years have been a transition phase for many businesses that included leaving behind legacy on-premises technologies for cloud-based…

How Amazon Sidewalk Can Impact Your Office & Remote Team Security

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Most users know that public networks can be dangerous when it comes to IT security and to tread carefully when connected to one. Hackers will often perpetuate “man-in-the-middle” attacks to spy on other network users. As a result, they'll…

What Your Company Needs to Do to Prepare for Adobe Flash Player EOL

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There was a time when most of the animations you would see on websites were coming from Adobe Flash. This multimedia program had its heyday in the early 2000s. It was used for everything from online games to website menus. However, technology…