5/21/21
By: Caitlin Tubbesing On the heels of the May 7th ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline—resulting in a temporary shutdown of its 5,5000 mile pipeline system carrying 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply— President Biden issued an Executive Order aimed at modernizing and improving the country’s defenses against these ever-increasing and malicious cyberattacks. The Order…
Twitter Hack and the Lessons it Leaves Behind
7/21/20
By: Courtney Mazzio Twitter fell victim to a major cyber attack on Wednesday, July 15, when the accounts for some of the world’s most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. The first public signs of the intrusion came around 3 PM EST, when the Twitter account for the…
A Recent Study on Cybersecurity Among Small Businesses
12/18/19
By: Michael Kouskoutis A recently published report, entitled “Under Attack: The State of MSP Cybersecurity in 2019,” surveyed 200 managed service providers across the country to evaluate the state of cybersecurity among smaller businesses. (A managed service provider is a company that handles its customers’ IT infrastructure, often remotely.) The report reveals how small businesses…