What are the Benefits of Outsourcing IT Services?
In our rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses constantly seek strategies to maintain a competitive edge. One effective approach gaining widespread popularity is the outsourcing of IT services. This method offers numerous benefits, from substantial cost reductions to improvements in operational efficiency. In this article, we will explore these benefits, shedding light on why the outsourcing […]
Insource VS Outsource
As your business takes on bigger and better IT services, you are faced with the question of outsourcing or insourcing your resources and professionals. The more traditional choice of insourcing all IT expertise has become a not-so-obvious choice as other options have grown favorable. The decision can be significantly affected by cost, quality, and accessibility. […]
What Are Managed Services in Kansas City?
As your business grows, so does the need for organized and efficient IT management. Having one IT employee or running it all yourself makes keeping your business stable and working effectively a challenge. Outsourcing to an IT company with managed services can give your company an entire IT team along with the resources and tools […]
B2B Payment Fraud Continues to Rise
What You Can Do To Prevent Wire Fraud Electronic payment attacks are on the rise, and small-to-mid-sized businesses are the target as more and more look to ACH and electronic payments as means of facilitating business between vendors. While wire transfer fraud schemes have been around as long as electronic payment methods exist, the pandemic-related […]
How Are Attackers Using Phishing to Get Into Victims’ Mailboxes?
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series If you want to see how attackers are using phishing to get into victims’ mailboxes, Microsoft has a good writeup: Behind the scenes of business email compromise: Using cross-domain threat data to disrupt a large BEC campaign | Microsoft Security BlogOr, if you want to see how ransomware gangs get into the […]
Do You Have MFA Enabled On ALL Remote Access?
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series The DoJ announced that it recovered “most” of the $4.4 million ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid, by seizing the BitCoin wallet: US recovers most of Colonial Pipeline’s $4.4M ransomware payment (bleepingcomputer.com) This news is potentially huge, or potentially a one-time event. Time will tell. Hopefully it sends a message to the ransomware […]
Ransomware Attackers Are Mirroring Traditional Sales Techniques
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series The big ransomware victim of the week was JBS Meats. It’s not known if JBS paid a ransom or not. The US government has pointed the finger at Revil / Sodinokibi: US: Russian threat actors likely behind JBS ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) All ransomware articles tend to be pretty much alike. This one […]
Proactively Detect and Block These Exfiltration Applications
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series In 2011, the IT world was shocked to learn that RSA was hacked, and the seed values for SecurID tokens were stolen. This left every SecurID token in the world vulnerable and exposed – if you were in the industry at the time, you surely remember this incident. Now, 10 years […]
Consider Cyber Insurance
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series The big ransomware news from last weekend was Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline operator on the East Coast, which was forced to shut down its entire network and all operations after being hit with ransomware from DarkSide. There are reports that the company paid $5 million in ransom: Colonial Pipeline Paid […]
Is This the Future of Ransomware?
NetStandard’s Security Minute Series Data exfiltration by attackers is on the rise. By some statistics, up to 80% of all ransomware attacks now include the threat of leaking data publicly. It’s the future of ransomware: Ransomware: The Data Exfiltration and Double Extortion Trends (cisecurity.org)Google is starting to push aggressively toward two-factor authentication, with almost all users getting automated […]