FBI Warns That Ransomware Attacks Are Getting More Dangerous And Expensive

This "security" thing continues to become more and more of an issue in our business lives, as well as personal. Recently the FBI posted a warning explaining what the potential losses are, including [...]

Bad guys need to constantly find new ways to lure their victims

"Bad guys need to constantly find new ways to lure their victims. If billing notifications were very common for a while, not all people in a company are working with such kind of documents. Which [...]

August 30th, 2016 |Categories: Healthcare, KnowBe4, Ransomware, Security, HIPAA

What will they think of next?

That's the content of an email I received from one of our clients this morning. He sent us an article he read about hackers ability to gain control of wireless keyboard and mouse from as far as 90 [...]

August 4th, 2016 |Categories: Technology, Security, Passwords, Hacking, Fraud

Top 10 Phone Scams Revealed

With all the ongoing talk of ransomware and the continued rise of cybercrime we may forget that phone scams continue to run rampant. I (Paul) have recently been the subject of one of the IRS phone [...]

August 3rd, 2016 |Categories: irs, Security, knowbe4.com, ftc, robocall, Scam

Security: A Checklist for Being Prepared

If we have learned anything over the years of working with healthcare providers (65% of our customers are either providers or Business Associates) we have leasrned that IT Security is paramount. [...]

July 29th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Healthcare, DR, Security, HIPAA, Compliance

Why do I need to change my passwords?

We are asked this question frequently, and especially from our healthcare customers whose doctors and staff are frustrated by the password policies typically set to change them every 90 days. So, why [...]

July 28th, 2016 |Categories: HITECH, OCR, Healthcare, Security, Passwords, HIPAA, Hacking, Compliance, HHS

Healthcare tops for ransomware incidents in Q2

Roughly 88 percent of all ransomware detected was discovered in healthcare, while the next most targeted industry was education at 6 percent, according to the report, published by Solutionary. One [...]

Have you been a victim of CEO Fraud?

Have you been a victim of CEO fraud? Are you aware that one of the first things hackers try is to see if they can spoof the email address of your CEO? If they are able to commit "CEO Fraud", [...]

July 21st, 2016 |Categories: CEO, SEIM, Technology, KnowBe4, Security, FIM, Fraud

Is Pokémon Go Safe?

As you've probably already seen, there is a new craze taking the mobile world by storm - Pokémon Go. Here are some excerpts from a great article from our friends at KnowBe4:

Ransomware is Serious Business

Ransomware is serious business and it continues to proliferate throughout the world. In particular, hackers have focused intensely on the Healthcare industry. This is due to several factors, [...]