2018's Most Active Ransomware

On October 2nd, an updated version of a highly vicious strain of ransomware was released. This updated version of GandCrab v5 has caught the attention of many researchers and experts- and rightfully [...]

October 9th, 2018 |Categories: Spam, GandCrab, Ransomware, Security, malvertising

Executive Briefing by The IT Company!

ALERT: Save the Dates!

Cybercriminals Target Online Payroll Accounts

ALERT BLOG! Today’s alert is based around the recent FBI alert informing people of a “Cybercrime using social engineering techniques to steal employee credentials and commit payroll diversion.”

September 27th, 2018 |Categories: Phishing, Payroll, Cybercriminals, Security

CIS Controls 1 & 2

Beginning our series discussing each individual CIS Control, are controls 1 and 2. Both of which are absolutely critical points for securing your network. While these are extremely important, they [...]

September 25th, 2018 |Categories: Software, Security, Inventory Assessment, CIS Controls, Hardware

CIS Controls Series

Today’s blog is an introduction to the newest addition to our variety of technical topics- a series on CIS Controls! Before we dive into the details of each control, we would like to take this [...]

September 18th, 2018 |Categories: IT Blog, CIS, Security, CIS Controls, Cyber Defense

Cloud Provider Checklist!

As promised in this week's blog, we have created a brief checklist to look at when choosing a cloud provider. Click the download button below to access our Cloud Provider Checklist!

Can You Really Rely on The Cloud?

Can you really rely on the cloud? Recent cloud outages have raised questions about the reliability of cloud providers.

September 11th, 2018 |Categories: IT Blog, Disaster Recovery, Cloud Provider, Security, Azure

Recent Events Recap!

No one wants to find out that they have fallen victim to a cyber attack or any type of technical scam. At The IT Company, we value the opportunity to go out into the community and have discussions [...]

Necurs Botnet Targets Banks

We may sound like a broken record by saying this, but we at the IT Company are looking out for you – and your security.

August 28th, 2018 |Categories: Attacks, Banking, Technology, Security, Necurs Botnet, Fraud

CPU Vulnerabilities Disclosed

This month Intel released a security advisory stating there were new variants on a recent vulnerability. We asked The IT Company’s expert, James Harrell, to expand on the information from the recent [...]

August 24th, 2018 |Categories: Foreshadow, Security, Security Alert, L1TF