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5 things you need to do to protect yourself in the cyber war you are fighting right now. Most people have heard of the term “cyber warfare”. For most of us this term brings to mind military installations, with nerds staring at green computer screens, working…
From an email that looks like it comes from your bank, to one from your Saudi Prince next of kin, phishing emails come in all kinds of forms. Let ACS help protect you from these attacks.
Phishing attempts are fraudulent attempts to obtain company information such as usernames, passwords and other valuable information by disguising oneself as a known or trustworthy entity through email or other electronic communication. Often, phishing attempts will…
Research has revealed that over half of all users end up opening fraudulent emails and often even fall for them.
5 Ways SMBs Can Save Money on Security Small-to-medium sized businesses and large enterprises may seem worlds apart, but they face many of the same cyber-security threats. In fact, in recent years, cyber-criminals have increasingly targeted SMBs. This is because it’s…
Four Key Components of a Robust Security Plan Every SMB Must Know Most businesses are now technology dependent. This means security concerns aren’t just worrisome to large corporate enterprises anymore, but also the neighborhood sandwich shop, the main street tax…
Hearing “all of your confidential information is extremely vulnerable, we know this because…” is bad news, but whatever follows the ellipses determines just how bad. Consider two scenarios.
We at ACS recently had our credit card stolen. Everyone knows that this is a hassle, but for us it’s a costly hassle. This card is primarily used to pay recurring payments to close to a dozen vendors. This means that when the card is stolen it takes hours of staff…
Ransomware (or cryptolocker) are the most dangerous viruses ever created for small businesses. These viruses go right after the businesses most important assets, its data. Imagine waking up tomorrow and having all of the following gone-
The other day I was discussing the details of a spear phishing attempt made on a local Traverse City business with a small group.