Jul 26, 2024 | Cybersecurity
What Is Ransomware? Ransomware is a kind of malicious software that is designed to allow cybercriminals access to a computer system’s data. It enables the attacker to block users from gaining access to that data, whether specific items, or the entire system. The...
Jul 25, 2024 | Working Smarter
Comparing Privately-Owned, Franchise, and Large Corporate IT Companies Different companies have different reasons to seek outside managed IT service providers (MSPs). A small to mid-sized business might need outside resources to provide a full range of IT services...
Jul 24, 2024 | Technology
In a surprise move, Google announced it would reverse its years-long plan to phase out third-party cookies. Google announced on Monday that it is reversing its long-planned move to scrap third-party cookies. The surprise announcement has profound implications for the...
Jul 20, 2024 | News, Technology
Cybersecurity company Crowdstrike experienced a major disruption Friday following the implementation of a software update. The problematic update let to a worldwide event that sent many businesses reeling. Medical services, financial services, payment processing,...
Jul 14, 2024 | Cybersecurity, News
On June 18th of this year, CDK Global was hit with a cyberattack that led to the company shutting down operations that serviced thousands of auto dealerships across the United States. Let’s take a look at what we now know took place. Who is CDK Global? CDK Global is a...
Jul 14, 2024 | Cybersecurity, News
On Friday, July 12, AT&T disclosed that the call and text message records from mid-to-late 2022 of millions of AT&T cellphone customers were exposed in a massive data breach. AT&T said the compromised data includes the telephone numbers of “nearly all” of...
Jul 3, 2024 | Technology, Working Smarter
Understanding the various Microsoft 365 and Office 365 products and deciding what’s right for your organization can be somewhat daunting. With all the re-naming, reorganizing, deletions, additions, re-naming, changing, and updating, it’s definitely a...
Jun 19, 2024 | Cybersecurity, News
On Wednesday, June 19, CDK Global, the leading provider of dealership management software systems in the U.S., experienced a significant cyberattack. The attack led to a shutdown of CDK systems, impacting around 15,000 automotive dealerships nationwide. CDK Global’s...
