Jun 6, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Working Smarter
What is a phishing email? Your first line of defense is to recognize a phishing email when you get one and to not fall for their tricks. Phishing is when you receive an email or text message that looks innocent and routine, but is actually designed to steal...
May 15, 2024 | Technology, AI, News
Google Introduces Generative AI Search Responses Google announced on Tuesday that it is introducing a new version of its search engine that incorporates AI-generated responses. The development, dubbed Gemini (formerly known as Bard), represents one of the most...
May 12, 2024 | Cybersecurity
A cyberattack this week on health system giant Ascension forced hospitals across the nation to divert ambulances, blocked access to online patient records, and caused patients to postpone medical tests. It also put millions of patient records and private data at risk....
Dec 19, 2023 | Cybersecurity
‘Tis the season for phishing. How to recognize, avoid, and report phishing attacks. It’s that time of year. Cybersecurity attacks typically increase over the holidays and weekends, especially phishing attacks. As an IT MSP we can attest to that from our own...
Nov 10, 2023 | Cybersecurity
World’s Largest Bank Hit By Ransomware Cyberattack Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Ltd was hit by a serious ransomware attack this week. It is suspected that the attack came from a gang of cybercriminals known as LockBit. LockBit is also credited with...
Jul 30, 2023 | Working Smarter
IT asset management (or ITAM) is the overseeing of a company’s IT-related equipment, software, and licenses so that they are identified, inventoried, kept track of, distributed, and monitored for upgrades, renewal, retirement, and/or replacement. IT assets can include...
Jul 26, 2023 | Technology, AI
These days, it seems like everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chatbots, ChatGPT, what it all means, what it can do, and what it can’t do. Like anything tech, the field is rife with acronyms and buzzwords that may not be immediately easy to decode....
Jul 21, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Working Smarter
Hive Systems, a cybersecurity company located in Richmond, Virginia, conducts a study each year that examines how long it takes hackers to crack a password based on its composition. Obviously the simpler and shorter it is, the easier it is to crack. The longer and...
Jul 13, 2023 | Technology, AI
Elon Musk, who was involved in the creation of OpenAI (the developer of ChatGPT), has formed a new company called xAI to explore the frontiers of AI. He states the goal of the new enterprise is to “understand the true nature of the universe.” Rumors have...
