Posts By: OptfinITy

Arkansas police are hoping they can use an Echo found at a murder scene, and its recordings, to help with the investigation of a murder.  Echoes only begin recording after hearing the wake word, but background noise/chatter could have activated the device.  Amazon stores all the voice recordings from its devices on its servers.  As… Read more »

Those one billion Yahoo! users’ account information, which was stolen back in 2013, is now for sale on the computer underground market for a total of a little less than one million dollars. So not only is the data currently in the hands of criminals and probably being utilized, but if you have not changed… Read more »

British Hospitals Hit by Ransomware: Are Your Business Systems Safe? Recently, three British hospitals fell victim to a **ransomware attack**, forcing their IT systems offline and leading to the cancellation of routine patient operations. The attack lasted several days, significantly disrupting the hospitals’ ability to provide essential care and services, highlighting the critical impact that… Read more »

Ransomware Attack Impacts LA Population We talk a lot about ransomware, but phishing scams are still just as prevalent and are just as dangerous to companies, their employees, and their clients. This year, a hacker comprised the data of over three quarters of a million LA County employees. This not only includes their employee’s personal… Read more »

Many Amazon customers are being scammed by a very real-looking email saying there’s a problem with their order and asking them to click on the attached link to enter some information as verification. So if you are or will be ordering through Amazon anytime soon, be on the lookout! Remember, anytime a company sends an… Read more »

How the MUNI Ransomware Attack Highlights the Importance of Cybersecurity for Your Business Several weeks ago, San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates the MUNI transit system, was struck by a major ransomware attack. The cybercriminals demanded 100 Bitcoins—roughly $70,000 at the current exchange rate—in exchange for restoring the agency’s systems. In response, SFMTA… Read more »

A hacker group known as The Dark Overlord has stolen a variety of business and personal information from Gorilla Glue. They made off with 500 GB of data including personal email accounts, executive and family pictures, and R&D material. This group has attacked other businesses before, demanding large ransoms in return for not posting their… Read more »

As published by MSPMentor: Michael Drobnis, president and CEO of Springfield, VA-based OptfinITy, shares three suggestions he’d apply if he were launching an MSP from scratch today. 1. Leverage cloud internally – From the business perspective, utilizing cloud-based PSA tools, RMM tools, virus-monitoring, backups, etc., the cloud is probably the best way with no or… Read more »

Understanding the Basics of HIPAA Breaking the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act can quickly add up for many businesses regulated by this act. Most of you might know this as HIPAA. Ast a company millions of dollars annually, even if the breach is perpetrated by a contracted third party. These third-party contractors are often… Read more »