Dental Practice Information Security

The security of information within a dental practice is a challenge to protect in a complex digital world.  Hackers have effective methods for obtaining various entry points to a practice that have been publicly exposed, while other methods are not as well known.  How does your practice protect your patient and business-related data? A secure…

Meltdown/Spectre notice for Bitdefender GravityZone users

Are you an AccuNet client using our recommended endpoint security platform, Bitdefender GravityZone?  Fear not, GravityZone business products received security patches and compatibility updates starting January 8, 2018 to mitigate the threat of the Meltdown and Spectre processor exploits. Read more here:  https://www.bitdefender.com/support/understanding-the-impact-of-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-exploits-on-bitdefender-gravityzone-users-2072.html Interested in switching to Bitdefender GravityZone?  Contact AccuNet by calling 614-568-2116 or…

Unusual Ransomware Strain Encrypts Cloud Email

Check out this video of a working “ransomcloud” strain that encrypts cloud email accounts like Office 365 in real-time. https://blog.knowbe4.com/heads-up-new-ransomware-strain-encrypts-cloud-email-real-time-video

How do Meltdown and Spectre affect you?

Curious about these processor security vulnerabilities? Here are the technical details: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html …and here is what they mean to you: https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/03/meltdown-spectre-microsoft-intel-google-apple/  

3 Rules of Thumb to consider when looking at new Internet Service

We have been in the IT space for over 27 years and have worked or “dealt” with just about any ISP. Throughout these years there are always a few pieces of the puzzle that the ISP leaves out of the order or gets lost in the provisioning of service or the install. Here’s a quick…

Top 5 Best Practices to Prevent against Ransomware

Current Anti-virus with Advanced Threat Protection & Web-Filtering It is not enough to just have anti-virus running on your machines. Please ensure the AV is regularly getting Virus definition updates for known viruses as well as Advanced Heuristics to look for odd software coding and/or unknown variants of previous virus signatures known as “zero-day” malware….

Microsoft bumps up security on IE after it earns title of “most exploited browser”

Original Story Debra Littlejohn Shinder on August 11, 2014 Last month, International Business Times reported that a study from Bromium Labs found that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was the web browser most often targeted by attackers during the first half of this year – which really comes as no surprise. After all, versions 8-11 of Internet…

Windows XP is coming to End of Life Support April 2014. Are you ready?

Faced with the looming deadline for Microsoft’s official end of support for Windows XP, companies must migrate or risk their IT. by Ricky Ribeiro posted Jan 02, 2014 In the classic 1980s and 1990s PC game Oregon Trail, pioneers risked life and limb as they made the hazardous journey from the Missouri River to the nirvana of Oregon’s lush,…

Failed Backups Endanger Revenue & Productivity

Failed backups endanger revenue and productivity NET-SECURITY.ORG 8 Hours Ago Failed backups endanger revenue and productivity SMBs are losing critical business information as a result of failed backups, and have suffered significant impacts as a result, according to GFI Software. Many IT administrators surveyed revealed that a failed backup has led to a loss of…

7 things you can do to make Internet Explorer more secure

How well Internet Explorer—or any Web browser, for that matter—protects against attacks and malware greatly depends on whether you keep it up to date and have the right security settings. Here’s how to take the proper security measures with Internet Explorer 9 and 10. Upgrade to the latest version of IE Although switching to a…