FCC Warns Smishing Scams On The Rise

There’s a new warning from the FCC. Now, why this is a little bit crazy and why you're going to want to pay attention is because it's not normal for the FCC to put out these types of bulletins, so it's pretty important. Let's get into it right now.

The FCC just released an alert over these SMS phishing attempts that you probably get on your phone, known as smishing.

This ONE Person Can Sink Your Company!

It’s not just cybercriminals who hack into networks and steal data.

Most business owners erroneously think cybercrime is limited to hackers based in China or Russia, but the evidence is overwhelming that disgruntled employees, both of your company and your vendors, can cause significant losses due to their knowledge of your organization and access to your data and systems.

Is Starbucks The Biggest Danger For Your Business?

For a long time, Starbucks has called itself the ‘Third Place,’ which they defined as the place between home and work.

And while it could be a great place for a cup of coffee or to work outside the office, the truth is if you or your employees ever work from anywhere but the office, they may be exposing your entire business to danger.

How This One Thing Could Wreck Your Entire Business In One Click

You probably roll your eyes every time you get an email from a Nigerian prince, asking you to transfer $25,000 to their bank account.  Isn’t it also amazing (and highly coincidental) how you win the lottery from a foreign country on a weekly basis?

While the above scenarios may be obvious as a scam to some, around 90% of all data breaches come from phishing.

Ransomware Hackers Are Coming For Your OneDrive & SharePoint Files – Here’s How To Protect Yourself

In today’s blog, hackers are coming after your Office 365 and the data stored within it. So, let's get into it.

There is this misconception about the cloud. Basically, what cloud does, and what cloud doesn't do. Unfortunately for a lot of people, they don't understand that when they move things to the cloud, and in this case, let's talk about Microsoft 365, OneDrive, and SharePoint; these places where you now store files that traditionally either store on your computer or file server at your office.

Hackers are exploiting the Follina 0-day like crazy – What can you do?

In today's blog Xact IT Solutions is going to talk about Follina, the Microsoft vulnerability through Microsoft Office that's kind of making it really easy for attackers to get to people right now. Read on to find out what it is and what you can start doing to protect yourself.

What Is the Ransomware “Ryuk” and How Can You Protect Yourself?

Don’t know what Ryuk ransomware is and where they are from? Don’t worry, Xact IT has some solutions on how to deal with particular ransomware, even if you’re unfortunate enough to be infected. Let’s dive into what they do, who their targets are, how they deliver and how you can protect yourself against this infectious ransomware!

What is Ryuk ransomware? So back in August of 2018, a ransomware family called Ryuk was first discovered in the wild.

Ransomware Hits U.S. Universities – Lincoln College Closes & Coastal Georgia Hit

Today’s blog is going to be about some colleges that are under attack by cyber criminals. So let's get into that right now.

There are a couple colleges that are dealing with some cyber-attacks. Let's start off with Lincoln College, that one's a little bit older, but they just announced that they have to shut their doors.

Opus Interactive Suffers Ransomware Attack, Losses Are Undetermined

In today's video, I'm going to jump into this third-party ransomware attack that's affecting some other businesses. We're going to get into why these matters for your business. Let's jump into the content for today.

Opus Interactive, they are a web hosting firm.