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05/28/2020

We are busy helping businesses make sure all of their systems are updated in preparation of reopening soon. Please send me a message if you need help.

04/30/2020

How is everyone doing? We're still hanging in there, learning to work and communicate effectively while working from home.

04/08/2020

We're still open and working for our clients. We are available to help if you have any IT needs.

04/02/2020

There's now COVID-19 malware that will wipe your PC and rewrite your MBR
By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | April 2, 2020 -- 02:32 GMT (19:32 PDT)

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raging all over the globe, some malware authors have developed malware that destroys infected systems, either by wiping files or rewriting a computer's master boot record (MBR).
With help from the infosec community, ZDNet has identified at least five malware strains, some distributed in the wild, while others appear to have been created only as tests or jokes.
The common theme among all four samples is that they use a coronavirus-theme and they're geared towards destruction, rather than financial gain.
MBR-rewriting malware
Of the four malware samples found by security researchers this past month, the most advanced were the two samples that rewrote MBR sectors.
Some advanced technical knowledge was needed to create these strains as tinkering with a master boot record is no easy feat and could easily result in systems that didn't boot at all.
The first of the MBR-rewriters was discovered by a security researcher that goes by the name of MalwareHunterTeam, and detailed in a report from SonicWall this week. Using the name of COVID-19.exe, this malware infects a computer and has two infection stages.
In the first phase, it just shows an annoying window that users can't close because the malware has also disabled the Windows Task Manager.
While users attempt to deal with this window, the malware is silently rewriting the computer's master boot record behind their back. It then restarts the PC, and the new MBR kicks in, blocking users into a pre-boot screen.
Users can eventually regain access to their computers, but they'll need special apps that can be used to recover and rebuild the MBR to a working state.

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03/27/2020

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/covid19-drive-phishing-emails-667/

More than a third of untrained end users are susceptible to such scams

03/25/2020

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03/25/2020

We hope everyone is staying home and staying safe. We are all working remotely to keep you and your business in business. Please call or email with any requests.

03/12/2020

Forget hackers in hoodies or organized cybercriminal gangs—breaches often start when a regular employee makes a mistake like accidentally emailing confidential information to the wrong person or using weak passwords.
Keeping your organization and your customers safe requires understanding the biggest contributors to data breaches so you can put the most effective security controls in place.
Contact us to see how we can help.

01/29/2020

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wawa-says-pos-malware-incident-impacts-potentially-all-locations/
Wawa's massive card breach: 30 million customers' details for sale online.

Wawa said the malware infection lasted between March and December 2019.

01/17/2020

Did you know that support for Windows 7 has ended. We can help. Contact us at support@lgaitsolutions.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4057281/windows-7-support-will-end-on-january-14-2020

01/17/2020

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