KatoTech, a division of Bullets & Bytes, Inc.

06/23/2025

Safety Alert!!

With the conflict in Iran, there is an uptick for attacking government agencies and US based business. Iran and supporting countries have called for attacks on US based technology. This does not leave us immune with our current security in place on our computer systems. Homegrown terrorists could be following Iran to support their terrorism.

Be cognizant of suspicious emails, phone calls and websites to entice you to do something that would not be initiated by you.

If you find a USB device that was not issues by a legitimate company (training location, known vendor or purchased and packaged product), DO NOT PUT IT INTO A COMPUTER. Threat groups have been known to drop USBs on tables in places and unknowing victims will pick one up to use it. These USB drives can contain spyware, malware, viruses and worse – a command to destroy a computer.

Always reach out to us if we can assist with any questions!

01/28/2025

Bullets & Bytes would like to introduce Michael Petrillo to our organization! Mike comes with decades of MSP experience and will be our new business manager to elevate our company! Welcome onboard Mike!

11/11/2024

Bullets and Bytes would like to thank all of our veterans who are or who have served in the military. A founding member of this company (my father Marc Sr) served in the US Coast Guard and was part of the Vietnam Theater. He spent most of his time in Cordova Alaska, then spent the remainder of his service in Cape May NJ.

10/29/2024

Yesterday, our company moved the Kennett Square Police department from their old building on North Broad Street to their new facility on South Broad Street, and had less than two hours of downtime. Their officers and staff were able to get back to work with little delay with the move process.
Excellent job by the KatoTech staff to get this moved done in exceptional amount of time! 
Have a great look at this server rack with everything set in place prior to the move and as of today.

10/14/2024

SCAM ALERT!

Be on the lookout for unexpected Gmail account recovery attempts and subsequent customer service calls that sound a little too perfect, warns IT consultant Sam Mitrovic.

Users are falling victim to a sophisticated AI-based account takeover scam, which carefully impersonates Google staff over multiple weeks.

Sam Mitrovic, an IT consultant and tech blogger, received a notification to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt, which he denied. According to his blog, Mitrovic then received a call roughly 40 minutes later, showing the caller ID as Google Sydney, which he also declined.

Using phony account-recovery notifications is a classic trick used by cybercriminals carrying out phishing attacks, Forbes points out. These types of ploys will generally lead customers to a fake login portal, which will capture their login details.

The following week, Mitrovic received another notification to approve an account recovery, alongside a call from an Australian number 40 minutes later. This time he decided to pick up.

An “American voice, very polite and professional” told the IT expert there has been suspicious activity on his account. The caller said someone illegally accessed his account and downloaded his account data over the course of a week, which reminded him of the previous incident.

The IT expert did his due diligence before taking things further and discovered the caller's number was the official one listed as Google Australia's IT support. He decided to ask for a confirmation email only to find the email he received appeared to be an official one used by Google's support team. But imitating real email addresses and phone numbers used by companies is a common attack vector used by cybercriminals, usually called "spoofing."

Mitrovic, after doing his digging, found the email didn't arrive from a true Google domain but a cleverly disguised fake one, only visible after carefully reviewing the email "TO" field. He also found no unusual logins in his Google Account history. He then realized the caller, still on the line, was AI-generated as his spacing and pronunciation was "too perfect."

09/27/2024

If anybody is in need of professional IT services, this is what a new server rack should look like during installation. Give us a call. We can give you a quote and provide professional IT services for you and your organization!


02/29/2024

Hey tech geeks! If you own one of the doorbells listed in this article, you may want to review the security settings or remove it from being active!

Consumer Reports finds that numerous video doorbells being sold online don't offer data encryption and can be accessed remotely or in-person by a third-party attacker.

11/01/2023

The new KatoTech.com website is now live!

Tell us what you think!

05/16/2023

For those that sell items online-please be cautious!

If someone asks for your cell number and wants you to send a code back - they WILL compromise your cell phone account. DO NOT fall for this scam.
NEVER SHARE A two factor verification code with anyone! This is how they are getting to your accounts by actually verifying who you are, then access your cell accounts to scam you over.

Here’s a link to the Government FTC site for warnings about selling online.

https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2022/07/selling-stuff-online-heres-how-avoid-scam

Any questions, please give us a call and we can help answer questions.

Don’t fall victim to scammers!

Selling stuff online can be a great way to make some extra cash. Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and other sites attract a lot of buyers — and scammers.

03/22/2023

Looking to protect your business from cyber-attacks? Give us a call to discuss cyber protection and boost your protection from hackers and your network being compromised or all your files being encrypted!