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Like Darkside REvil goes offline
Reported in the New York Times today, by David Sanger, the aggressive ransomware organized crime syndicate believed base in Russia has gone offline. He lists several possible gambits. My favorite " a third is that REvil decided that the heat was too intense, and took...
PrintNightmare patched partially
Printnightmare has kept IT and systems staff alerted for the past week. It was originally attributed to: An accidental leak Leaking the details for this vulnerability happened by accident, out of a confusion with another issue, CVE-2021-1675, also impacting Print...
Staying Safe from Phishing Handbook part1
Businesses, organizations, and individuals need to have an anti-phishing strategy. Just this simple step is minimizing the risk of successful phishing attacks. Staying safe from phishing attacks is a practice. Putting this handbook into your policies and procedures...
One clue to DarkSide origins
One Clue to dark side's origins is that the problems are deeper and not as dark as some make out. Dark makes it sound like there is not enough light obscuring what's going on in attacks like the one on Colonial Pipelines. There is more than knowledge among...
Keep your business safe with a password update policy
An alert pops up on your computer: It’s time to change your password again. Sigh. Fine. You’ll just change from password4! to password5! and— Not so fast. Regular password changes are meant to make sure that even if someone gets your login credentials, they won’t be...
Microsoft 365 apps and services
Reminder: Microsoft 365 apps and services ending support on IE11 after August 17, 2021 MC241353 · TEKMAR SOLUTIONS, INC. As communicated in MC220490 (August ’20), Microsoft 365 apps and services will be focusing their efforts on modern browser support over the coming...
Stay home, stay connected and be encouraged
Another storm is on the way. It's troubling because, driving past parking lots they filled with cars, people are worried about supplies, which is understandable. The pandemic is not over and we should all be budgeting time to get everything we need to handle any...
Best password is unique
If you use the same password for multiple systems—online shopping, email, your company’s cloud bookkeeping solution, etc.—you are not alone. The best password is unique, yet even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg did that. And in 2016 his LinkedIn credentials were...
Free Support for individuals and businesses
To celebrate data Privacy Day Tekmar is offering a month of help desk support as a bonus add-on with 60 day subscription for our TSI Password manager. The Purpose of TSI Password Manager is simplifying password management for businesses and users. What is the purpose...
Routine IT inventory time
Making a deep dive into the process running on your systems is two heart beats and a click away Tekmar Managed IT Blueprint keeps a running audit for home and business computer users. Click the retrieve audit button in the system tray and we'll send you an encrypted...
