by Ethan Holmes | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles
We’re excited to announce that IT Support RI has passed our first Cyber Hygiene Assessment! The assessment was conducted by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is a new United States federal agency that operates under the Department of...
by Ethan Holmes | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles
To our clients, As we ring in the New Year, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for an amazing year! Our success is based on the relationships we have built with you all over the years; and we wouldn’t be where we are without you. Whether you’ve been...
by Ethan Holmes | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles
Next generation malware has flipped today’s threat landscape on its head. The wormable nature of new threats makes removal extremely difficult with reinfection often occurring moments after a system is cleaned. Emotet and Trickbot are two trojans that recently...
by Ethan Holmes | Jan 3, 2020 | Articles
It’s that time of year—the time when the “new” wears off and people with good intentions everywhere start to flake on their New Year’s resolutions. Business leaders are not immune—we can also get caught up in the hustle of day-to-day operations and lose sight of our...
by Ethan Holmes | Dec 17, 2019 | Articles
Article based on and adapted from Christopher Hadnagy’s “Science Behind Human Hacking” presentation at the Compass Cybersecurity Symposium, Twin River Event Center – 9/27/19 What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of convincing...
by Ethan Holmes | Nov 11, 2019 | Articles
Attackers want to trick victims into opening and responding to emails. To increase the success of their attacks, they will design the email to look like it came from someone the target knows, including their boss! Business email compromise (BEC) is a rapidly growing...
