How One Small Business Incurred a $73,000 Phone Bill Without Making the Calls. Learn How To Prevent This in Your Business

9 Dec
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A short time ago one of my technicians was speaking with a client who one Monday morning came in to the office to find they weren’t able to place long distance calls. After speaking with their long distance provider, they were told their long distance service was suspended because of suspicious long distance activities that occurred over the weekend. After further discussions with their provider they learned that $73,000 (yep, you read that right—$73K)of long distance calls were made overseas over the weekend from their offices. Naturally, they didn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Money Saving Tips, Security, TAG Blog

SECURITY ALERT! Ads for Fake Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware Programs Are Multiplying

4 Oct
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Not long ago one of our clients was browsing the web when a warning popped up on his computer screen, alerting him that his PC had been infected with a virus. Although the alert looked real, he was skeptical and closed the alert by clicking on the “X” in the upper right hand corner of the notice. Can you guess what happened next? His browser was hijacked, pop up ads started sprouting up everywhere, and he couldn’t get any of his programs to work even though he rebooted his machine. Although this is an extreme example, the number of fake anti-virus software … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-Mail, Security, Spyware, TAG Blog, Viruses

The Enemy Within: The Biggest Threat to Your Company’s Critical Confidential Data Revealed

13 Sep
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If you ask most business owners what’s the biggest threat to their company’s network and data, they might say, “viruses, hackers and cyber criminals,” or perhaps “faulty hardware, software and system failures”. But research is showing a much different reality. According to a recent study published by Computer Economics, (a research and metrics company for IT managers) employee sabotage – whether it be for financial gain, retribution or some other motivation – accounts for a bigger threat than viruses, hackers, hardware failures and natural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup and Disaster Recovery, Security, TAG Blog

Why Your Office Copy Machine Is Actually A Security Time Bomb

6 Sep

According to a recent CBS news report, copy and multi-function machines in offices contain a huge, unknown security risk that all businesses must address immediately or face the legal, financial, and PR repercussions of a security breach. A Surprising Fact About Your Office Copier Nearly every printer, copier and multi-function machine manufactured after 2002 contains a hard drive that stores the images of every document you’ve ever copied, faxed, or scanned. These document images stay on that machine’s hard drive forever and can quickly and easily be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Document Management, Privacy Policies, Security

Security Alert: Hackers And Cyber Criminals Are Now Concentrating Their Attacks On Small Business

9 Aug

At the 2009 Visa Security Summit a new trend was revealed: hackers and cyber criminals are now turning their efforts to small businesses instead of large enterprise corporations. Why? Because small business networks offer a much easier “lock” to pick, unlike large enterprises who invest far more man power and money into high security for their network. “As the security becomes better at large companies, the small business begins to look more and more enticing to computer criminals,” said Charles Matthews, President of the International Council for Small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security, Spyware, Viruses
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