Celebrity Death Hoax Since the divorce between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, hackers throughout the world have created high-grade click bait falsely stating that Brad Pitt has committed suicide. The misleading news has appeared on social media, as well as in various employee inboxes, and looks like it is being reported by well-known news channels… Continue reading Scam of the Week: Celebrity Death Hoax
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Scam of the Week: Insidious IRS Social Engineering Scam
A recent investigation by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has found an insidious new IRS scam. This form of hack attack is conducted through a fake IRS CP 2000 form, which is sent through emails with attachments, text messages, live calls, and even snail mail. The hackers claim that the income reported on… Continue reading Scam of the Week: Insidious IRS Social Engineering Scam
Industry News: California May Pass Bill To Treat Ransomware As Extortion
California May Pass Bill To Treat Ransomware As Extortion According to StateScoop, cases of ransomware may soon be regarded as acts of extortion in the state of California. The bill was recently proposed by Senator Robert Hertzberg as a means of combatting the nation’s rising levels of hack attacks. “This is essentially an electronic stickup,… Continue reading Industry News: California May Pass Bill To Treat Ransomware As Extortion
NEW Increase In Malicious Email Attachments
Recent Advancements in Ransomware: Should You Pay Your Hacker?
Throughout 2016, we have not only witnessed a drastic increase in the number of ransomware cases, but also observed a significant progression in the sophistication and aggression of these types of hack attacks. In fact, today’s ransomware affects every computer in the system through encrypted files, local drives, backup drives, and any other resource a network may share. Hackers… Continue reading Recent Advancements in Ransomware: Should You Pay Your Hacker?
Lunch + Learn How To Protect Yourself From Ransomware and Phishing
We are pleased to announce that on May 25, 2016, thinkIT will partner with CheckPoint Software Technologies to host a free ‘Lunch + Learn’ event at Fogo de Chao in Denver, CO. This month’s topic will include learning how to identify and protect your organization from two of today’s most common types of security breach: Types of… Continue reading Lunch + Learn How To Protect Yourself From Ransomware and Phishing
ThinkIT Security Alert: E-mail Hoax
As part of our daily workload, we all face time crunches, deadlines, and last minute requests. Often it is under this pressure that shortcuts are taken, inconsistencies are overlooked, and mistakes are made. Recently, thinkIT has gotten reports of a very deliberate and sophisticated e-mail scam making the rounds. We would like to share the story,… Continue reading ThinkIT Security Alert: E-mail Hoax
Announcing Our New Hires
We are pleased to announce the arrival three new members to the thinkIT New Orleans team. Lisa Pushkar joins thinkIT as a support specialist, Gingar Currier joins as a service coordinator, and Marcos Lara joins as a solutions engineer. Originally from Florida, Lisa Pushkar joins thinkIT as a Support Specialist. She has more than five years of IT experience including working for the… Continue reading Announcing Our New Hires
New Malware Threat: How To Protect Yourself
Dear Clients and Friends, This Notice is to inform you about a new malware threat, which is spreading at an alarming rate. This exploit is being transmitted via email, so we’re urging our friends to be sure to only open attachments that you are expecting, and ones that are from a reputable source. If you have any problems or… Continue reading New Malware Threat: How To Protect Yourself
How To Prevent Phishing: Think About These Tips
Phishing is an increasingly common type of spam that can lead to theft of your personal details such as credit card numbers or online banking passwords. Phishing attacks work by the scam artist sending “spoofed” emails that appear to come from a legitimate website that you have online dealings with such as a bank, credit card… Continue reading How To Prevent Phishing: Think About These Tips