12th Annual MSP 501 Identifies Top Forward-Thinking Global MSPs & Leading Trends in Managed Services JUNE 18, 2019: Rock IT has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious 12th-annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. Every year, MSPs worldwide complete an extensive survey and application to report their product

Enable Google two-step verification This is the simplest way to get additional security around your Google accounts. It’s simple, easy to use and will stop the bad guys/girls getting in!! To get started, go to the Security page in settings. Click 2-Step Verification and then the Get Started button to sign in to your Google account and turn on two-step verification.

As concerns about password security grow, multi factor authentication is an increasingly favoured way to protect an organisation. Find out more here.

In an FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alert, the government agencies warned cybersecurity professionals about SamSam MSIL/Samas.A ransomware attacks. Within the alert, the government agencies recommended that organizations take these 14 steps to mitigate the risk of SamSam ransomware infection. Here’s the mitigation guidance, word for word from the FBI and DHS memo: 1.

Five Common Security Scams Phishing: Emails aimed at luring recipients to click on an embedded link, which could trigger a malware installation, or surrendering confidential information such as passwords or credit card numbers. Spear-Phishing: Attackers gather specific personal data and often impersonate friends or business associates, including mimicking their email addresses (a tactic called “spoofing”) to craft an especially realistic

Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich has published a report showing a vulnerability in WhatsApp that could have allowed an attacker to take control of a video call remotely. The technical details can be found in Natalie’s blog or a summary here. The quick summary for this blog is this: Hacker only need your phone number

Such is the state of computing these days, software providers are continually releasing security and bug patches. Microsoft has what’s known as “Patch Tuesday”, which is a monthly release of security and bug fixes. The quality of these updates is often questionable as well, with the latest October 2018 (1809) release leaving some users reporting

100% security is now almost accepted in the online community. If you want to communicate with the outside world then you have to allow traffic in and out of your network. Here’s the key summaries from one of our security vendors, Webroot, for the first half of 2018: » Ransomware attacks moved beyond brute force

In September 2018, Facebook announced that its engineering team had discovered a security issue affecting 50 million accounts. A hacker could, potentially, take over your Facebook account and use it as if they’d logged in as you. Facebook says: Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused

Cyber risk is a complex issue that we all wish didn’t exist. 60% of businesses experienced a disruptive security breach in 2016 and there’s a global shortage of cyber security experts. So surely the Government will have the answers! And we all love reading Government reports… right? Here’s the most important one you’ll never read