We all know that we get hundreds of phishing e-mails per day, trying to convince us to click on a link or open and attachment that will release malware onto our systems and cause us time, money and grief. A particularly nasty one is targeting Law firms and we’ve had several clients who have received it.
Phishing E-mails Targeting Law Firms
TeamViewer Accounts have been Hacked!
Team Viewer is a remote desktop software application that allows for collaborative work to be done anywhere in the world, but it too has now fallen victim to these cyber criminals that are trying to get access to your data and to your accounts. Over the last 24 hours, customers started to report everything from their checking accounts being drained to malicious content being loaded onto their systems.
What is DFARS?
This question is coming up more and more with businesses that have or work on government contracts. FAR (Federal Acquisitions Regulation) governs the acquisition process used by the US government to acquire goods and services by contract or appropriated funds.
Why older versions of Intuit Quickbooks may not work on computers using Microsoft Windows 10
MSXML is something you probably never hear of but use every day. It is “a set of services that allow applications written in JScript, VBScript, and Microsoft development tools to build Windows-native XML-based applications” according to Wikipedia.
What Is “The Cloud” and Why Can’t I See It?
One of the things that make us geeks chuckle is when someone talks about the one and only “Cloud”. THE Cloud, as if it is one singular puffy white cloud floating in the sky that everyone magically uses to store information. That would be really cool if it was true, alas it is not.
Notice to Contractors: DOD Has Delayed 2 Factor Authentication Implementation
Due to a flood of feedback form government contractors, the Department of Defense has pushed back some timelines for implementation of 2 factor authentication on systems that have access to CUI (Controlled Unclassified Data) data. They were originally going to force all contractors with access to CUI to implement 2 factor authentication access to the network.
F1 Solutions: RSA Conference Report
Insight into the largest Cyber Security Conference in the US
Last week our security team attended the RSA conference in San Francisco. This is the industry’s leading Cyber security gathering of 40,000 plus “good Guy” hackers and experts.
F1 Solutions: Health Care Audit Alert
OCR Phase 2 Desk Audits Were Just Sent Out
On March 21st 2016 letters went out from Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to hundreds of Covered Entities and Business Associates across the country. This is phase 2 of auditing as required of OCR by the HIPAA HITECH Act.
We Won! – 2016 Best Places to Work
We Won!
F1 Solutions is proud to be a 2016 Best Places to Work Winner for Huntsville and Madison. The Chamber of Commerce reviews questionnaires submitted by employees to determine the winners of this award and that makes it much more special to us F1 has the hardest working and most caring team members and we are so proud of each and every one of them.
F1 Solutions has been named one of the top 500 Managed Service Providers of 2016!
F1 Solutions has been recognized by CRN, the leading IT industry news source, as a 2016 Managed Service Provider (MSP) Top 500 list member. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services.