Is your organization still running Windows 7 machines? We have some bad news. Windows 7 is coming to an end. Microsoft has stated the end-of-life for Windows 7 to be January 14, 2020. According to helpnetsecurity.com, 33% of the largest enterprises are still running some Windows 7 machines. Small businesses […]
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Every day I read about the latest way that bad guys have been discovered wreaking havoc on businesses via the Internet. In waves will come the highly improbable, the not possible to protect against without shutting down peoples ability to work and then the newly discovered mainstream hack that will […]
The bad guys have come up with a new way to take your money and ruin your day. You get a call to your cell phone It says it’s from someone you know and have in your address book. Often it’s the boss or owner of the company You answer […]
2018 has been a year of big changes for Harbor Computer Services. We have some new team members on our staff, and several new clients. Welcome to you all! The year ahead holds many new things in store, some of which we can anticipate, and some, we can’t. That’s […]
In this blog I detailed out the necessary security settings that we’re putting into place to protect your information in the cloud. The cloud doesn’t arrive secure, backed up, or tuned to your individual needs. Threats change constantly, regulatory and business needs change too. We care about your business so […]
There are so many more scams out there. The number is multiplying by rates that we’ve never seen before. I thought I would highlight an example that we’ve seen recently. You may not get this exact scam but it will give you an idea of what to look out for. […]
Warning. Contains offensive language. There is a new Phishing email scam going around and it’s making it through spam filters. I’ve received two of them in the last two weeks and the second one expanded to other people in the company as well. What is phishing? A phishing email […]
One of our clients fell victim to the CEO scam and lost thousands of dollars. I would like you to avoid becoming the next victim. What it is: The CEO scam is a social engineering attack. The scammers look for public information to tell them the name and email […]
We’ve had an enormous amount of problems with Comcast routing over the last month. It manifests itself as Internet drops, slowdowns, disconnections and it’s been inconsistent. We’ve pulled out all the stops. Both Parrish and Ted have put in a huge number hours behind the scenes working through various levels […]