Category: Disaster Recovery
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Hurricane Prep 2022
June 1st marks the beginning of Hurricane Season Now is the time to prepare your business technology! Don’t wait until a storm is forecast to hit Florida! The preparation rush that occurs before each storm can leave you in the dark! A few things to remember: St. Aubin Technologies will remain open as long as…
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Prepare for Novel Coronavirus
Cases of Coronavirus in Florida are on the rise. The Novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has reached Florida and Miami-Dade. We’ve put together a few things to reassure you and help your business maintain productivity during this pandemic. A few things to remember as the situation unfolds: St. Aubin Technologies will remain open as long as…
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Ransomware – How bad can it get?
Let us start this conversation with a simple line: no business is too big or too small to be a target for ransomware. It is simple to think that a network of only a couple of computers is not a lucrative target for a hacker, and you would be right if that hacker had to…
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Tips for Protecting Your Network 2019
In 2018 we saw a 350% increase in ransomware attacks, a 250% increase in spoofing or business email compromise, and a 70% increase in spear-phishing attacks. (IndustryWeek) The reason? More and more hackers are compromising networks and systems, and demanding more and more money. The average cost of a breach for Small Businesses? $120,000. Enterprise?…
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What is a phishing email and How to spot the scam
Phishing is a type of online scam where criminals send an email that appears to be from a legitimate company and ask you to provide sensitive information. This is usually done by including a link that will appear to take you to the company’s website to fill in your information – but the website is a…
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Important Office Hours Information for Hurricane Irma
Dear Friends, With the increasing threat of Hurricane Irma impacting South Florida, I am writing to inform you of our office’s Hurricane Closure Policies. In the event Miami-Dade and/or Monroe County areas are placed under a Hurricane Watch, our offices will remain open, but our focus will be on assisting our clients with preparing for…
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Phishing Emails on the Rise
Phishing and Spear-Phishing emails are on the rise. By using situations that are relevant to you, the user, spammers increase their chances of the phishing email working. Watch this video below for some helpful hints on spotting phishing and spear-phishing emails.
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Major Internet Outage Effects Eastern US
A major internet outage is effecting the eastern United States. You may notice some sites working and others are not. Amazon Web Services has reported they are seeing high error rates with S3 in US-EAST-1, and Amazon AWS site. This is impacting applications and services dependent on AWS’s S3 service. Amazon is currently investigating and…
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5 Ways to Help Employees be Privacy Aware
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Ransomware Successfully Targets Mac Computers
Apple Computers, known for not being as susceptible to viruses as PCs, have been successfully targeted by Ransomware. Ransomware is malicious software that infects a computer like a virus, and then encrypts and locks user files, asking the user to pay a ransom to return their files to normal. The program in question, dubbed keRanger,…