Tag Archives: IT Security Louisville

Meet a Cybercriminal: Jiang Lizhi

September 23, 2020 Jiang Lizhi, 35, works at a company called Chengdu 404 Network Technology Company Ltd. in the capital city of China’s Sichuan province. He’s the Vice President for the Technical Department of Chengdu 404. Chengdu 404 bills itself as a network security company, with “elite ‘white hat’ hackers” providing defensive measures and data analytics services. According … Continue reading "Meet a Cybercriminal: Jiang Lizhi" Read More

Microsoft ending support for Office 2010, 2016 for Mac

August 17, 2020 If you want to continue using Microsoft Office products and are using either Office 2010 or Office 2016 for Mac, you’re going to have to upgrade. Microsoft is ending support for those two products on Oct. 13. They will continue to function, but over time your risk for trouble will grow. “Microsoft will no longer … Continue reading "Microsoft ending support for Office 2010, 2016 for Mac" Read More

Pen Testing work for state gets men arrested by sheriff

August 12, 2020 Dark Reading has a story about a couple of “pen testers” arrested in Iowa for doing their job last year. Pen is short for penetration, and pen testing is an element of cyber security. An organization hires an outside third party to test network defenses to determine what security vulnerabilities a system may have. Organizations … Continue reading "Pen Testing work for state gets men arrested by sheriff" Read More

Meet an FBI Cybercriminal: Richard Uzuh

August 9, 2020 According to the FBI, Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, 34, of Nigeria, is one of eight men accused of defrauding more than 70 companies of funds through impersonation and romance schemes. Also known as business email compromise, the scams defrauded individuals and companies, including some in Nebraska, of more than $6 million. Prosecutors say the scams ran … Continue reading "Meet an FBI Cybercriminal: Richard Uzuh" Read More

We asked our team about themselves. It was worth it.

August 5, 2020 On one of our daily check-in calls, a colleague asked each of us to share something the rest likely didn’t know about them. The answers were fascinating. But some of the answers showed toughness and the ability to survive. The query was a great idea – and we all learned more about each other. We … Continue reading "We asked our team about themselves. It was worth it." Read More

Meet a Cybercriminal: An accused Equifax hacker

July 14, 2020 In 2017, Xu Ke, a soldier in China’s Peoples Liberation Army, reached from the Beijing-based Research Institute No. 54 to servers in Alpharetta, Ga. The servers belonged to Equifax, and a U.S. indictment alleges he was one of four named members of the PLA to steal sensitive credit data. The FBI provided little information on … Continue reading "Meet a Cybercriminal: An accused Equifax hacker" Read More

Is your technology ready for Gen Z?

July 13, 2020 “Gen Z,” the next generation after millennials, are starting their careers. Born after 1996, the oldest Gen Zs are now 23. According to the Pew Research Center, they are the first generation to be “digital natives” – the first to have no memory of life without mobile phones or a life not lived online. “Some … Continue reading "Is your technology ready for Gen Z?" Read More

Bye, bye Flash: Controversial software reaches end of life

July 12, 2020 Flash, the software that originally powered online videos, gaming, and other dynamic content on websites, will be retired by Adobe this December. “Few technologies have yielded such divisive and widespread passion as Flash,” writes Ars Technica in a look back over the software’s history. “Many gush over its versatility and ease of use as a … Continue reading "Bye, bye Flash: Controversial software reaches end of life" Read More

New IT Support professionals join ImageQuest

June 29, 2020 We recently welcomed four new hires to the ImageQuest team. Some of them have been with us for a few months but the coronavirus kept us from getting their snappy new photos. Now that we’ve taken care of that, read on to meet them! Jason Zumbro came to us from our client, Churchill Mortgage, and … Continue reading "New IT Support professionals join ImageQuest" Read More

Improve Your Tech IQ: Never store passwords in your browser

June 22, 2020 These days, any browser worth its salt boasts of its security measures. It may even force you to see all the security improvements first after an update before you move on to your regularly planned Web surfing. Yet, at the same time, they ask you, over and over, if you’d like to save a site’s … Continue reading "Improve Your Tech IQ: Never store passwords in your browser" Read More

Multi-factor Authentication: Time to implement it

June 1, 2020 With the surge in pandemic-related phishing attacks, ransomware, and business email compromise, you must ensure your email and networks are protected. One of the easiest steps you can take to reduce your exposure is to require multi-factor authentication on all accounts where a log-in is required. Ask any cybersecurity expert – multi-factor authentication halts most … Continue reading "Multi-factor Authentication: Time to implement it" Read More

Zoom video conferencing faces more security concerns

April 6, 2020 Zoom faces more negative headlines with reports that it’s been banned by the New York City, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas school systems – as well as Elon Musk’s companies, Tesla and SpaceX. The popular videoconferencing software company admitted late last week that it has been routing some traffic through two data centers in China, … Continue reading "Zoom video conferencing faces more security concerns" Read More