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Municipalities Are Becoming Cyber Targets - Here’s Why

City governments, county offices, and local utilities have become some of the most frequent victims of cyberattacks. From ransomware outbreaks shutting down police systems to billing departments going offline for days, the trend is no longer isolated — it’s nationwide. Why attackers are focusing on municipalities A few factors make cities attractive targets: Legacy systems that are difficult to update Many municipalities run 10–20-year-old software that wasn’t built...

Posted on Aug 2, 2024

The Hidden Cost of Aging Servers and On-Premise Exchange

A lot of organizations are still running older on-premise servers and Exchange environments that seemed perfectly fine 5–10 years ago. But the landscape has changed, and these aging systems are costing organizations more than they realize — both financially and from a security standpoint. Hardware is hitting end-of-life Servers purchased between 2012 and 2015 are reaching the point where: warranties have expired parts are harder to find performance bottlenecks show up...

Posted on Jul 5, 2024

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Ransomware

What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malicious virus that blocks your access to your own files or will threaten to distribute this information unless a ransom is paid. More advanced versions use cryptoviral extortion which will encrypt the user’s data and a ransom must be paid in order to unencrypt the information. In May 2017 the extremely high-profile “WannaCry Worm” was a Ransomware deployed which targeted Microsoft Windows OS and was able to travel between user...

Posted on May 1, 2018