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08/23/2021

Can a dude with a sign encourage you to Vote For Preemo in this year's Daily Business Review BEST OF?

1) Click on the link: www.preemo.com/bestof2021
2) Navigate to #32-35 and select Preemo
3) Go to the end and click SUBMIT

Thanks so much for supporting us!

08/10/2021

You're probably going to get a noisy alert on your cell phone tomorrow. Don't worry, it's only a test.

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will be conducting a Nationwide Emergency Alert Test tomorrow, August 11th. Test messages will be sent to TVs and radios, along with select cell phones that have opted-in to receive test messages.

Read More:

FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for August 11th. Test messages will be sent to TVs and radios, along with select cell phones that have opted-in to receive test messages.

06/21/2021

A huge belated Happy Father's Day to all the super hero Preemo dads, who fix computers during the day, and change diapers and play house at night. Cheers!

06/10/2021

We don't just support law firms, we support the people who work with them. Law firm consultants, accounting firms, and other ancillary companies that interface with our law firm clients get the same, exceptional client experience.

Thanks for the kind message, Edie!

06/08/2021

It only takes one compromised credential to cause serious damage. Check your passwords - are they complex, are they unusual, are they regularly modified? Do you have multi-factor authentication for all your systems?

If you don't have ALL of these, you're creating unnecessary risk for your business, and it's not worth it.

Send us a message for a complimentary IT Security Assessment.

Colonial Pipeline hacked with single password leaked on dark web

Charles Carmakal, who consulted on the Colonial Pipeline's attack response, told Bloomberg on Friday that the password was later found on the dark web.

05/25/2021

This statistic is both mind blowing and also, not surprising: 92% of business who pay ransomware to retrieve their data - DON'T GET IT BACK.

So basically, some cyber criminal steals your data, demands a ransom, you pay it in some unrecoverable format (crypto, most likely), and then they just disappear and don't unencrypt your data. Yeah, that's awful.

Ransomware protection is all about PREVENTION. Not just detection and remediation.

New ransomware research reveals that you really can't trust a criminal.

05/19/2021

You are not Colonial Pipeline, and that should scare you. (warning, this post is kind of long)

You've probably read about the recent ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. Basically, Colonial is a huge pipeline operator that handles 45% of the East Cost's fuel delivery. 5500 miles of their network was shutdown because of the attack, and the company ultimately forked over $5 million to restore their systems. The president was briefed, and offered the governments resources to help. They were given unlimited funding to solve the problem. This was a "resume at all costs and efforts" operation.

And it STILL took them 5 days to get online, and there are STILL intermittent service interruptions.

Why should this be important to small business owners? It's because your business is likely not a nationally strategic pipeline. Nor with the government show up to save you. Nor do you have unlimited funding to solve such a massive security breach. Nor should you assume that you'll "only" be down for 5 days.

So what can we learn from this? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Preventing a ransomware attack is far less expensive (even if it means deploying tools, systems, and policies that seem costly and time consuming) than going through an actual breach. This might include AI-based endpoint protection (MDR), security awareness training, multi-factor authentication, and enterprise-grade business continuity/backup systems (and more).

Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy.

05/14/2021

It's Friday. Make sure you uncheck that "Nothing Works Right" option.

05/12/2021

Is your Outlook acting funny, and not displaying emails properly. You might be getting a white screen where your email text should appear in Preview Pane.

It's not you, it's everyone. The issue is a Microsoft patch that was rolled out worldwide. If you're a Preemo client, we've already applied a fix for it. Otherwise, check the article below for a quick solution (rolling back to previous version of Outlook).

A Microsoft Outlook update released today for the desktop client introduced bugs that prevent users from creating or viewing mail.

05/05/2021

No more Calibri? Microsoft is rolling out a new default font to 1.2 billion Office users after 14 years — and the designer of the old one is surprised.

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Calibri, the default font in Microsoft Word, is a go-to for resumes, and it has helped crack forgery cases. Its creator was surprised Microsoft is replacing it.

04/08/2021

What's wrong with this picture?

Hint: Much like us humans, server prefer to be upright...

04/06/2021

Have you said to yourself "my business is too small to make sizable investments in cyber security" or "I don't really have that much data or risk, so it's not worth the money"?

This is a great article on cyber security pitfalls that small businesses make. Investing in your cyber security systems and processes can save your business.

In this roundtable, security experts focus on smaller businesses offer real-world advice for actionable ways to shore up defenses using fewer resources.