What is it?
The attack is called a Key Reinstallation Attack, or “KRACK” for short (nerds love a tortured acronym as much as the next person). This attack takes advantage of a flaw in the handshake that Wi-Fi devices use to establish trust between one another.
I was speaking with a client last week and I mentioned the phrase “terminal server” and shortly followed by referring to is as a “Server.” He stopped me cold and asked the question above.
You might wonder the same thing or if not, you have already gone on the next cat video on YouTube.
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I mentioned at the first part of this blog series to take a multi-tiered approach. This approach is necessary with today’s landscape.
ANTI-VIRUS is not enough. Traditional anti-virus is a signature-based product.
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Patching, Patching, and more Patching.
Adobe came out with this product years ago as a way to transfer documents with a central format. PDF - Personal Document Format. They made this product and started getting requests for forms, signatures, drop downs, macros, and other options.
Our administrative assistant, Heidi, just received a phone call from an anonymous caller.
The man on the phone said he was “Windows IT Support”, that her computer was sending them “signals”, and it needed to be fixed immediately.
He could fix it for her.
You come into work just like any other day. Make coffee, sit down at your desk, login to your PC only to realize the applications that run your business no longer work. You try another with the same results. You start to notice odd file types that you have never seen before.
As a Managed IT Service Provider in Charlotte, NC, IRIS Solutions can say not a single one of our clients got hit with the massive WannaCry outbreak which happened a couple weeks ago.
Why?
We are constantly evaluating, improving, and consulting with our clients.
We often talk about how technology is a double edged sword. The advancements and innovations have thrown our world to be more connected than we could have imagined in the early 1990s, let alone the early 1900s.
If you have seen the movie you remember Frank Abagnale Jr. If not, check out this brief summary on the trailer here.
In the case of Mr. Abagnale, they did catch him but it took quite a while.
Recently, while attending a continuing education event, we got a chance to meet and hear Mr. Abagnale speak about his life and more importantly about personal security.
