Per statista.com, PC/ Laptop sales peaked in 2011-2012 with 350m units shipped. Since then, shipments had declined until the COVID-19 pandemic shifted employees across the globe from the office to work from home. With this renewed demand for computers, sales spiked. In fact, Q4 of...
February 8, 2021: Oldsmar, Florida’s water treatment plant was cyber attacked. The criminals/ terrorists did successfully access the plant’s control system and increased the amount of lye used in the water-treatment process. Thankfully, the change in the lye setting was quickly discovered, preventing any risk to...
North Korea Uses Cyber Crimes to Steal Money & Revenge Per The Morning Dispatch Newsletter (link below): “The Justice Department charged three North Korean hackers on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud for their alleged attempts to steal...
Finally, a cyber-criminal who targeted healthcare entities in 2020, yes, in the middle of, a global pandemic has been identified. ThreatPost.com reported earlier this week that a Canadian national has been indicted for using NetWalker ransomware to squeeze various health care systems to pay almost $28 million in...
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Below are two awful stories from Cleveland.com reporting how phishing scammers deceived two elderly victims out off thousands of dollars. Please if you have elderly relatives remind them not to give their banking or credit card information in this fashion. Furthermore, consider encouraging them to contact you or...
In September, SearchSecurity.com reported that IBM’s security and threat gathering clearing house known as, Security X-Force, reported 300% increase in remediated ransomware attacks. Security X-Force went on to report overall “Ransomware incidents appeared to explode in 2020." Have you thought about your organization’s Firewall Lately? Business’s cybersecurity...
On August 21, 2020 Uber’s former Chief Security Officer (CSO), Joe Sullivan, was indicted on one count each of obstruction of Justice and misprision in connection with a felony. In the Fall of 2016 hackers discovered a “major vulnerability” that allowed them access to a Uber database....
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lighthouse Safety Solutions was formed out of Lighthouse Solutions Group, LLC in response to Covid-19 Pandemic. Lighthouse Solutions Group is an IT Company delivering Managed Services. ITAD Solutions and IT Equipment to businesses, and government organizations since 2006. When the Pandemic hit a customer, who...
So why is Lighthouse Solutions Group, which focuses on delivering excellent IT Managed Services and related IT centric solutions, now offering its customers Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? It all started with a customer. A Managed Services customer of ours is a long-time 3M Distributor and...