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# True Blue Technology

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- [Our Blog](https://truebluetech.net/our-blog/)
- [SolarWinds/FireEye breach](https://truebluetech.net/blog/667-spike-in-email-phishing-attacks-due-to-coronavirus-fears-2/) - A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response. Read more from Microsoft...
- [667% spike in email phishing attacks due to coronavirus fears](https://truebluetech.net/blog/667-spike-in-email-phishing-attacks-due-to-coronavirus-fears/) - New data from Barracuda shows cybercriminals are taking advantage of people's concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more from TechRepublic...
- [Cybercriminals now recycling standard phishing emails with coronavirus themes](https://truebluetech.net/blog/cybercriminals-now-recycling-standard-phishing-emails-with-coronavirus-themes/) - The latest malicious COVID-19 campaigns are repurposing conventional phishing emails with a coronavirus angle, says security trainer KnowBe4. Read more from TechRepublic...
- [APT gang increased cyberattacks on businesses in Q3](https://truebluetech.net/blog/apt-gang-increased-cyberattacks-on-businesses-in-q3/) - Hackers used email addresses, malicious Word docs, and compromised SharePoint sites to deliver malware. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the weapon of choice. Read more from TechRepublic...
- [Officials warn about the dangers of using public USB charging stations](https://truebluetech.net/blog/officials-warn-about-the-dangers-of-using-public-usb-charging-stations/) - "Travelers should avoid using public USB power charging stations in airports, hotels and other locations because they may contain dangerous malware. In the USB Charger Scam, often called 'juice jacking,' criminals load malware onto charging stations or cables they leave plugged in at the stations so they may infect the phones and other electronic devices
- [500K Android users hit with malware, and what to do if you're infected](https://truebluetech.net/blog/500k-android-users-hit-with-malware-and-what-to-do-if-youre-infected/) - More than half a million Android users installed malware disguised as smartphone games—right from the Google Play store. Mainly posing as a driving game, the malware was found in as many as 13 apps, according to tweets from ESET security researcher Lukas Stefanko. Read more from TechRepublic...
- [Timehop breach illustrates need for multi-factor authentication](https://truebluetech.net/blog/timehop-breach-illustrates-need-for-multi-factor-authentication/) - Last month the consumer mobile app Timehop announced a security breach stemming from last December. A hacker gained access to their infrastructure and stole details on its users that included usernames, emails, telephone numbers and--worst of all--access keys for all 21 million users. Read more from TechRepublic...
- [Tech support scams rose by 24% in 2017, costing some victims thousands of dollars](https://truebluetech.net/blog/tech-support-scams-rose-by-24-in-2017-costing-some-victims-thousands-of-dollars/) - Social engineering scams make even the best security solutions useless, Microsoft said. It wants industry-wide collaboration to solve the problem. The scams, which involve tricking an unsuspecting user into paying a scammer to remove fake or nonexistent malware, are an attractive alternative to complicated coding and make online crime accessible to the average criminal without
- [Phishing attacks hit financial services, tech companies hardest: How to stay safe](https://truebluetech.net/blog/phishing-attacks-hit-financial-services-tech-companies-hardest-how-to-stay-safe/) - Phishing attacks skyrocketed in the financial services industry and IT sector early this year, according to the Spam and Phishing in Q2 2018 report from Kaspersky Lab. Over a third (35.7%) of phishing attempts were in the financial services industry, with the IT sector coming in second at 13.83%, according to the report. Read more
- [The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user](https://truebluetech.net/blog/the-dots-do-matter-how-to-scam-a-gmail-user/) - Here is another kind of phishing scam which is enabled by an obscure feature of Gmail called "the dots don’t matter". If you have a Gmail account it is worth a read. Please educate your family and friends! Read more from James Fisher...
- [SpaceX plan for global satellite internet service approved by FCC](https://truebluetech.net/blog/spacex-plan-for-global-satellite-internet-service-approved-by-fcc/) - SpaceX is seeking to create a 4,425-satellite broadband network that the FCC believes will provide internet to underserved parts of America and the rest of the world. In spite of numerous complaints from other satellite companies, the FCC hailed the SpaceX Starlink satellite internet plan as the first of its kind. Read more from Tech
- [Mozilla's Firefox 59 can stop websites from spying on you](https://truebluetech.net/blog/mozillas-firefox-59-can-stop-websites-from-spying-on-you/) - The latest release of Mozilla Firefox includes several privacy improvements, including blocking untrusted sites from using the camera, microphone, and location data. Firefox 59 has been released to the general public, and with it come numerous privacy improvements. Read more from Tech Republic...
- [A Devious Combo Social Engineering Attack!](https://truebluetech.net/blog/a-devious-combo-social-engineering-attack/) - Someone on Reddit described how he was the victim of a very sophisticated social engineering attack. Wow, this is crafty. This is the story!: I have different passwords for every website I log into, 2-factor authentication when possible; I thought I knew all the scams and could spot them a mile away. This one still
- [It's time to dump those old iPhones and iPads](https://truebluetech.net/blog/its-time-to-dump-those-old-iphones-and-ipads/) - The leak of Apple's iBoot source code onto GitHub is likely to turn older devices into a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities. If you're running an older iPhone or iPad that's stuck on iOS 9, then you need to plan some sort of escape strategy following this week's leak of Apple's iBoot source code to GitHub.
- [North Korea hackers behind massive WannaCry attack, White House says](https://truebluetech.net/blog/massive-cyberattack-on-us-critical-infrastructure-will-hit-within-2-years-say-60-of-security-pros-2/) - Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert penned an op-ed Monday publicly attributing the attack, which took out systems around the world, to North Korea. The White House has officially attributed the WannaCry ransomware attack to hackers in North Korea, according to an op-ed by Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert published in the Wall Street Journal on
- [Massive cyberattack on US critical infrastructure will hit within 2 years, say 60% of security pros](https://truebluetech.net/blog/massive-cyberattack-on-us-critical-infrastructure-will-hit-within-2-years-say-60-of-security-pros/) - New Black Hat Research suggests that a major breach on US infrastructure could be imminent, and government agencies won't be able to react appropriately. A "major breach" of the US government's critical infrastructure is coming, sometime in the next two years, and defense agencies won't be able to stop it. Read more from Tech Republic...
- ['Critical' Microsoft Office hack uses fake Word documents to install malware](https://truebluetech.net/blog/critical-microsoft-office-hack-uses-fake-word-documents-to-install-malware/) - A new exploit, reported by McAfee, uses trick Microsoft office files to install malware on a user's machine and can bypass existing protection methods. Microsoft Office users beware: A new exploit is using fake versions of Office files—like Word documents—to install malware on a victim's computer. Read more from Tech Republic...
- [Everything old is new again: Experts predict a flood of denial-of-service attacks](https://truebluetech.net/blog/everything-old-is-new-again-experts-predict-a-flood-of-denial-of-service-attacks/) - The hottest trend in cyberattacks is an archaic and simplistic hacker tool. Propelled by the rise of IoT, the popularity of denial-of-service attacks rebounded in late 2016 and early 2017. Accompanying the rapid acceleration of the IoT and connected device market, warn cybersecurity experts, will be a zombie botnet swarm of network-crippling attacks. Read more
- [Malware downloaded every 81 seconds, says new Check Point security report](https://truebluetech.net/blog/malware-downloaded-every-81-seconds-says-new-check-point-security-report/) - A new report from Check Point claims that the average day in an enterprise organization is rife with malware and malicious applications. A new report, released by security company Check Point on Tuesday, claims that some form of known malware is downloaded every 81 seconds in an enterprise organization. The report also highlights other alarming
- [Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phones](https://truebluetech.net/blog/powerful-backdoorrootkit-found-preinstalled-on-3-million-android-phones/) - Almost three million Android phones, many of them used by people in the US, are vulnerable to code-execution attacks that remotely seize full control of the devices, researchers said Thursday. Until recently, the flaw could have been exploited by anyone who took the time to obtain two Internet domains that remained unregistered despite being hardwired
- [Be Smart Online](https://truebluetech.net/blog/be-smart-online/) - Browsing the web used to be hard to do and almost taboo with the likes of Prodigy and then AOL via a dial up modem. Computers were not found in every home and cell phones were bigger than the average lunchbox, when people used lunchboxes. However now the internet is being used even when people
- [Dangerous, targeted iPhone attack nullified by Apple with iOS 9.3.5 patch](https://truebluetech.net/blog/dangerous-targeted-iphone-attack-nullified-by-apple-with-ios-9-3-5-patch/) - More details have emerged about the need for the iOS 9.3.5 patch, which looks to have terminated a trio of exploits capable of a remote jailbreak and mass exfiltration of data from a target's iPhone, including device and account passwords. Read more from Apple Insider...
- [Microsoft adds new cloud-based tools and machine learning features to Office apps](https://truebluetech.net/blog/microsoft-adds-new-cloud-based-tools-and-machine-learning-features-to-office-apps/) - Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint are getting intelligent updates to help improve productivity and performance with the addition of machine learning and natural language processing. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it was updating a host of its Office 365 applications with cloud-based intelligent services that it says will "save you time and produce better results."
- [5 Ways to Protect Yourself Against the Shocking State of Password Security](https://truebluetech.net/blog/5-ways-to-protect-yourself-against-the-shocking-state-of-password-security/) - It can happen to any of us, and at this rate, it will: Massive collections of passwords from various online services are being posted online (the dark web, mostly) at an alarming rate. Due to a possibly related string of megabreaches, over 640 million passwords have been compromised. Read more from Spiceworks...
- [Cloud computing: We'll never be all in, say most companies](https://truebluetech.net/blog/cloud-computing-well-never-be-all-in-say-most-companies/) - In a new report from SolarWinds, 92% of companies say adopting cloud is critical to long-term success. But, most don't think they'll ever be fully cloud. On Tuesday, IT management software provider SolarWinds released its annual report titled IT Trends Report 2016: The Hybrid IT Evolution, detailing some interesting trends around cloud adoption in the
- [2016 Cybercrime Reloaded: Our Predictions for the Year Ahead](https://truebluetech.net/blog/cybersecurity/) - Cybercrime in the past 12 months has been nothing short of epic. Never before have we borne witness to the magnitude or sophistication of online crime as we did in 2015. In the 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, the average total cost of a data breach increased
- [How business outcomes are transforming IT spending](https://truebluetech.net/blog/how-business-outcomes-are-transforming-it-spending/) - The relationship between business leaders and IT is equal parts necessary and contentious. More and more, though, decisions made on the business side are having an even greater impact on IT. On Tuesday, IDG released the results of a study commissioned by Datalink, which showed just how closely linked IT investments are becoming with business
- [A troubling trajectory of malware and ransomware targeting OS X and iOS](https://truebluetech.net/blog/a-troubling-trajectory-of-malware-and-ransomware-targeting-os-x-and-ios/) - In recent years, we've seen attitudes toward computer security shift from "let's wait and see" to "protect yourselves at all costs." And while security has been thrust center stage in all arenas, from healthcare to ecommerce to higher education, there are still entities becoming compromised to greater degrees every few months. Even President Obama is

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- [Who We Are](https://truebluetech.net/who-we-are/) - True Blue Technology (TBT) was founded in April 2013 with a clear mission: to deliver dependable, practical IT solutions that help organizations operate securely and efficiently. As a trusted Information Technology Solutions Provider, we bring decades of combined experience across the design, deployment, and ongoing support of modern IT systems and methodologies. Beyond technical expertise,
- [Our Services](https://truebluetech.net/our-services/) - Services Overview Serving small and mid-sized business and organizations in Northeast Ohio, True Blue Technology offers a full compliment of IT solutions to our clients. Our solutions and services are all proudly delivered backed by experience, technical expertise, business acumen and around-the-clock support. Email Management and Office Productivity Cloud Storage and Cloud SaaS VoIP Telecommunications
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- [Cybersecurity](https://truebluetech.net/cybersecurity/) - Feeling a little insecure? Cybersecurity refers to preventative methods used to protect information from being stolen, compromised or attacked. It requires an understanding of potential information threats, such as viruses and other malicious code. Cybersecurity strategies include identity management, risk management and incident management. (definition from Techopedia) TBT incorporates industry-accepted guidelines and methods in the
- [Telecommunications](https://truebluetech.net/telecom/) - VoIP is just a phone call away!!! At one time, companies turned to hardware-based systems for basic telephone services, such as call forwarding or call conferencing—because there was no other option. But for today’s businesses, on-premise PBXs simply aren’t practical. They’re expensive and difficult to maintain. With a traditional PBX, businesses must hire a professional
- [Other Services](https://truebluetech.net/other-services/) - True Blue Technology began as a traditional Managed IT Services company, so we remain committed to providing excellence in the administration and maintenance of existing network architectures for our clients who employ them. Managed IT Services From standard help desk service to complete network infrastructure installation and management, TBT has a proven track record of
- [Cloud Solutions](https://truebluetech.net/cloud-services/) - Cloud Solution Benefits Cost Efficiency Quick Deployment Availability Data Recovery Resiliency and Redundancy Scalability Mobility CollaborationWhat is the cloud? Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal
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- [Provariant Equity Partners](https://truebluetech.net/leap-portfolio-project/provariant-equity-partners/) - Private Equity Investment Firm
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