Category: Accent
End User Cyber Security Risks and Training Options
Posted on 28th May 2020
In today’s IT environments productivity is necessary, uptime is essential, and security is critical. The latest hardware and software provide layers of protection in hopes of preventing cyber attacks. The newest technology causes most IT providers to forget...
Millions of remote desktop accounts are being attacked every week
Posted on 5th May 2020
Brute-force attacks targeting Microsoft's RDP recently shot up to nearly a million a day
Cybercriminals continue to take advantage of the unprecedented number of employees working from home and researchers from Kaspersky have observed a huge spike...
Disaster Planning Checklist
Posted on 14th April 2020
We have provided you with a checklist to assess whether your business is secure during these uncertain times. This checklist will identify threats, recovery plans and more during a time of disaster.
Important! This checklist should only be used...
Name Change for Office 365
Posted on 9th April 2020
As of April 21, 2020, Microsoft will be rebranding Office 365 to Microsoft 365. Here are the packages and their new names:
- Office 365 Business Essentials is now Microsoft 365 Business Basic
- Office 365 Business Premium is now Microsoft 365...
Accent Working Remotely Security Guides
Posted on 2nd April 2020
We are here to help you in this time of crisis, which is why we are giving you these two guides on how to work securely while working remotely, one for employers and one for employees. These guides...
COVID-19 Business Strategies
Posted on 25th March 2020
As the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak continues to affect people and businesses across the nation and worldwide, Accent Consulting is doing whatever we can to support our employees, other local businesses and local communities. We are still here, working...
Mastermind Event Speaker
Posted on 28th February 2020
Accent Consulting founder and owner, Phil Wright, will be speaking at the Mastermind Event in San Diego on March 26-27, 2020!
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Get the answers you need to GROW your business – GUARANTEED!!! This is a 2 DAY interactive educational...
Best Practices for Combating Spear Phishing
Posted on 31st January 2020
As we head into 2020, it’s clear that cybercriminals will continue using spear-phishing attacks as a go-to tactic for attacking victims. In these breaches, attackers heavily research their targets and craft carefully designed messages, usually impersonating a trusted...
FBI recommends that you keep your IoT devices on a separate network
Posted on 30th December 2019
The FBI also recommends changing factory-set (default) passwords and not allowing an IoT device's accompanying mobile app to gain access to too many smartphone permissions.
The FBI...
Thousands of Disney+ Streaming Accounts Hacked and for Sale on Dark Web
Posted on 20th November 2019
Disney’s big new streaming service, Disney+, has already been hacked and the personal information of thousands of customers have been stolen and put up for sale by hackers on the dark web.
Customer accounts are already for sale for...