by Ophtek, LLC | Aug 11, 2020 | Ophtek, Security, Security Threats, spear phishing, Twitter
Twitter Learns a Lesson in Spear Phishing. Even the biggest tech companies are at risk of having their networks breached. Twitter, with 330 million users, is huge, but far from immune from hackers. A recent spear phishing attack on Twitter managed to generate...
by Ophtek, LLC | Aug 4, 2020 | Hacking, Ophtek, Phishing, Phishing Email, Security Threats, social engineering
How to Protect Yourself against Social Engineering. Hackers thrive upon deception and the result of this endeavor is social engineering. It’s a powerful tactic and one you need to protect yourself from. Social engineering has been used to deploy attacks such as...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 28, 2020 | IT, Office IT, Ophtek, Reorganization
How to Carry Out a Successful IT Reorganization. The business landscape is liable to change at any moment and this can mean big changes for organizations. And this is especially true when it comes to IT. IT systems and infrastructures are far from perfect. But,...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 21, 2020 | Hackers, malware, Ophtek, Spam
Trickbot Malware Shows that Hackers are Getting Cleverer. Malware is a thorn which we find in our sides on a regular basis. But what happens when this thorn becomes even harder to tackle? The answer is Trickbot. First released in 2016, Trickbot has made its...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 14, 2020 | Backup, Backup Strategies, Data Storage, External Hard Drive, Ophtek
Taking Care of your External Hard Drive. We process and evaluate a huge amount of data every day, so external hard drives are vital for our storage needs. But how do we get the best out of them? Capable of holding up to 12TB (that’s 12,000GB) and easily...
