THE FORTIFI BLOG

September 18, 2024

Health insurance, by design, provides access to necessary treatments, preventive services and emergency care to individuals and families. But, sadly, now it’s also used to hand out paydays to scammers — medical fraud. In February 2024, Change Healthcare came under…

September 11, 2024

When 8.5 million Windows devices suddenly display the “Blue Screen of Death," that's a rough day for business. This outage included some major league players including airlines, banks and hospitals. Panic quickly settles in — “We are under a (cyber)attack!”.…

September 4, 2024

Cybercriminals are getting more and more creative when it comes to methods of scamming people. The newest way seems a little backwards .... faking data breaches, in hopes of stealing money from unsuspecting business owners and dark web data buyers.…

August 27, 2024

If your business's software unexpectedly went down because of a cyber-attack and you had no idea when it would be fixed, what would you do? We're talking about the software that is used to close deals and pay employees. Could…

August 19, 2024

Is your business relying on outdated technology and you currently feel the dollar signs just slipping away and going toward repairs and maintenance? If yes, then change is needed. A staggering 82% of companies failed to meet their cost-reduction targets…

August 13, 2024

Everything is rising in price, so as smart buyers, we search for the best deals online to book a memorable trip without breaking our budget. Cybercriminals have decided to capitalize on this need and are now using one scarily convincing,…

July 29, 2024

You've probably received at least one notification in life that reads "your data has been compromised in a breach." As much as we protect ourselves -- and yes, we still need to - sometimes, our personal data gets hacked. The…

July 23, 2024

It's summertime! Business owners and employees step out of the office for a well-deserved vacation. Even if they are “out of office” (according to their email responder), many people will periodically check in on work while traveling. Unfortunately, studies show…

July 19, 2024

Unfortunately, 2024 has brought an unprecedented number of layoffs. And that shift in employees can bring a cybersecurity threat that most business owners aren’t focusing on – offboarding employees. Even large brands fail to protect themselves from insider threats adequately.…

July 17, 2024

Cyber security has been at the forefront of concern since the Internet's birthday. As technology grows, so do the cyber threats. AT&T announced on Friday, July 12, 2024 that the company suffered a large hacking incident back in April, compromising…

July 11, 2024

“Eldorado” -- it's not just a town in an old Western movie. It's the newest world-wide, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat “Eldorado” and it's packed with locker variants that prey on Windows- and Linux-based systems to encrypt the files. Eldorado ransomware also…