"I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(“FBI”), and have been so employed since approximately March 2015...I primarily investigate cyber-enabled fraud and business email compromise (“BEC”) schemes," that's how the FBI's criminal complaint against Ray "Hushpuppi" Abbas begins. Abbas is the Nigerian man accused of participating in a massive email scam operation targeting US businesses. 

Are you still using an on-prem File Share to host all of our company data? 

If you haven't looked into Microsoft Teams as an alternative to your current business calling plan, you should. We have helped several businesses save thousands on annual calling costs by making the switch. 

This is a true story of a small company that got ransomware. We'll tell you how it happened, and what choices the company ultimately made. Then, we'll explore the question, "was there a better way?" 

Did you know that 43% of all cyber crime is directed towards small businesses? This is due to a number of factors, but mainly because a majority of small businesses still refuse to take a proactive approach when it comes to cybersecurity. As long as SMBs are willing to sit back and allow hackers to target them, the number of attacks on small businesses are only going to continue to increase.