IT Security for Small Businesses

Emails that come across with scare tactics like this recent email (below) are pretty easy to research.  Use of words like subpoena and action requests like "Please prepare the documents" are designed to make you click on the document without questioning whether you should.  I did a quick search for WEX Inc subpoena and the first search result was a malware report:  http://www.malware-traffic-analysis.net/2017/05/10/index2.html The cool thing about websites like Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net is that they do the dangerous clicking for us and they are rather quick to post their findings. If you follow the link above you'll see the research they did on the malware and what it does.  The downside is that they don't spend much time explaining their findings to the regular Joe.  It makes sense to me, but I have spent 24 yrs in IT.  You'll notice my client received this email on May 10th and the Malware post about the fake emails was also posted on Ma...

Note:  This blog article is off topic from IT Security for Small Business, but online advertising is adjacent to IT due to the technical nature of the many of the tasks associated with creating and maintaining an online presence.  It is important for small business owners to delegate or outsource certain administrative things such as online and search engine marketing.  HomeAdvisor bills themselves as just that, the answer to your online marketing problems.  However, HomeAdvisor is really bad for the home services companies and contractors that HomeAdvisor claims to represent. Why is HomeAdvisor bad? Because they snipe leads and give them to other companies! When HomeAdvisor acquires Angie's List later this year there will be fewer options for small service provider companies that need these types of services for online advertising. How? When a company signs up with Home Advisor that company gives HomeAdvisor the right to their c ompany name and brand in onli...