Probably like many of you, we’ve been working on modernizing our tools and processes to operate even more effectively as a remote team. All of our systems for our United Way partners function remotely, but we still have a few internal processes to modernize. One of those is our Accounts Payable process — and today …
What Upic is Doing Upic has a robust Enterprise Risk Management framework to support the response to known and unknown risks that may occur. The ongoing global COVID-19 event falls under this umbrella. We understand our role as a critical part of your United Way team, and wanted to share what we have done and …
On Tuesday, August 13, Microsoft released critical security patches for Windows. According to release notes and further media by Microsoft, the patches are needed to protect from a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability and should be applied as soon as possible. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on a computer, without needing …
With security and feature updates being released at a blazing pace by Microsoft to keep up with security threats and modern business needs, it’s critical that computers accessing Upic infrastructure are kept on modern, supported Operating Systems. We plan on deprecating support for unsupported Operating Systems in January of 2020, which will result in systems …
Yesterday, I covered the risks of phishing and a few steps that can be taken to greatly improve account security. We continue to bring up phishing as an area of concern, as it is the most common breach point for an organization. Today I’ll cover another type of attack, called vishing, that is on the …
Phishing has become more common and more sophisticated on the internet as users and attackers become more savvy. While the standard Nigerian Prince (aka Nigerian 419 scam) is still present, most people are aware of it and no longer fall for it. E-mail filters catch these with high certainty, and even those that make it …
On May 23 and further updated on June 6, Cisco announced the discovery of a malware attack targeting small office and home office network devices. This malware gives the attacker the ability to read your internet traffic, steal passwords, spread more malware and to disable the device. This threat has been verified by numerous third-parties, …
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In today’s risky environment it is more important than ever to keep your computer up to date. The two most important ways to protect your computer system and your United Way are by keeping Anti-Virus software up to date and keeping Windows Updates current. If your organization uses Upic Desktop Managed Services, doing those things …
Last week information was released on a set of vulnerabilities that have been collectively named Meltdown and Spectre. Initial reports were that only systems running Intel processors were impacted, but as more information was released we learned that just about every computer with a processor in it from the last 20 years is impacted by …
UPDATE (Nov 30, 2017): Apple has released a fix for this vulnerability, and it is available to update from the App store. Yesterday, a vulnerability was reported to Apple and the rest of the world, impacting users running Mac OS High Sierra (10.13.x). This vulnerability allows anyone with access to the system to login as …