Ensure safe and productive web use for your small business in Orange County, CA. Our Web Protection service prevents infections and ensures your users are productive and responsible on the web. We can also ensure your mission critical web applications are getting the traffic priority they deserve. Boost Employee productivity Increase productivity and reduce legal risks by controlling what sites your users can access. We can block or control entire categories of unwanted sites or a specific URL.
Secure your small/medium sized business with our IT Security services. In this unparalleled time of security breaches, you need an antivirus solution you can trust. With standalone antivirus installed on each of your employees computers, there is no central management. With our managed antivirus we monitor definitions are updated and current, scans are happening daily (after hours) and most importantly our Fountain Valley, CA support staff is alerted if there is an infection. With recent ransomware attacks and near-consistent news about cyberattacks, now is the perfect time to utilize our managed IT services. Ask about a free trial of one of the best antivirus solutions on the market. With a quick site survey, we can deploy our managed antivirus, powered by the award winning BitDefender engine. Which protects against both known and emerging threats with signature, heuristic and behavior based scans. Industry leading best practices keep your office safe and secure. We cover Orange County, CA business, and have a wire array of IT services for your business.
A common desktop application to optimize and clean computers called CCleaner has been found to distribute malware for almost a month. The affected versions of the software are CCleaner 5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191. What you can do: The maker of the software is urging user to upgrade to version 5.34 or higher, which it says is available for download here https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download Piriform says it's moving all users of CCleaner to the latest version which user of CCleaner Cloud will be updated automatically.) If you do not pay for or utilize the free version, you can simply remove the software. We do not recommend or install this product on client systems. Contact our office if you need assistance. Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/09/18/ccleaner-cybersecurity-app-infected-with-backdoor/#486d6ec6316a
Kaspersky Lab antivirus which is commonly sold at big box stores & online was used on US government computers has been investigated by the FBI. The government decided to remove any software made by the Russian cyberscecurity firm Kaspersky Labs. If any of your systems is using any Kaspersky products we highly suggest to remove and replace it more reliable product. We utilize managed anti-virus providing our technicians with real time management. If the antivirus definitions are out of data, a threat is found or a daily scan has not occurred, we are notified. Otherwise most users just ignore messages regarding updates or worse yet threats found. Antivirus is the last line of defense, we recommend multiple layers of security. Contact our office if you have any questions regarding your security measures. Did you know a properly configured a firewall can block connections from other countries? Additional information: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/politics/kaspersky-lab-antivirus-federal-government.html?mcubz=3
Backup business documents on autopilot Due to cost considerations, many businesses limit their backups to only a critical server and maybe a few workstations. But by doing so, they risk losing critical data by not backing up all of their workstations. And now, there’s an affordable solution for workstation backup for your business documents in Orange County, CA. Newport Solutions is bringing their robust disaster recovery solution, to a cost effective workstation backup. NSI Backup Workstation Essentials is the easiest way to protect business documents across all workstations. The perfect solution to prevent downtime from hardware failures, accidental deletions or even ransomware.
- Complete backups of business documents for a low price per workstation per month
- Two automatic backups per day for business documents
- 56 versions from which to restore per 28 day period
Newport Solutions out of Fountain Valley, CA offers endpoint protection for all of your workstation computers and mobile devices. See our webpage to protect your IT environment for your small/medium business (SMB). http://www.newport-solutions.com/computer-security-employee-education/ Fountain Valley, CA 92708 small business IT support.
Just one month after the WannaCry outbreak, the new Petya ransomware is the latest cybercriminal attack impacting small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
- Regular maintenance of your antivirus and other endpoint protection tools
- Reinforced threat prevention through additional security solutions
- Regular employee training
- Reliable backup and disaster recovery (BDR) with online and offline backup solutions as the ultimate failsafe against successful attacks
Our client experienced a significant fire that completely engulfed their warehouse and office, giving staff about 30 seconds to exit the building and completely destroyed their property including everything within the premises. This devastating fire consumed all of the inventory, computers, phone systems, server, etc. Everything one would need to operate their business. Luckily they had engaged the services of Newport Solutions prior to this fire and not only was everything backed-up, but we were available to restore everything and get their business operational the next business day. With our remote monitoring in place we received an alert that their server was offline, when we spoke to the client they then informed us their building was on fire. Within minutes we were able to pull up their account and confirm that we had a recent copy of their data from a backup that ran only an hour ago. Less than an hour of data was lost in this devastating fire. With Hybrid Cloud Backup Service, we schedule backups every hour, and offer continuous restore feature for business continuity. This also means they could operate from current data, not a backup from the previous night, week, or archived data that was months old. Once we downloaded a copy of their encrypted data from our certified data center, we had their internal line of business software running that same night. Their phone system was hosted voip and with our systems call continuity calls were instantly routed to their cell phones. We had their network running in their 2nd building the very next business day! Despite the disaster, there was little interruption to their operations. New desktop phones were setup accepting calls from the main number and their software was fully functional. Disaster planning and back-up systems should be regularly tested, using the most reliable systems and services. We at Newport Solutions take this very seriously. If you would like a free consultation please contact our office at 714-660-1811 or email jeff@newport-solutions.com
05.25.2017
Threat Update – WannaCry Ransomware
| As of this writing, the WannaCry ransomware outbreak infected 350,000 victims in more than 150 countries. As a customer, we want to keep you up-to-date on the latest information about the threat and our response. |
| What makes WannaCry unique? WannaCry is a unique ransomware strain that exploits a critical Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability to spread like a worm, lending to its rapid propagation after just a few hours of initial detection. The SMB exploit spreads across network shares, so the effect of the attack was minimal to consumers.The unique trifecta of a broadly available vulnerability with a working exploit and the ability for execution without human intervention created the perfect environment for a “wormable” ransomware attack. Since the WannaCry attack, another attack called Adylkuzz has surfaced that takes advantage of the same Windows vulnerability, emphasizing the need for action. |
| What was McAfee’s response? Over the course of Friday, May 12, McAfee received multiple reports of the attack. By Friday afternoon, the McAfee® Global Threat Intelligence system was updated to identify all known WannaCry samples, and McAfee had delivered DAT signature updates to all its customers.Our enterprise endpoint products provide zero-day protection against the attack as outlined below. As new variants of this ransomware arise, we will continuously update our software to keep our users protected. |
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