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We have noticed that malware threat actors have found an exploit within OneNote and we’ve observed a significant increase in the number of malicious files delivered and opened via OneNote email attachments.  Unlike malicious Word and Excel files, OneNote malware and the associated infected files do not require the security prompt asking the end-user to allow macros, thus increasing the chances of unknowingly running the malicious executable.  What you can do…

With 2023 now underway, we wanted to share what we believe to be the two most significant cybersecurity threats to your organization: Phishing attempts and users without routine end user cybersecurity awareness training. Every breach that we saw in 2022 from our clients was from phishing. Unfortunately, cyber threat actors are always one step ahead, and the way that email traverses from one server to another, is defined by standards…

Technical Support International (TSI) is proud of its history of supporting our country’s armed forces, veterans, service members and military families. We have been fortunate with continued growth in our cybersecurity practice area and these accomplishments are not made possible without our core team of talented employees. Many of our employees have dutifully served our country and continue to be called upon at a moment’s notice. Their dedication and commitment…

Microsoft recently reported a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE 2022 – 30190) regarding the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), which at the time, required a temporary fix but is now being resolved with a patch update later this month. If you’re currently a TSI managed client, this actively exploited vulnerability that enables threat actors to deploy malware into your environment and provide them access to your network was addressed, but if…

As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a noticeable increase of cyber-attacks on organizations worldwide. The Russian State-Sponsored cybersecurity offensive isn’t aimed specifically at Government agencies or Defense contractors, but small companies like yours. As your cybersecurity partner, we implore you to take these threats seriously. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) have warned organizations to be…

We’ve begun applying the Microsoft Windows 10 update (v. 21H2) for our clients so that their workstations continue receiving critical security patches and avoid the exploitation of this pending vulnerability. The patching process should happen during normal pre-scheduled time windows unless otherwise instructed. If you’re not working with TSI, we highly recommend that you reach out to your IT provider or staff to begin working on this as soon as…

Microsoft has announced that effective February 1, 2022, it will no longer provide virus updates for the following end-of-life operating systems without the purchase of Sophos extended support. Server 2008 Windows 7 Linux CentOS 6 Linux CentOS 8 Linux Ubuntu 20.10 Linux Ubuntu 16.4 LTS Linux Ubuntu 12.4 Linux Redhat 6.8 Mac OS 10.14 Organizations that have a number of unsupported EOL systems will be impacted by this upcoming change.…