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Author: Keith Savino


What is PII ? How to Protect your PII – DHS Tools

Protecting your personal information, or that of your staff and clients can seem like a second job. Just the term “Phishing” which was email based, has evolved to multiple types of attempts to fool you. For example, Vishing (voice), Smishing (text) and Pharming (code that redirects you to malicious websites) are all ways to trick […]

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FBI – Last Minute Holiday Scams – Pig Butchering, Ad Phishing, Charity

********* FBI Warns of Holiday Scams The bad guys have a business plan, and YOU are their TARGET customer.   Ad Phishing – Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Cyber Criminals Impersonating Brands Using Search Engine Advertisement   The FBI is warning the public that cybercriminals are using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands […]

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Schools Breached – Illuminate Education Breach is National

Cyber Liability Broadfield Insurance

Illuminate Education Breach Notice Public and Charter schools impacted, learn which ones, and what brands of software. What occurred ? Illuminate education was breached. The illumination breach occurred between December 28th and January 8th.  The extent of the breach appears substantial. Additional information continues to come to light. New York Schools Impacted. According to the […]

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Broadfield Insurance 158 Years… young

Broadfield insurance agency kicks off 2022, as its 158th year located in Warwick NY.  The same location at 68 Main Street has serviced local, and now national clients since 1864. … a few decades ago (in the previous century), well know insurance industry visionaries Richard and Keith Savino met John Sanford and they together decided […]

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How dangerous is the The Apache Log4J vulnerability ?

How dangerous is the The Apache Log4J vulnerability ?  How does a 10 out of 10 CVSS Severity level ( CVSS is an industry-standard vulnerability metric) “Various information security news outlets reported on the discovery of critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 in the Apache Log4j library (CVSS severity level 10 out of 10). Millions of Java applications use […]

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The importance of MFA or 2FA, recent threats and public guidance

Recently, Microsoft released public guidance regarding a series of targeted attacks coordinated by the  Russian linked hacking group Nobelium.  Nobelium is the state sponsored group that is thought to have facilitated the massive attacks on the company SolarWinds that was first reported to the public in 2020. As we have seen with attacks of a similar nature, the action […]

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