Cyber Predictions for 2023

John and Dray from Huntress kicked off the new year by sharing their predictions regarding the threats and insights trending in 2023. The first of five key trusted knowledge observations (TKO) is Phishing. Cyber attackers will continue to use the economic crisis and political tie-in’s to phish users; a popular method will include documents with catchy…

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Idera Inc.: Acquisition News

Idera Inc. recently announced the acquisition of BitTitan, Inc. and Perspectium, Corp. BitTitan will operate as part of Idera’s Data Tools business unit with the goal of building products differentiated by ease of use, speed, scale, and quality. The combined features will drive high value for Idera customers. Idera aims for minimal visible disruptions as…

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BigBIG Conference 2021: Award Recipient

MCG, Inc. proudly received the Overall Operations Excellence Award at the BigBIG conference hosted by Taylor Business Group (TBG) this month! TBG is a peer organization with over 180 MSP organizations, just like MCG, Inc., who are members. The goal is to bring like minded businesses together to provide a forum to improve through sharing…

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BigBIG Conference 2021

Taylor Business Group’s BigBIG Conference 2021 will be taking place in Scottsdale, Arizona September 23 – 25. The upcoming event will feature various larger Thought Leadership Talks about inspiring and motivating people as well as several options for smaller breakout sessions to attend. Ken Goldberg will be hosting a panel discussion at one of the…

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MCG Inc. Signs Agreement with RapidFire Tools

We have officially signed on as a partner with RapidFire Tools to provide use of their Network Detective suite and cyber testing tools. This will allow us to more professionally report on important information for our clients and streamline processes for managing our client networks. In addition, we will now be able to offer security…

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Bridging the Gap: Emergency Subsidy

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved an emergency subsidy for low-income households to get high-speed internet in an effort to bridge the digital divide cutting many Americans off from online communication during the pandemic. The FCC agreed to offer up to $50 a month to low-income households, up to $75 a month to households…

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Rackspace Technology: Partnering with MCG

Rackspace Technology, Inc., a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company has successfully partnered with MCG to provide a more secure, seamless remote work situation amid the pandemic. The collaboration has centered around migrating customers to Microsoft 365 to help increase MCG’s secure email hosting and provide access to collaboration tools now essential to remote work success.…

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Chrome zero-day browser bug: Patch now!

Though Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting team is usually vocal when describing software vulnerabilities, they’ve taken a very quiet approach to a just-patched bug in the Chrome browser this past week. Typically the team discovers and patches vulnerabilities before they can be taken advantage of; in this case cybercrooks were already abusing the hole in real-life…

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You’re Invited: KB4-CON

KnowBe4’s virtual summit, KB4-CON, is taking place April 19-20, 2021 and registration is now open. Theresa Payton, author and former White House CIO, will be delivering the keynote discussion on The Cyberwar to Distort the Truth and Hijack our Minds. With years of experience studying the world’s fraudsters, cybercriminals and nation-state cyber operatives, Theresa will…

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COVID-19: Staying Safe Beyond The Mask

Months into the Coronavirus Pandemic, we are all aware of many safety measurements to take to help prevent the spread of the virus, and stay protected from becoming infected. Washing our hands, wearing our masks, limiting our contact with others – the list goes on. However, during these times, we also need to remember to…

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