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Capstone Works, Inc. has been serving the Cedar Park area since 2001, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

The Complete Guide for Identifying Cybersecurity Threats

The Complete Guide for Identifying Cybersecurity Threats

A newly released report reveals that there were over 3,000 reported data breaches in 2023. This resulted in the personal information of millions of people being stolen. The average cost of one of these data breaches was $4.45 million. Almost every single organization polled (97 percent!) reported that they have seen an increase in cyber threats since 2022.

Cybersecurity is absolutely critical today, and it’s a problem that everyone needs to be aware of. As a regular person, going about your day, you might not even notice if you are the victim of a data breach.  Because of this, most people have a big forcefield of blissful ignorance that makes them feel immune to the bulk of cyberthreats.

But that’s the point—the best cyberthreats are hard to spot. You don’t realize you are being scammed.

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How to Steal a Password in Three Easy Steps

How to Steal a Password in Three Easy Steps

For most people, the only thing protecting all of their personal data, their email, access to all of their online accounts, their bank, and more, is just a handful of characters. It’s estimated that there is about a 20% chance that any given account doesn’t have any sort of multi-factor security, so if you can figure out a person’s password, you might be able to gain access to whatever you want.

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4 Sneaky Tricks that Cybercriminals are Using Against Texas Businesses

4 Sneaky Tricks that Cybercriminals are Using Against Texas Businesses

We’ve been talking about cybersecurity quite a bit lately, and for good reason. Any organization that doesn’t acknowledge the threat that comes with being ill-prepared in the face of a cyberattack is basically sitting on a ticking time bomb. 

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Tips to Avoid Getting Scammed at Home, School and Work

Tips to Avoid Getting Scammed at Home, School and Work

Let’s cut to the chase: scams are everywhere out there today, which makes it important that you are aware of how to avoid them. Let’s run through a few basic tips we always recommend.

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The Definitive Guide on Spotting a Phishing Attack

The Definitive Guide on Spotting a Phishing Attack

Phishing is one of the leading vectors for larger cyberattacks, and right now, it’s the biggest cyberthreat for Texas-based businesses. In this guide, we’re going to cover what to look for. If you are a business owner, we recommend sharing this blog with your entire staff and asking that they read and confirm they understand it. Go ahead and share it as much as you want—if you find it useful, we’d love to hear from you!

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Whale Phishing: Are You The Big One?

Whale Phishing: Are You The Big One?

Phishing attacks have been a huge problem for businesses over the last several years, and it is only getting worse. While most business owners and managers understand that phishing attacks can lead to malware or the theft of personal information, there is a specific type of phishing attack that targets employees specifically to undermine a C-level.

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Cybersecurity Needs to Play a Major Role for Law Firms

Cybersecurity Needs to Play a Major Role for Law Firms

It is no secret that a cybersecurity incident can land the company it impacts in legal trouble. Based on this assumption, we feel safe in asserting that such an outcome could be particularly damaging (not to mention embarrassing) for a law firm to experience. Let’s review some of the ways that a law firm needs to ensure its security, and how we can help.

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Texas Healthcare Industry Faces a High Risk of Cyberattacks

Texas Healthcare Industry Faces a High Risk of Cyberattacks

Cases of COVID-19 have been surging once again in Texas, with younger patients being admitted to hospitals in unprecedented numbers. While these circumstances are obviously problematic enough, cybercriminals will not hesitate to use the confusion this crisis is creating to their advantage. Let’s go over some of the security risks that healthcare organizations currently face, and what should be done to minimize these risks.

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Warning: Cyberattacks Targeting Texas Hospitals

Warning: Cyberattacks Targeting Texas Hospitals

Throughout the nation, hospitals and other medical institutions are under cyberattack; in fact, the threat has reached the level that the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory released a press release warning of ransomware attacks. Travis County's Central Health is the latest victim of this unsettling trend. However, they won't be the last; learn how to protect your organization.

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