Last week, 530,000 Zoom accounts and passwords were for sale on the dark web (5 for a penny). Investigators think that the accounts were not ‘hacked’ or stolen from Zoom or exposed by a vulnerability. Instead, the account list was likely created from an old data breach. This is called credential stuffing. The crooks take […]
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Phishing Attacks and Scams are Surging
Whenever the news is dominated by an event, we see an increase in phishing and scam attempts that use that event to trick people into giving up their logins or download malware. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is no exception. The number of email and scam web sites using COVID and coronavirus are growing exponentially, just […]
Staying productive and sane while working from home
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has required social distancing and shelter in place directives that have forced a large number of people to work from home. While working from home does allow us to avoid a commute and even work in sweats and a t-shirt, it comes with challenges. Going to work in an office provides structure and focus. […]
Dear Cadillac Community, I’m Rich Houk, the owner of Cogent Technology Solutions. I have worked as a technology specialist in the Cadillac area for 25 years. My colleagues and I, at Cogent Technology Solutions, have served the Technology needs of businesses’ in Northern Michigan including those in medical, retail, and manufacturing fields since we opened […]
Welcome to Cogent Technology Solutions
Cogent Technology Solutions delivers a full spectrum of services from offering short term support on a large project to providing full scale technology services to your business. We provide 24/7 local onsite support to companies with 5-100 workstations. We support the computing needs of small businesses and large corporations with remote locations across northern Michigan. […]