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Email Phishing: 5+ Ways to Protect Your Personal Information
Phishing is the practice of tricking someone to get their sensitive information. The “bait” is often an email created to look like a message from your bank, the government, or even a family member in an emergency. Given the urgency of the message, an unsuspecting user will click a link to a fake (but convincing) […]
Password Best Practices and Password Policy
Replacing Passwords with Passphrases The most tempting passwords are the ones easiest to remember: “1234” or “password.” But their popularity makes them the most vulnerable to hacks. Using a phrase with multiple words will extend your character count and increase your security. Consider using phrases like “Correct Horse Battery Staple”. It’s the example from this […]
Antivirus Software for Business
Antivirus software is designed to stop harmful programs from getting into your system and doing damage to your data. It detects malicious files like trojans, worms, and ransomware before they can poison your PC. How do you get a computer virus? The most common way a virus gets on your computer is by downloading an […]
Backup Options for Businesses: IT Disaster Recovery Plans
Backing up your computer files is an essential operation for your business. It becomes crucial if you’re subject to a ransomware attack, your device suffers an irreparable failure, or your hardware is damaged in a disastrous fire or flood. When your files are backed-up, you can be up and running again in a couple of […]
[Video] Ransomware Attacks Explained
Ransomware is a malicious program that encrypts every file in your system. In order to reverse the encryption and regain access to your files, the victim is required to pay a sum to the attacker, hence the ‘ransom’. This post will go into the details of these attacks and what measures can be taken to […]
Windows 7 End of Life: Is it time to update your Windows computers?
On January 14, 2020, Microsoft officially discontinued its 10-year-old operating system, Windows 7. According to Microsoft, “If you continue to use Windows 7 after support has ended, your PC will still work, but it will become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses because you will no longer receive software updates, including security updates, from […]
New Year, New IT: Upgrade Your Infrastructure
If your new years resolution isn’t to upgrade your IT infrastructure, it should be (especially if your computer looks like the one in that photo). It’s that time of year to start thinking about your budget and planning to upgrade where needed. Not sure where to get started? Well, you better watch out, you […]
Why Upgrade Your Computer?
Story time: Imagine you’re at your desk, trying to get a bunch of work done, and your computer doesn’t work because it’s older than the new guy two cubicles over from you. Little too real? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! The amount of old computers in the workforce is way too high! It’s something I […]
How To Access Your Work Computer From Home (Or Anywhere, Really!)
How many times have you been trying to work from home and you realized you left that one crucial file on your office computer? Or, you really don’t want to spend $2,000 on a high-powered laptop so you can run your fancy software? Or, most likely, it is simply impossible to access your accounting data […]
Is My Business Network Safe? Triple Check These Network Security Points
Is My Business Network Safe? Triple Check These Network Security Points Keeping your network safe should be a high priority for your business or organization. Wombatsecurity.com kept statistics on 2017 security breaches. To summarize these frightening statistics, there was a whopping 1,120 network reported breaches total last year. The number of records exposed? Get this: […]