Equifax Data Breach: Your Identity Is At Risk
If you've ever opened a credit card, taken out a loan or have bills in your name, you've got a credit report. It also means you're likely affected by the latest data breach. 143 million Americans had their personally identifiable information stolen from Equifax...
How To Set Up a VPN in Windows 10
As your company grows, you might branch out to multiple offices or shops across a given area. In order to stay efficient, the employees working in those locations need a secure, reliable, fast way to share information across their computer networks. Also, if you have...
Inbox Overflowing With Emails You Never Signed Up For? It’s Called An Email Bomb and It May Be a Cover Up for Much Worse
Recently, one of our clients called us with an annoying email issue that they just couldn't quite figure out. Why in the world were they suddenly receiving thousands of unwanted subscriptions, email newsletters and online account registrations? How could they make it...
Protect Your Data When An Employee Takes A Hike
In a perfect world, we hire the most amazing person for every job and no one ever leaves or needs to be let go. Too bad this isn't that world and disgruntled ex-employees can be a real threat to today's businesses. Usually Human Resources handles the majority of...
Privacy Concerns for Parents and Children with Snapchat’s New Location Feature
Snapchat's latest feature, included in its update last week, is raising privacy and safety concerns. Called Snap Maps, the new feature allows users to share their location with all, a few, or none of their friends. If you choose to use this feature, Snapchat will...
Ransomware Statistics Small Businesses Need to Know
Ransomware has had a BIG year. So big that 90% of IT providers reported ransomware attacks on small businesses in the past year. Attacks on various industries are becoming daily occurrences. We hear of companies paying huge sums to retrieve their data from the...
7 Ways to Secure Your Smartphone
Smartphones are so small and portable that it is easy to forget that you have a powerful computer in your pocket or purse. However, they are increasingly becoming the target of theft, ransomware, viruses, and other types of malware. As a result, you need to take steps...
Creepy Stalker Tool or Family Finder? New Internet Search Sites Show Personal Info for Free
Two websites have surfaced recently touting their mission to help people connect. Some argue they have gone too far, though. You've probably never heard of TruePeopleSearch.com and FamilyTreeNow.com but these sites know a lot about you. They are free for public use so...
WannaCry Ransomware and How To Protect Your Data
Last Friday morning, the world was hit with a devilish virus attack. This malware, dubbed WannaCry, WCry or WanaCryptor, is ransomware that has locked the files of impacted systems and demanded a bitcoin payment to release the user's data. In this case, if the user...
Google Docs Link: A Phishing Scam Fiasco
Head's up! There’s a smart phishing scam making its rounds. The target, possibly you, receives an email claiming to be from a trusted vendor. The email reads: Once clicking "Open in Docs," victims were asked to grant access to their account by a fake Google Docs app,...