Since we first told you a few weeks ago about Microsoft’s January 14, 2020, sunsetting of its Windows 7 operating system, we’ve received a lot of questions. To help make things clearer you, we’ve decided to provide some answers to…
You probably have already received pop-up messages from Microsoft announcing that Windows 7 will reach its “end of life” on January 14, 2020. More than 1 billion people worldwide use Windows: a huge number of businesses and individuals will be…
We’ve all read about ransomware attacks. When it happens to someone else, it’s easy to advise the victim not to pay up. After all, you don’t want to encourage the ransomware business model. However, there’s a lot of debate about…
CISCO recently surveyed more than 3,000 security leaders in 18 countries, asking them how they were implementing cyber security best practices to protect themselves. CISCO’s 2019 CISO Benchmark Report summarizes how companies are preparing for cyber threats, how they are…
Scammers are developing new techniques all the time. In recent years, they’ve added smishing and vishing to the arsenal of tools that they can use to ruin your day. What are these new threats, and how do we protect ourselves…
One of the world’s largest financial services technology companies, Finastra, recently began telling customers of their managed IT services, that they will no longer offer the service and will not renew current contracts. What does this mean exactly? Well, if…
Passwords. They’ve been a keystone of IT security since the dawn of the internet. We have rules about how many letters, numbers, and special characters we have to use in our passwords. Some websites even make us change our passwords…
Video messaging app Dubsmash recently revealed was breached resulting in over 160 million records being exposed including unique email IDs, usernames and passwords. Information is already being sold on the dark web as part of a 617 million record package…
If you’re like most people, you close your bedroom curtains at night and shut your office door when you need to have a private conversation. So why are you still sitting in front of an uncovered webcam? To be fair,…
Chicago hospital Rush University Medical Center recently reported a data breach that exposed sensitive information of about 1,000 patients. According to reports, the hospital sent a mailing to epilepsy patients regarding the retirement of one of the hospital’s staff members….
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