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The Internet May Be Hurting Your Sleep

Can you imagine life without the always-on internet?  If you're like most people today, it's a simply indispensable tool, and the thought of suddenly being without it makes you shudder and brings ...

Reddit Users Advised To Reset Their Passwords

If you're a Reddit user, it's time to change your password.  According to the company, they recently discovered evidence of a hack that exposed all company data from the site's launch (2005) ...

Click Rates For Spam Emails Are Increasing

F-Secure recently published a new report, and their findings are disturbing. The click rates on spam emails increased to 14.2 percent for the second half of 2017, up from 13.4 percent reported ...

USB Drive Security - Why You Should Be Worried About Your Team Using USB Drives

A serious design flaw in USB technology, identified by researchers at SR Labs, could mean that USB drives are a bigger security threat than ...

Hackers and the DARK Web - What Business Owners Need to Know

The one constant in the IT world is change. So it should come as no surprise that a new threat ...

12 Ways to Protect Your Business from a Ransomware Attack!

In our modern, hyper-connected world, your business is incredibly vulnerable to many insidious types of cybersecurity threats. Chief among those are ransomware attacks, which covertly lock you out of your own files and then demand payment to recover them. This ...

Top 30 + 1 Keyboard Shortcuts PC Users Should Know

You have probably been using a computer for many years at work and at home, and you are likely familiar with some ...

Is It Time to Consider Managed IT Services for Your Business?

If you're like many small or medium-sized businesses you rely on your computers and your network to get things done. ...

Are Ex-Employees Threatening Your Company's Security?

As a business owner you've probably taken steps to secure your network behind a wall of defenses and instituted monitoring practices to keep hackers out. But what if one of the biggest ...

Bitcoin in the Workplace - An Intro to Crypto Currency

The rise in popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is presenting new challenges for small and medium businesses, including security threats that ...