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5 Things To Do Right Now If You’ve Been Hacked

Over 230,000 new malware samples are created each day. That’s 230,000 new ways that hackers can find their way directly into your goldmine of personal and financial information. Cyber attacks are becoming much more common, more intricate, and more dangerous. It’s now more important than ever to be conscious of links you’re clicking, specifically on social media. Around 600,000 Facebook […]

10 Ways You Can Combat Phishing Scams

Have you ever received an email that just didn’t seem right? It could have been from a company executive, the government, a bank, or even a good friend. The email asks you to click a link, visit a website, fill out a form, open a document or view an image and before you know it your computer has been […]

10 Ways You Can Combat Phishing Scams

Protect Yourself: Hackers Duping People to Believe They are Microsoft or Apple Support

Hackers are relentless these days. They are even using pop-ups to scam Microsoft users. Learn about these important ways to identify the scam and spread the word to your friends, coworkers, and family. Things that go bump in the day? While that saying generally says, bump in the night, we thought this would at least draw your attention. The truth […]

4 Simple Essentials for Tackling Your BYOD Business Policy

Whether company-issued or not, the best thing you can do for yourself and your employees is to verify that everyone’s on the same page when it comes to personal and company-owned device management. Preferably, you’ll put down that page in writing. Here are the four most important criteria you’ll need to consider in crafting or re-crafting your BYOD business policy. […]

The Simplest Thing You Can Do to Improve Online Security

It’s National Internet Safety Awareness Month – and one of the most common pitfalls we Internet users fall into is accidentally opening a malicious email. It happens to the best of us. Why? We’re swamped – and the scammers targeting our inboxes have gambled on that fact that those inboxes are disorganized. Here’s a few things we […]

A Homeowners Guide to Safe Online Banking

This month is National Cybersecurity Awarenes Month — and as such, it’s time to dicuss one of the most vulnarable activities all of us regularly conduct online: banking. It’s only rational for you to be worried about your online bank accounts. This past spring a group of hackers stole nearly $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank – and […]

How to Get Your Identity Stolen: A Lesson on 10 Most Popular Online Scams

In a continual effort to help our customers avoid the more common problems we receive calls about – here’s a list of the 10 most popular tricks among cybercriminals to get into your computer. For more information on protecting yourself against cybercrime, download our free guide: The Ultimate Guide to Securing Your Home Network. Email Fraud You’ll notice that […]

How Effective Is My Anti-Virus Software?

Let’s answer your question with another question. Did you know that malware and virus popups are our biggest call generator? On average, we receive 15-30 calls every month from clients that have been infected with some type of malware. It’s a problem that bares addressing. Your software will only get you so far. Here’s what you do. Install an Anti-Virus […]

What Kind of Cybercriminal Are You?

A Lesson in Email Safety Everyone makes mistakes – sometimes it’s unwittingly and sometimes it’s a gamble that doesn’t pay off. One of the most dangerous mistakes any one of us could make on the Internet is to not be cognizant of our behavior. If you’re not careful, you may be well on your way to life of […]