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The Internet can be viewed as a vast ocean filled with all sorts of different creatures. Many are harmless but some exist for the sole purpose on treating you like prey and taking your valuable data and information. These are...

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Readers of our blog will know that we’re always emphasizing how the number of threats to computer security is growing. This is a hard fact. Two-thirds of business owners estimate that cybersecurity risks are growing year-on-year. It’s worrying that the...

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Everyone is At Risk In 2011, Ponemon Research surveyed 583 U.S. businesses and found that 90% reported that their company's computers had been breached at least once by hackers within the past year; 77% of these had been attacked multiple...

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You know that having a strong firewall is a key component to having strong network security, but do you how firewalls work? Firewalls take their name from the protective barriers that keep buildings and engines safe from fire. While it’s...

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Using a strong password with complex combinations of letters and numbers will go a long way in protecting your account, but passwords provide only one level of protection against hackers. Additional levels of security can be added with multi-factor authentication....

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It’s a real challenge for modern businesses to keep all their data secure. Cybercrime is rife, threats are everywhere and most businesses leak data without even being aware of the problem. The good news is that there are simple measures...

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Since January 1st of 2017, there has been upwards of 10 million personal information records lost or stolen each day. Odds are that you, or someone you know, has had their records compromised by a data breach. With such a...

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A weak password makes identity theft easy for hackers. You would never paint your social security number on the side of a truck and drive around town, but if your password is shared, left out in the open, and used...

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Yet another poisoned gift from COVID-19: the increase of people working remotely has brought an increase in cyberthreats to business IT. Hackers know a good opportunity, and it's a real problem for network administrators. Let's take a look at some...

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On September 10th, 2013, a new ransomware known as Trojan:Win32/Crilock.A began attacking computers all over the Internet, locking users out of their PCs and putting company’s sensitive data at risk. If your computer gets infected, then it could mean real...