New Facebook Phishing Attack Could Fool Many
I just received a Facebook Messenger message from a good friend yesterday. He apparently saw me in a video and thought I'd be interested in watching it. He's a friend who does send me interesting stuff once in a while and there was no reason not to click through....
Can You Trust Your Lawyer?
Law firms and lawyers are a profession we sometimes need to rely upon. We depend upon them to manage family matters, custody issues, contract disputes, and criminal matters. Many times, these issues are personally, professionally, or economically sensitive. For this...
“G-Suite” is Changing to “Google Workspace”: What Does This Mean?
Google is rebranding "G-Suite" to "Google Workspace." It's about time. When Atlas became a G-Suite Reseller, we decided to call our offering a "Digital Workspace Solution." It was G-Suite bundled with an optional backup solution. We're glad Google listened to...
Have You Been Owned/Pwned?
The term "Pwned" comes from video game culture and means "owned" (since the "o" and "p" characters are beside each other on a keyboard). Pwned implies domination, humiliation and ownership by an opponent. It is a taunt that you have been soundly defeated. "Pwned" has...
A Ransomware Attack that Turned into a Horror Story
October is Cybersecurity Month and the Canadian CyberSecurity Conference, MapleSEC, is running October 5 - 7. On Monday, Terry Cutler of Cyology Labs in Montreal shared a case study of a major Canadian company hit by ransomware. “IT guys are always asking for money,”...
Complexity Made Simple: A Case Study of a Phishing Attack
Today a small business owner became the victim of a phishing attack and almost lost access to their email account including: Bank emails Personal communications Professional communications Because email is a critical step in changing a user's password, if the owner...
As of September 1, Multi-year SSL Certificates Will No Longer Be Trusted
What is an SSL Certificate? SSL certificates verify that the website you are visiting: Is proven to belong to who they say they are (for example, an SSL certificate signed for www.rbcroyalbank.com won't work for www.rbcroyalbank.cn) cannot be read or deciphered by...
Can Remote Work Reduce Your Business’ Operating Costs?
Remote work is a new reality for many businesses. Perhaps you feel it was forced upon you and is a challenge to manage and monitor. Like any change, remote work models are unsettling. But as a change, it can also be a disruption in a good way. Having workers show up...
Work from Home May Be Here to Stay
Out of 3.4 million Canadians were told to work from home early in the Corona virus lockdown. 3/4 of those were still working from home in August according to Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Survey. Having hired back workers over the 5 months since April,...
Ransomware Red Flags: 7 Signs You’re About to Get Hit
It's every security pro's nightmare: Your company has been hit with ransomware, and every machine and server has been encrypted. Shocked? Likely, but security experts say the warning signs were there all along. Misdirected DNS requests, bad VPN reboots, and Active...