DNS Firewalls: A New Tool to Protect your Business
If your computer connected to a DNS Firewall instead of a regular DNS and you typed in “yotube.com” (note the missing “u” from “you”), the attack will be thwarted. Yotube.com is a known phishing site that tries to download malware (viruses, worms, ransomware, botnets, etc.) to anyone who mistakenly tries to visit it.
Should Your Company Consider Outsourcing its IT Management?
What are some of the challenges to consider? There are good reasons and bad reasons to outsource your IT. Two of the bad reasons are: You want to reduce costs (unless your current environment has been completely mismanaged). The days of seeing IT as a cost center are...
Twitter Hacked: What is Social Engineering?
Yesterday, Twitter announced that it had been hacked. Hackers seemed to target a number of accounts belonging to cryptocurrency companies and executives as well as VIP accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk and others. The target...
Google is Getting Rid of Password Authentication
Google has announced that, starting February 15, 2021, it will no longer authenticate users with just usernames and passwords. "What!?!" That's right. Less secure applications that only use a username and password to grant access or permission--applications like...
Windows Users: Don’t Force Upgrade 2004
Like front door locks, your computer is only as secure as it's last patch release. Keeping computers updated to the latest stable release should be an important part of your IT provider's tasks. That said, Windows 10's May Release (release 2004) was a big package and...
Local Business Loses Out with Inadequate Phone System
I needed a BBQ part on Saturday and wanted to buy local. Google gave me a good list of local companies. No local business had a website integrated with their parts systems. It would take a phone call.I called the one that seemed to supply parts for my brand and model...
New Google Meet Features
If you're a G-Suite subscriber, you're probably using Google Meet for your virtual meetings. If you're not, then why not? It's free and included in your subscription. Google has recently made a couple of changes to Meet which are long overdue: Tiled Views: Up to now,...
Copying Files from Home and Office
So you're spending your time between home and office these days (or if you're lucky the lake and the office). How do you get any work done when all your files are on the office server? In an ideal world, your business would support you by: Using a distributed...
Hate-hacking, Zoom Bombing and Working Remotely in the Era of BLM
Working remotely has become the preferred technique of many businesses as they pivot to serving clients and customers in the age of COVID-19. Moving to a hybrid work environment with some employees working from home while others continue working out of the office...
New to Digital Advertising?
Here's a Quick Primer on PPCs A key concept in digital advertising is "Pay Per Click" or PPC. With PPC, people can see your ad hundreds or thousands of times and it costs you nothing. You only pay when they click on your ad and engage with your website. The price per...