Someone recently said this to me and it got me thinking. Some people are loyal to a particular brand. Some families and even entire communities won't buy any truck if it isn't a GMC and no one can convince them otherwise. I get that some people don't like using...
Does your business use a QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) device? If so, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urges you to update the firmware to the latest release level. Hackers released a malware known as QSnatch in 2019 targeting QNAP...
Cyber crime is up during a pandemic and one of the easiest tricks for criminals is to fake or spoof business emails that appear to come from your company. One common technique is known as Business Email Compromise or BEC. The FBI estimates that BEC scams have cost organizations $26 Billion in losses over the past 3 years.
What is BEC? BEC occurs when a cybercriminal is able to use a compromised business email account with the goal of transacting fraud with an unsuspecting employee or vendor. Companies can lose millions with only a few clicks.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A basic Zoom subscription is $14.99/month. Dropbox is $12.99 (with a yearly commitment). Together, storing your documents in the cloud so your entire team can access them, and video conferencing with clients and colleagues is $28/month/user plus taxes. Google has just...
Looking for a Great, Secure, Affordable option to Zoom? Google just announced that it is making Google Meet FREE for EVERYONE! Why consider Meet? Meet is part of Google's Business Suite. It is reliable and easy to use. You don't need to install an app to use it on...
In a time when we are starved for human connections in our personal lives and virtual meeting options in our business lives, Zoom came along. It was slick and well marketed. Sure the free version was limited to 40 minute calls if you had a party of 3 or more, but it...