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The Top 10 Internet Security Threats for Small Businesses
In today’s interconnected world, small businesses are reaping the benefits of technology and the internet to reach wider audiences and streamline operations. However, this digital evolution comes with its fair share of challenges, particularly in the realm of internet security. As cybercriminals…
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3 Signs of a Malicious Email
While doing business over the net has its perks, there are plenty of drawbacks as well. In the course of any business day, your network, data, and any online accounts you hold could be affected by one simple blunder. In many cases,…
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4 Reasons to Stop Using Free Email for Your Business
These days, you will conduct a significant amount of your daily business communications via email. The first thing many people will notice about you is your email name and address. As a result, your email address can be more important than you…
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7 Online Habits to Stop Right Now
How secure is your company’s network? The answer to that question depends on not only the security measures you’ve put into place, but also the person accessing that network. No security system is foolproof 100 percent of the time, and a lot…
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5 Things That Can Keep Hackers Out of Your Email
Your email contains nearly your whole life (or business). Just imagine if someone hacked into it! Email is often the key to not only personal information, but to various online accounts. And for business email addresses, the risk multiplies. You likely have…
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3 Network Security Issues for Business Owners to Understand
Data breaches, ransomware, and other internet security problems aren’t going away any time soon. In fact, 2021 brought us the highest average cost of a data breach in 17 years (4.24 million dollars). And when remote work is a factor, as it is for…
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6 Ways to Protect Your Mobile Device From Hackers
We often focus on protecting your business network from malware and hackers. But as increasingly more employees work remotely, we must all be concerned about our personal mobile devices, too. Share these tips with your employees so that they can keep their…
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What Exactly is Malware and How Do You Avoid It?
You hear a lot about malware these days, and it’s fairly common for people to ask “what exactly is malware?” It’s short for “malicious software” and essentially refers to any intrusive software created by hackers to infiltrate computer systems, damage or destroy…
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How to Avoid a Ransomware Attack
You probably heard about the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline a few weeks ago, but did you know that ransomware attacks more than doubled in 2020? It seems as though certain unscrupulous individuals took advantage of the disruptions caused by the…
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8 Ways to Keep Devices Safe When Traveling
We all know that travel is strongly discouraged right now. But we also all know that some people are going to do it anyway. Whether for holiday reasons or business purposes, your employees might travel in upcoming weeks. And if you’re operating…
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So What Exactly is the Deal with TikTok?
This year has certainly inflicted more than a few ups and downs on us all. While we heard rumblings of this situation as early as last fall, it now seems as if the entire world has erupted in a debate over a…
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Why is Email Phishing Up 6000 Percent Right Now?
News outlets have reported that, during the time of Covid-19, phishing scams are up at a rate of 6,000 percent. But why? What does a worldwide pandemic have to do with internet security? Essentially, this boils down to the worth of your personal data….
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The Surprising Thing That Hackers Want From You
When you think of hackers, you probably imagine the panic that would ensue if one obtained your credit card information or that of your clients. So you might be surprised to learn that financial information is not actually the top-selling item on…
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7 Essential Data Back-Up Tips
We all know someone whose computer has crashed, and they lost everything. Maybe it has even happened to you. It’s bad enough when we realize family photos or favorite recipes might be gone forever, but data loss can be catastrophic for a…
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The “Internet of Things” Poses a Problem for Businesses
Earlier this year, a homeowner’s Nest Cam blared out a warning of an imminent missile attack by North Korea. The terrified woman eventually discovered that the warning was false, and had originated from her Nest Cam, which had been hacked by a…
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Be Vigilant About Security During Tax Season
Internet security is important at any time of year. During tax season, however, hackers are feeling extra motivated to gain access to your information.
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Protect Your Business with Privileged Access Management
With many data breaches and security problems originating from inside organizations, you might think that disgruntled employees are a potential source of intentional calamity. Luckily, those situations aren’t too common. In most cases, a leak via an employee is a genuine human…
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How Are You Handling Suspicious Emails?
Suspicious emails continue to present one of the biggest security threats to businesses and organizations. According to one research firm*, one out of every 100 emails is sent with malicious intent. That doesn’t sound like much, but consider how many emails your…
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3 Things Every Business Should Do With Their Computers
Like most small business owners, you might not picture your business getting hacked. That type of thing only happens to huge corporations like Target or Home Depot, right? Actually, no. About half of all small businesses have experienced a cyber attack, or…
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Make Technology a Part of Your Disaster Plan
In business, we plan to succeed. But of course, we also must create contingency plans, revolving around the various things that can “go wrong”. Often those things are natural events that are out of our control. They’re going to happen regardless of…
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A Cyber Security Warning from the SBA
We’ve said it over and over: Small businesses are common targets for cyber crimes and attacks, and often small businesses have the most to lose. You’re not Target, or Home Depot, or a large nationwide bank. You don’t have an entire team…
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Yahoo Gets Hacked – What Should Users Do Now?
Just this week, Yahoo released the unfortunate news that up to one billion user accounts may have been breached. It has happened previously, with one security issue occurring in 2014 and another way back in August of 2013. The problem with these…
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7 Ways to Protect Your Company from Online Identity Theft
Life in the digital age means navigating a whole host of new dangers. Most of us know that identity theft is a growing concern, but if you’re a business owner, you might not realize how such an event could also affect your…
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Cyber Crime Will Grow in 2016
We’ve been saying that 2016 will be a rough year for cyberattacks, and already on January 6, up to 320,000 Time Warner Cable customer accounts were hacked. Most likely, it was a phishing attack on other companies that store Time Warner subscriber…
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Email… Is It Real or Is It Spam?
You might rely on spam filters to filter emails coming into your employees’ inboxes, but the technology is far from perfect. Yes, a spam filter will greatly reduce the amount of junk emails you and your workers receive, but some very clever…
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What to Do if Your Email is Blacklisted
These days, most small businesses rely on email to contact their clients. And yet, from time to time you may find that your email has been blacklisted. This means that your email address has been (whether wrongfully or not) identified as a…
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The Number One Cyber Security Target: Health Care
Cyber criminals are targeting health care providers at alarming rates. A hospital, insurance company, or other organization in this field is a gold mine for identity thieves. Medical records contain everything these criminals want to know, such as Social Security numbers, birth…
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Protect Yourself While Online Shopping this December
This year’s Cyber Monday brought in massive online sales, a trend that will probably continue throughout the rest of December. If you’re like the millions of Americans who will be doing at least some of their holiday shopping on the internet, remember…
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Firewalls: What Are They and Do I Need One?
The Internet has revolutionized the way we do business, leading to vastly improved communication. However, it can also be your downfall if you don’t provide adequate security to your computer network. Having an adequate firewall is one of the cornerstones of internet…
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