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The internet is a vast and ever-changing landscape, and with that comes both good and bad. One of the downsides of the internet is the prevalence of scams. Scammers are constantly coming up with new ways to trick people into giving them
their money or personal information.

Have you started business planning for 2024? The last few months of the year can get hectic, between trying to close out the end of the quarter strong and mapping out your plan to ramp things up in the new year. One area that small business owners often skip over when creating their new year strategy is cyber security planning.

The holiday season is in full swing, which means so are the cybercriminals! While you’re making holiday gift lists, they’re plotting and scheming new ways to take advantage of unsuspecting online shoppers. Holiday phishing scams have become an all-too-common threat, targeting customers to steal personal information, financial data and even identities.

One of the most common questions we get from new prospective clients calling our office is “What do you guys charge for your IT services?”

While price certainly needs to be one consideration, it’s extremely important you make an informed decision and choose the right IT services company instead of using price as the main deciding factor.

“That won’t happen to me” is something many business owners say when discussing cyberscams and the need for adequate protections for their business, but these days it’s getting to be a really, really stupid statement that you definitely don’t want your clients, employees and banker to hear.

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Typos are usually small mistakes you make when you’re writing on your phone or computer. “Fat fingers” are responsible for writing “teh” instead of “the” and accidentally ending a sentence in “1” instead of “!”.

Unlike a simple typo when you’re messaging your friends, typosquatting is much more sinister.

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How do you get new software onto your systems?

There are two ways you might get new applications delivered to your system: On-premise and software as a service.

On-premise software is installed and maintained on the customer’s own servers, whereas SaaS software is hosted and managed by a third-party vendor.

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Samsung just got strapped with a $4M arbitration fee to over 35K customers involved in a class action lawsuit against the telecom company.

Why are they being sued? Allegedly, they’ve been misusing their customers’ biometric data.

Although we push cybersecurity and cyber-awareness all year round, the month of October is specially dedicated to improving and educating ourselves about online security awareness. The winter is known for being a lucrative time for bad actors, both because the cold weather pushes us inside and largely due to the holiday season.

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Have you heard of cookies before?

No, not the kind made with chocolate chips or oatmeal raisins…

We’re talking about Internet cookies.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites save on your computer or mobile device when you visit them.