Adobe will stop supporting Flash Player after December 31, 2020 (“EOL Date”). Newer and more secure standards such as HTML5, WebGL, and...

If it's an unexpected or strange email, call (don't email) the sender to confirm before clicking any link

1. Complex passwords become easy. Although simple passwords are effortless to remember, they are also easy to hack. Password managers...

Old school anti-virus depends on virus definition signatures to recognize and block malware threats. Think of signatures as wanted...

Vishing (voice phishing) is a growing threat to network security. It's highly targeted and frighteningly successful

Are You Available. You've likely seen this phishing attempt or one of its variations...

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Microsoft acknowledged that their May 29, 2019—KB4497935 update has serious compatibility issues with Surface Book Laptops

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Learn to identify and avert data hostage situations Ransomware is malware constructed by cyber-criminals to encrypt your network data and...

It’s late on a sunny Friday afternoon before a long weekend and the office has emptied out around you. You’ve worked frantically to...

The last line of defense for any Business's Computer Network is an educated end-user. Sophisticated firewalls, anti-virus software, web...

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Microsoft recently released a "feature update" that updated Windows 10 to version 1803 which added a bunch of new features, as well as,...

Phishing attacks just keep coming. Cyber-criminals use the same basic methods but add new twists that leverage current events. Twitter...

Phishing is an exploit where cyber-criminals assume the identity of a recognized company to hook recipients into revealing credentials to...

It’s been nearly five years since Microsoft stopped selling retail versions of the Windows 7 operating system. Mainstream support ended...

Bad Rabbit Ransomware has surfaced in Russia, Eastern Europe and South Korea. It appears to be targeting its victims thus far. It has...

It's had a good run but time is running out on POP. Legacy POP e-mail (Post Office Protocol) services where Outlook downloads mail are...

The 2016 presidential election has spawned a variety of topics that generate heated discussions. The subject suitable for this blog is...