How Small Businesses Can Avoid Cyberattacks in 2021

• January 19th, 2021
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• antivirus, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Mobile Security, PC security

Across 2020 – and, most likely, throughout 2021 – the priority of small business owners has been weathering the storm brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. That’s understandable, given the challenges and unique threats from Covid-19. However, the danger posed by cybercriminals has not gone away; in fact, the evidence points to the contrary. The FBI reported huge increases in cybercrime against businesses and individuals in 2020 – a 400% increase in some cases – as hackers looked to exploit the upheaval caused by the pandemic.

Best Practices for Working from Home

• January 12th, 2021
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• anti-phishing, antivirus, Data Protection, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security, Ransomware, remote work

Working from home has become a new reality for many workers across the globe in many industries. The reality is that if your job can be done via a computer, or simply doesn’t require you to be physically present at your office in order for it to be completed, then working from home is the optimum solution in times like these. 

Cybersecurity 2020 in Review

• December 31st, 2020
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• anti-phishing, Data Protection, Online Privacy, Online Safety, PC security

2020 was a year we will never forget. The year where the words “COVID-19” and “corona” were being said by the entire world in every other sentence. Where takeout food, wearing a mask became the norm. And it wasn’t just the pandemic that caused the world to go into panic mode and uncertainty.

Ransomware Risks for Consumers vs. Businesses, and How to Avoid Them

• December 17th, 2020
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• Data Protection, Online Privacy, Ransomware

“Ransomware is more about manipulating vulnerabilities in human psychology than the adversary’s technological sophistication.” ― James Scott, Sr. Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

Netflix’s ‘The Social Dilemma’: An Eye-Opener to a Silent Existential Crisis, or an Overblown Scare Tactic?

• November 11th, 2020
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• Data Privacy, Data Protection, Mobile Security, Online Privacy, Uncategorized

“What I want people to know is that everything they’re doing online is being watched, is being tracked, every single action you take is carefully monitored and recorded”.

-Jeff Seibert, tech entrepreneur.

Netflix’s recent release ‘The Social Dilemma’ caught the world by a storm. With the whole world going through the COVID crisis and the US dealing with the recent elections (in addition to dealing with many social and political controversies), this documentary couldn’t have been released at a better time. Or…was it?