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Your Phone, Tablet, and Computer Started Hiding You – and How to Overcome the Associated Problems

by Mike Foster | Feb 25, 2021 | Cyber Security, IT Best Practices, IT Security, Technology, Technology Tips

A friend contacted me a few days ago and said, “Every few weeks, I’ll go to a site, and it will say that this appears to be a new device? For example, I’ve looked at my Twitter account this morning, and it put up my username and asked me for my password again. Is this...
Prepare Now to Recover Quickly from Ransomware on Mac and Windows Computers

Prepare Now to Recover Quickly from Ransomware on Mac and Windows Computers

by Mike Foster | Jan 28, 2021 | Alerts, Best Practices, Cyber Security

Equip all of your Work from Home users with a cloned drive so they can help protect your network and get up and running quickly if they get ransomware or if their hard drive crashes. Protect your home family computers the same way. Cloning a hard drive creates a...
A Simple Way to Protect Work From Home Users and Families

A Simple Way to Protect Work From Home Users and Families

by Mike Foster | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

Some services, free for home use, can protect your family devices from accessing malicious web servers even if you accidentally click a fraudulent link. If you already use Eero or some other family safety service, it probably already filters out bad sites for you, and...
Tips and Tricks: An Unconventional way to Protect Yourself from SolarWinds and Future Hacks

Tips and Tricks: An Unconventional way to Protect Yourself from SolarWinds and Future Hacks

by Mike Foster | Jan 13, 2021 | Alerts, Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Executives and IT, IT Best Practices

Will running one rarely used program stop future attacks? It will in the SolarWinds attack and perhaps stop future compromises too. It makes sense that malware uses strategies to infect and hide inside of networks undetected. Here is some fascinating insight into that...

Three of the Most Useful Links About the SolarWinds Attack:

by Mike Foster | Jan 7, 2021 | Alerts, Best Practices, Cyber Security

Even if you don’t use SolarWinds, your suppliers and customers might. In some cases, your security is only as good as their security. There are so many webpages about the Solar Winds attack. Here are three of the most useful. Please forward this to your IT team....
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