by Mike Foster | Jan 17, 2019 | Alerts, Best Practices, Cyber Security, Cyber Security Breach, Cybersecurity, IT Best Practices, Password Manager, Password Safety, Password Security, Security Breach, Technology Safety Tips
Today Troy Hunt announced that a collection of 773 million usernames and passwords were released. This release of passwords, dubbed Collection #1, contains usernames and passwords that have shown up on the dark web over the past two or three years. Think of Collection...
by Mike Foster | Nov 30, 2018 | Best Practices, Computer Security Day, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Executive Tips
November 30th is Computer Security Day. Today is a great day to remind your team members to continue to be extra vigilant as they watch for spam email messages. Encourage and provide time to your team to keep your systems up to date with all critical security patches...
by Mike Foster | Nov 9, 2018 | Cybersecurity
If someone ever impersonates you via email, you may stop receiving legitimate email messages too. Computers belonging to people who received a fake email message may automatically send all new messages to the phony address instead of yours. Senders don’t realize what...
by Mike Foster | Oct 25, 2018 | Alerts, Best Practices, Cyber Security, Cyber Security Breach, Cybersecurity, Hacker Insight, Preventative IT Security Breach
The 3 minute Tesla car stealing video is fun, and keep reading the next paragraph about your organization’s security too.First the theft. Wired magazine published an article you can find by searching the title: Hackers Can Steal a Tesla Model S in Seconds by...
by Mike Foster | Oct 19, 2018 | Best Practices, Cyber Scams, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Tech Support, Technology Safety
If you place a call to tech support for your online accounting software or any program, and if the technical support representative on the phone asks you to download a diagnostic program to test your computer, think twice. Their program already installed on your...
