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CybersecurityHow To Protect Yourself From the MOVEit Breach and Stay Safe Online
Hackers are always developing new ways to steal data from Internet users. The most recent data breach to impact millions involves MOVEit, a popular file transfer tool. Even though this breach exposes a lot of private information, there are ways to stay safe.
August 28, 2023 2 min -
Business Operations5 Essential Tech Tools To Grow Your Business And 2 You Should NOT Waste Your Money On
Growing your business involves learning how to make money and hang on to it responsibly. When you’re in the weeds, it’s easy to think that a fancy piece of well-marketed software could help dig your way out. That’s usually not the case, and you’ll likely end up paying for software that you dont need and barely use, and that burns through your bank account.
July 14, 2023 5 min -
Business OperationsHow OneNote Can Streamline Team Collaboration (And Four Tips to Make the Most of This Program)
OneNote is a digital note-taking tool that comes with plenty of benefits for users. But what you may not have realized yet is how powerful this app can be for enhancing team collaboration.
April 5, 2023 6 min -
Business Operations5 Ways Technology Can Streamline Your Business Operations and Save You Time
As a business owner, time is your most valuable resource. Every minute counts and any inefficiencies or bottlenecks can cost you dearly in terms of lost productivity, missed opportunities, and reduced profits. Fortunately, technology provides numerous tools and solutions that can help streamline operations while saving you time. Here are five ways technology can make running your company smoother:
April 1, 2023 2 min -
Business OperationsIncreasing Your Office Productivity With Streamlined Android Apps – The 3 Best Solutions
Is your team also using their Android mobile devices to do their tasks? Incorporating an Android suite of apps into your workplace can dramatically improve productivity.
February 15, 2023 5 min -
CybersecurityEnd-to-End Encryption for Dropbox Business Users
Dropbox has announced its plans to purchase several key assets from Boxcryptor so that it is able to provide end-to-end encryption for its business users. In addition, the partial merger between the two companies will enable Dropbox to better meet its client's needs, including an enhanced level of security for cloud storage.
December 5, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityHow Hackers Can Use PNG Image Files as Malware
The fight between cybercriminals and cybersecurity is fought every single day. As new technology is implemented in hopes of protecting against cyberattacks, hackers are constantly finding new ways to infect and attack devices. With many people learning about the main distributions of malware, hackers have changed their tactics and resorted to embedding malware inside of PNG files to infect unsuspecting users. Steganography, a common method used to embed hidden information inside of PNG files, is now being used by hackers to spread malicious code to infect computers. Steganography within PNG...
November 19, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityDropbox Suffers Major Breach in Phishing Attack
It's no secret that cyber attacks are on the rise, and that no company is immune to them. Dropbox, a cloud storage company, was the lastest victim when their GitHub account was compromised. This allowed attackers access to 130 code repositories, which contained sensitive data.
November 7, 2022 2 min -
CloudHow To Keep Cloud Storage Organized
Between 2015 and 2022, the percentage of corporate data stored in the cloud doubled.
October 10, 2022 5 min -
CybersecurityThis ONE Person Can Sink Your Company
It’s not just cybercriminals who hack into networks and steal data.
August 17, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityDefense Strategies to Combat Insider Threats
Insider threats are among the most dangerous cyberthreats out there. Yet, organizations of all sizes seem to be either reluctant or negligent when it comes to fighting them. Over 50 percent of organizations don’t have an Insider Risk Response Plan and 40 percent don’t assess how effectively their technologies mitigate insider threats.1 Even though 59 percent of IT security leaders expect insider risks to increase in the next two years, very little is being done to prevent them from causing serious security incidents.
February 24, 2021 5 min
