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Insights on cybersecurity, managed IT, and modern business technology.
Practical guidance from the MYDWARE team — protecting and modernising businesses across the Greater Toronto Area and Simcoe County.
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CybersecurityThis Cyberthreat Should Be Taken Seriously By Every SMB Owner
Business e-mail compromise (BEC) is one of the fastest-growing cyber threats today. These highly targeted scams use social engineering and AI-driven impersonation to steal money and sensitive data.
March 24, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityMicrosoft Patches Critical Flaw in Entra ID Security
What would happen if your team suddenly couldn’t use vital online services? For countless business owners, this happened during a recent Microsoft Entra ID blip. Users couldn’t access Azure cloud platforms and applications, which understandably created chaos for businesses that rely on these systems daily.
March 21, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityWhy Cybersecurity Should Be a Priority for Every Business Owner
What would happen if hackers targeted your business today? Cyber threats are on the rise and can impact establishments of all sizes. Keep reading and learn why cybersecurity for business owners has become essential.
March 20, 2025 3 min -
Technology TrendsThis Windows 11 Feature Is Finally Useful—Here's What You Need to Know
Windows 11 has brought some great features to the table for businesses. And Microsoft’s working to make it even better. One thing I know many of us struggle with is the Recommendations feature in the Start menu. If you’ve ever clicked on it expecting to see something helpful, only to find suggestions that don’t make sense, you’re not alone.
March 17, 2025 2 min -
Business OperationsRethinking Spreadsheets in Business
Does your business use spreadsheets? If so, you aren’t alone. A new report from AutoRek shows that over 90% of companies still use spreadsheets for managing critical business data and functions, from budgeting to forecasting.
March 17, 2025 3 min -
Cybersecurity4 Challenges In Cybersecurity Every SMB Owner Faces and How to Beat It
No business is immune to cyber threats. Attack methods are evolving daily, and even a small oversight can expose your business to serious risks. Cyber resilience is no longer just about preventing attacks—it’s about preparing for, responding to, and recovering from them.
March 17, 2025 3 min -
Managed ITIf Your IT Support Can’t Fix These 10 Issues, It’s Time to Move On
Imagine walking into your office ready to start the day when suddenly, the internet crashes, e-mails stop working, and your team is left stranded. For many businesses, unexpected IT failures can lead to massive financial losses and hours of wasted productivity.
March 17, 2025 4 min -
CybersecurityNew Malware Discovered in Popular App Stores
The rules for downloading new applications for mobile devices seem simple: download apps from official platforms and avoid anything from an unknown source.
March 15, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityYouTube Security Flaw Could Have Exposed Billions of User Emails
Have you ever wondered how hackers get your email address? They use many tricky methods, but thanks to security researchers Brutecat and Nathan, they can't use your YouTube account to find them. The researchers notified Google that a YouTube security flaw could expose billions of email addresses and open them to phishing attacks.
March 14, 2025 3 min -
Business OperationsHow the Internet of Things (IoT) Is Changing Business Operations
The Internet of Things (IoT) might sound like a futuristic concept, but it’s already a part of most of our daily lives. Whether you adjust your thermostat remotely using your smartphone, receive real-time security alerts from your home alarm system, or set your coffee maker to start brewing before you get out of bed, IoT works quietly behind the scenes to make life more convenient.
March 13, 2025 3 min -
Technology TrendsHow Digital Tools Can Reduce Operational Costs
The current economic climate is difficult for companies of all sizes. As your company prioritizes cutting operational costs without sacrificing service, innovation, efficiency, or productivity, the answer becomes crystal clear. Streamlining operations with digital tools that leverage automation, cloud computing, AI, and data analytics is the key to fine-tuning processes and achieving your goals while keeping costs in check.
March 12, 2025 3 min -
CybersecuritySVG Files: A New Gateway for Phishing Attacks
Hackers never stop looking for ways to steal data from your business. Now, they’ve turned their attention to leveraging SVG files, a type you would never suspect. These seemingly harmless image files are the source of a recent spate of SVG phishing attacks to bamboozle people into sharing their Office 365 login credentials. If your inbox isn’t a battlefield, this is another reason to stay vigilant.
March 11, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityGoogle Boosts Android Security With New App Safety Tools
Thanks to a new cybersecurity update, Android users can breathe easier knowing their devices are less vulnerable to malware. A partnership between Mandiant FLARE and Google boosts Android security with new app safety tools. These tools allow for faster malware detection, ensuring that the applications your employees add to their devices won’t put your company in danger of a data breach or other cyber attacks.
March 10, 2025 3 min -
Cybersecurity6 Disturbing Reasons Why Hackers Are Excited For Tax Season
As tax season approaches, business owners are focused on preparing financial records, filing returns, and meeting tight deadlines. Cybercriminals take advantage of this hectic time to launch attacks, steal sensitive data, and cause financial harm.
March 10, 2025 3 min -
Cybersecurity4 True Dangers Of AI-Powered Cyberthreats And How To Beat It
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the cybersecurity landscape. Hackers are using AI to automate attacks, bypass security measures, and mimic human behavior.
March 10, 2025 2 min -
Technology TrendsGenAI Fuels Explosive Cloud Growth
Imagine a world where AI revolutionizes business operations and transforms the infrastructure supporting them. That world is here as GenAI fuels explosive cloud growth.
March 8, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityCombating Deepfakes: Protecting Workplaces From Digital Deception
Imagine this: you get a call from your CEO asking you to wire a large sum of money to a foreign bank account. It’s unusual but comes directly from them, so you do it. Later, you learn it wasn’t your CEO on the other end of the line but a criminal using deepfake technology to impersonate them. This happened to a bank employee, and it’s just one example of how criminals use deepfakes to target businesses.
March 7, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityHidden Text Salting: A New Email Security Threat
Email remains hackers’ first choice for launching attacks on unsuspecting companies because it’s easy, inexpensive, and effective. Phishing messages take advantage of the weakest link in any security strategy—humans—and for every tool security experts develop to close that gap, cybercriminals find a way around it.
March 6, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityHackers Exploit GenAI for Faster, Smarter Cyber Attacks
There’s no question that generative AI (GenAI) affects businesses of all sizes. But for all the good news — increased productivity, more accurate data analysis, streamlined operations, etc. — there’s plenty of bad news, too. IT security professionals report that GenAI cyber attacks are skyrocketing, creating a greater concern than data breaches.
March 5, 2025 3 min -
CybersecurityOneDrive for Business May Not Be Fully Secure
Heads up: If your company uses OneDrive for Business to store critical documents in the cloud, they may not be as secure as you think.
March 4, 2025 3 min
