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CybersecuritySocial Media Identity Theft
As a business owner, what would you do if someone created a fake social media account with your name, your picture, and your images only to then reach out to your friends, family members, and customers with the sole purpose of scamming them out of large sums of cash?
December 12, 2022 3 min -
Technology TrendsEffortlessly Share Files with Google Drive
According to a post on Google's official blog site, the company is making it even more straightforward to share files with coworkers by making new suggested contacts available directly from the share sheet.
December 12, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityApple Announces Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
Apple released several new security features on December 7th, 2022, designed to keep users' sensitive data and communications secure. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud is one of the most notable features for Apple users. In order to protect sensitive data stored in iCloud, such as voice memos, photos, notes, and more, Apple's new Advanced Data Protection feature uses end-to-end encryption. With Advanced Data Protection, Apple is expanding the number of data categories to 23 from the current 14.
December 10, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsNovember Brings New Features to Microsoft Teams
With hundreds of thousands of users daily, Microsoft continuously develops new and innovative ideas to simplify business, school, and everyday tasks. It was a busy month for Microsoft in November as the company added a wide variety of new and exciting features to its Microsoft Teams platform. This resulted in added features for devices, meetings, collaboration, and more for Microsoft Teams users.
December 9, 2022 3 min -
Technology TrendsGoogle’s Continuous Scrolling Now on Desktops
On December 5th, 2022, Google announced on Twitter that it is bringing continuous scrolling to the United States desktop users.
December 8, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityAre Your Employees Holiday Shopping From Work?
We are in the holiday season and that means a lot of online shopping which also means online scams are in full bloom.
December 8, 2022 1 min -
Managed IT99 Problems but Cloud Backup Isn’t 1
Data loss is a genuine threat to all businesses. Not only can it cost a lot of time, money and other resources to fix, but it can also be a huge pain to deal with when you have other pressing business matters to handle. While there are plenty of reasons data can be lost, such as hardware damage, software malfunctions and natural disasters, the most frequent cause is something as simple as human error.
December 8, 2022 4 min -
CybersecurityWhat Are the Advantages of Implementing Conditional Access?
It seems that nearly as long as passwords have been around, they’ve been a major source of security concern. Eighty-one percent of security incidents happen due to stolen or weak passwords. Additionally, employees continue to neglect the basics of good cyber hygiene.
December 7, 2022 4 min -
Business OperationsThe Benefits of Implementing a CRM Solution
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software allows marketing teams to manage customer interactions better, track customer relationships, and monitor customer activity. It also will enable businesses to collect detailed profiles of their customers, allowing companies to target future products and offers to specific users.
December 7, 2022 3 min -
CybersecuritySiriusXM Flaw Unlocks Vehicles and More
A somewhat concerning flaw has been fixed by SiriusXM that would allow unauthorized individuals to unlock doors remotely and start engines by only having the vehicle identification number (VIN).
December 6, 2022 2 min -
Business OperationsHow To Keep Important Email Folders At The Top
OUTLOOK: How To Keep Important Email Folders At The Top
December 6, 2022 1 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 -
CybersecurityLastest LastPass Security Incident
According to LastPass CEO Karim Toubba, the password manager has been hacked once again.
December 3, 2022 2 min -
Managed ITMyths About Business Cloud Backup Platforms
Your data is essential for your business's success. There’s no doubt about it in the modern digitized era. However, not having a backup for your cloud-based service provider can result in the loss of this valuable data.
December 2, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityAmazon Security Lake Aims to Enhance Cybersecurity for Businesses
The new security-focused data lake solution from Amazon Web Services (AWS), unveiled at re:Invent 2022, aims to give consumers more value from their security data.
December 2, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsZoom Wants To Be The New Teams
Zoom Gets In The Teams Game
December 1, 2022 1 min -
Technology TrendsHow AI is Transforming Businesses
While artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as a new phenomenon in mainstream society, it is not a new concept. As AI technologies increase, AI is becoming increasingly important for companies looking to stay competitive.
December 1, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityScammers Impersonating Refund Payment Portals
The FBI warns about scammers pretending to be refund payment gateways from financial institutions to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting victims.
November 30, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityTwitter’s Data Leak Exposes Over 5.4 Million Users
Earlier this year, Twitter confirmed that an API vulnerability had caused a massive data leak containing non-public information for over 5.4 million Twitter users.
November 29, 2022 1 min -
Technology TrendsSimple Setup Checklist for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a lot of things. It’s a video conferencing tool, a team messaging channel, and a tool for in-app co-authoring, just to name a few. During the pandemic, the popularity of Teams skyrocketed.
November 29, 2022 4 min
