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Protect Against VoIP Phone Malware Attack

Businesses that upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over the last few years, combined with employees working from home due to COVID more recently, have triggered many businesses to also upgrade their business phone service from landlines to VoIP...

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Working from Home Data Security: Get a VPN

Many people are working from home during COVID to access a business network for a variety of business functions, such as sending invoices, estimates, and sometimes processing payments.  Several local customers and business owners have inquired...

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Use a Commercial Grade Router Working from Home

Many small businesses start out with a consumer-grade Wi-Fi router to run their office networks.  The only action most small business owners use to protect their business network is to periodically change their router access login,...

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Phishing Scam Prevention 101

According to Verizon, 30% of phishing messages get opened by targeted users.  In 2018, experts predicted phishing scams would cause damages exceeding $9 billion. This is a huge increase from the $5.3 billion in damages that occurred in...

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70 State & Local Governments Hit by Ransomware in 2019

  Over the last couple of years, I have reported in my blog about ransomware attacks and offered solutions to prevent them.  In one blog I highlighted a local health care provider in the Elk River, MN (read blog) that fell victim to...

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Office 365 “Cloud” is ideal for working remotely…

…and if you don’t have an IT department. What is Office 365 Cloud? The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet.  In very simplistic terms, cloud computing means that your Microsoft Office 365 applications or software, data, and...

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WhatsApp® Encrypts Text Messages

I have blogged extensively over the last couple of years about proactive security measures one can take to protect themselves from Ransomware and hackers using a commercial firewall router, VPN’s, and upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows...

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Blockchain will be integrated into your life like Microsoft & Facebook

Remember when the “Cloud” entered our vocabulary?  The Cloud is commonly used today to store and back up data virtually, such as photos from our smartphone, but when it first came out most people were dumbfounded to know what all the hype was...

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Recycle your computer with a purpose and caution

Recycling an obsolete or outdated computer provides an opportunity to protect your local landfill and possibly provide a kid on the other side of the globe with access to one.  It is estimated 262.54 million computers were sold in 2017...

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