How to Avoid Being Spoofed

In Jacksonville, Florida a recent spoofing case was reported by a women claiming to have been asked for $250. The spoofer called pretending to be the HHS Office of Inspector General and informed the women she had won $9,000 in government grant money. In order to complete the process she was then asked to give […]

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How To Keep Your Smart Phone and Mobile Device Secure

1. Password, pin, or fingerprint protect your mobile device It’s critical to lock your phone with a password, pin, or fingerprint detection. It’s easy to do and it’s free. If you ever put your phone down at a party or event, it’s very easy for someone to pick it up and read your email or […]

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Cloud Troubles: The Need for Cloud Focused Business Continuity

The need for cloud focused business continuity is growing. In recent news, Microsoft Office 365 lost service for 17-hours halting access to OneDrive Accounts. Further, Outlook.com experienced login problems for a few hours during this same period.  Ensuring there is no downtime for your business can be costly, as a result a balance needs to […]

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Improving Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare data is extremely sensitive information highlighting the need to protect it from cyber breaches. Cyber breaches have increased in frequency in recent times and the healthcare sector is no exception. As a result security measures must be organized in order to prevent such attacks from disrupting business practice. The WEDI researched improvements needed within […]

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Cyber Security: What Is A Firewall and Which Type Is For You?

What is a Firewall? A Firewall is a software program or built in hardware device with the specific purpose to defend your home or business against electronic threats by screening viruses, hackers and worms looking to infiltrate your computer through the internet. Serving as a gatekeeper between your company’s servers and the outside world – […]

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Healthcare Security’s Biggest Threats

THREATS TO HEALTHCARE SECURITY The top three threats healthcare professionals should concern themselves with: Vulnerable Connected Devices Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Phishing Scams 1. With the increase in healthcare technology the number of connected devices is growing rapidly. Within the business framework this is a welcomed enhancement because it increases efficiency and effectiveness. From […]

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Protect Your Business With These Easy Steps to Make Your Password Stronger

Is Your Password Secure? Here are some ideas on how to formulate a secure and strong password. Create different passwords for each account Use different passwords for every account. For example, email accounts, online banking accounts, and Linked-In or Facebook accounts should all have different passwords. This becomes critical because when businesses like Gmail, AOL, […]

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Netgear Routers Allow Security Loophole

A Ton of Popular Netgear Routers Are Exposed—With No Easy Fix A VULNERABILITY IN some popular Netgear routers has gone unpatched for months. Left unchecked, it leaves thousands of home networking devices exposed to full control by hackers, who can then ensnare them in havoc-wreaking botnets. While Netgear has finally released a tentative fix for […]

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Services and Support Offered by Computer Repair Companies

Computers may seem simple to operate with user friendly interfaces and applications, but these are complex machines and sometimes they require an experienced professional to mend and repair. A professional computer support and repair company can save your day. Mentioned below are typical services and support provided by computer repair companies: 1. Support for hardware […]

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FAQ: Why do I have Internet Explorer files if I never use it?

Internet Explorer runs deeper than most people realize. Portions of what we think of as IE are in fact part of Windows itself. Why is it that when I run Cleaner (weekly) it always shows about 4K of temp files in IE, but I don’t use IE except once per month to check for the […]

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