According to TechCrunch, this year has seen some of the most damaging data breaches in history. In 2024 alone, hackers stole billions of personal records, and it’s almost guaranteed your data is among those stolen records. Let’s look at this year’s record-breaking attacks and what you need to know about protecting your information. 1. National […]
Hackers Are Watching: Follow These Simple Steps for Safe Holiday Traveling
As holiday travel picks up, hackers see a prime opportunity to exploit travelers who may let their guard down on their digital security. Security risks like phishing, public WiFi and lost devices can easily compromise your personal information during travel. But it’s not just your data at stake – when employees let their guard down, […]
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How Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Protects Your Business
Information technology has utterly transformed how we live and run our businesses, shrinking the world and accelerating everything we do. But these incredible advances come with an unfortunate and unavoidable byproduct: endless and ever-changing cyber threats. Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it’s a good moment to reflect on the role cybersecurity plays in our […]
Hackers Are Targeting Small Construction Companies And Other Invoice-Heavy Businesses
From 2023 to 2024, attacks on construction companies doubled, making up 6% of Kroll’s total incident response cases, according to the 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape report from risk-advisory firm Kroll. Experts at Kroll note that the uptick could be driven by how work is carried out in the industry: employees work with numerous vendors, work […]
What Do You Do When A Company Compromises Your Data?
With the rise in cyber-attacks worldwide, you’ve likely received more than one notification from a company you work with informing you that your data has been compromised in a breach. While there are steps we can take as consumers to protect ourselves, sometimes we can’t control when a company that promised to protect our personal […]
3 Annoying Tasks You Can Automate Right Now
Odds are that right now you’re doing a handful of tasks manually that you don’t need to, like sorting through an endless e-mail inbox. According to Microsoft, employees spend just under two hours daily on e-mail – that’s more than eight hours a week spent in your inbox instead of on more creative or strategic […]