I received this question via email yesterday. “How do small to medium size businesses protect themselves from hackers in today’s connected digital world?” Here are some basic steps all businesses should take that do not take a lot of money to begin. 1) Educate your employees – most attacks on small business come via bad emails. Get your IT professional to explain how attacks occur More »
Windows 7 is now in extended support and Microsoft’s end-of-service date for Windows 7 is January 14, 2020 Now, we here at HSL consider any OS in ‘extended support’ to be End Of Life as the manufacturer may or may not publish a fix for any bugs found. There is no obligation or guaranty that a patch will be released if an issue is found. More »
On January 8th, Microsoft released an update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, which have been causing networking and licensing havok for users and organizations that have installed them. Ever since the updates came out for the January 2019 Patch Tuesday rollout, numerous threads on Reddit have been created where users complain about their license becoming deactivated or not being able to access More »
Top 5 business smartphones of 2018 – All Hands on Tech
Our mobile devices keep us connected, and we can do anything from our mobile devices – from anywhere in the world. Online banking, hotel reservations, email – all can be accessed with a tap of the finger. But are you taking the steps required to protect your important information? If you forget your phone at a restaurant, at work, or at the pub – how confident are you that More »
With all the talk of cyber attacks and Ransomware many of our clients ask “what is the actual cost of an individuals’ digital identity? Security magazine has published a good article that explains the price of a person’s identity – click here for the complete article
Bad habits die hard, according to SplashData’s eighth annual list of Worst Passwords of the Year. After evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, the company found that computer users continue using the same predictable, easily guessable passwords. Using these passwords will put anyone at substantial risk of being hacked and having their identities stolen. While terrible passwords such as “123456” and More »
Cyber Security is an real time concern for small business. Insurance companies are looking at Cyber Insurance as a separate policy from Business Interruption Insurance. IT World Canada has a great article about small business having a cyber security certificate program. Here is the complete article
Before you buy the latest iRobot for your home – is there a security risk that the layout of your home will be shared on-line? IT World Canada looks at the issue – click here for the full story
Quora, a question and answer website has had a data breach that affected over 100 Million users. IT World Canada is reporting that the California-based company said Monday that about 100 million users who log in to use the service may have had their accounts compromised in a security breach. That’s about half its estimated total number of users. Click here for the complete story More »