Your work belongs to you and your company, not bad actors, hackers, or others who want to take it for their own use. As such, you should take steps to ensure no one except the proper individuals should have access to your files. Locking them behind a password is a great first step. While Microsoft Office supports password protecting for …
Scams are an unavoidable part of daily life these days. But that doesn’t mean all scams are the same: There is a huge variety of ways hackers and bad actors attempt to steal your personal information, with no end in sight. One “clever” scheme involves malicious PDFs featuring malicious links. The good news? It’s easy to avoid. How this PDF …
While we’ve bridged the gap considerably, smartphones and computers are very different devices, meant to be used in very different ways. Computers, with larger displays (and the ability to run multiple screens at once), are capable of easy window management: Clicking on a link in one app opens you browser, but the original app can run in the background at …
The security of your business often comes down to individual decisions and actions. Hackers frequently break into networks through one weak point, whether that’s because an employee left their password on a sticky note, or reused their password multiple times. Here’s how to make sure you’re keeping the hackers at bay. Step one is to make sure each of your …
You’re likely aware of phishing attacks, schemes hackers use to coax unsuspecting users out of their personal data and information. But there’s another kind of phishing attack, dubbed “smishing,” that you also need to be aware of when protecting your company’s data and information. Smishing, like phishing, is the act of sneakily stealing your information. However, instead of operating through email, …
It’s 2023, and just about everything in our lives is digital. Whether at work or at home, our devices are integral to our day-to-day activities, and they all frequently need to be updated. While all these updates can get overwhelming, don’t put them off: They could save you from getting hacked. Updates serve many different purposes, but, at their core, …