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When Tax Season Texts Turn Into Smishing Attacks
Tax season is stressful enough on its own. Now, some California residents face an extra headache: A wave of smartphone scams (also known as smishing campaigns) designed to trick hardworking taxpayers into handing over sensitive information.
Whether or not you’re in the red zone for this particular wave of attacks, smishing scams can affect anyone—especially during tense and confusing times like tax season.
What can you do to protect yourself from threats like this?
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Oct 10, 20252 min read


When “Opt Out” Doesn’t Mean Out: What Google’s $425M Lesson Means for You.
On the surface, this appears to be just another major tech company in legal trouble for violating the law. For the affected customers and everyone who chooses to “opt out” of similar circumstances, new questions and concerns arise.
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Oct 10, 20252 min read


Your Business’s Digital Compass: Creating an IT Roadmap for Small Business Growth
Small businesses often struggle to effectively leverage technology. It can be a challenge to survive, much less thrive. In many cases, they instinctively fall back on a reactive approach to IT challenges, rather than planning and acting proactively. That’s where an IT roadmap can help. It serves as a digital compass for organizations, a strategic document that provides alignment between technology needs, initiatives, and business objectives
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Oct 7, 20253 min read


Why Cybersecurity Matters to You
When most people hear the word cybersecurity, they might think that only IT staff have to worry about breaches, or only their boss has concerns about the productivity downturn.
The reality, though, is that cybersecurity isn’t just a tech issue. It’s a people issue, a legal issue, and even a cultural issue — and every employee plays a part in keeping sensitive company data safe.
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Sep 16, 20252 min read


Why Hackers Think You’re an Easy Target
When people imagine hackers, they often think of hoodie-wearing geniuses typing code at lightning speed. In reality, most attackers don’t need elite skills to break in. They need you to make one mistake.
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Sep 9, 20252 min read


Stop Account Hacks: The Advanced Guide to Protecting Your Small Business Logins
Sometimes the first step in a cyberattack isn’t code. It’s a click. A single login involving one username and password can give an intruder a front-row seat to everything your business does online.
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Aug 29, 20255 min read


AI Leaks: What Happens When Machines Leak Your Secrets?
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword. It’s baked into everything from your office productivity programs to the customer service chatbots that you interact with daily. For small and midsize businesses (and their employees), AI can be a powerful tool. It automates tasks, improves efficiency, and even helps with cybersecurity.
No downsides, right?
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Aug 29, 20253 min read


Your Crypto Wallet Login Is Worth More Than Your Laptop on the Dark Web
Imagine losing hundreds (or even thousands!) of dollars without your bank account ever being touched. That’s precisely what’s at risk when a bad actor steals your cryptocurrency wallet login.
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Aug 21, 20253 min read


Hackers Breach Federal Court Filing System: What It Means for You
Imagine being a confidential informant in a federal criminal case — and suddenly realizing your name might now be in the hands of the very people you helped put away. That’s the nightmare scenario federal officials are dealing with after a sweeping cyberattack on the U.S. federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system.
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Aug 21, 20253 min read


Malware-as-a-Service Is Using Microsoft Teams to Launch Attacks
Introduction Microsoft Teams has become a staple in modern workplaces, helping employees communicate and collaborate more efficiently. Do...
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Aug 18, 20253 min read


How Lack of Preparation Can Affect Cybersecurity
ntroduction Are you ready for a potential cybersecurity incident? From data breaches to insider threats, these digital risks lurk in wait...
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Aug 8, 20252 min read


Is Your Smart Office a Security Risk? What Small Businesses Need to Know About IoT
Your office thermostat, conference room speaker, and smart badge reader are convenient, but they’re also doors into your network. With...
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Aug 1, 20254 min read


Wi-Fi Performance Secrets to Boost Your Business Productivity
Nothing disrupts your workday quite like unreliable Wi-Fi. One moment everything’s running smoothly, and the next, video calls freeze,...
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Aug 1, 20254 min read


Conversational vs Generative AI: The Difference and Why It Matters
Introduction As artificial intelligence continues reshaping how we work, communicate, and create, it’s easy to lump all these...
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Jul 31, 20253 min read


How Social Engineering Is Evolving in 2025
Introduction Despite the leaps and bounds we’ve made in cybersecurity, the human element remains the most vulnerable link in the security...
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Jul 28, 20252 min read


Are AI Chatbots Inaccurate?
Introduction AI chatbots have become indispensable tools in the modern workplace. You might even use it yourself, for quick answers,...
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Jul 28, 20254 min read


Shadow AI in the Workplace
Introduction Do you use artificial intelligence at work? Even if you don’t, you can bet that some of your coworkers do! Employees seek...
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Jul 28, 20252 min read


How Healthcare Data Breaches Fuel Identity Theft and Insurance Fraud
Did you know? Healthcare data is among the most sensitive and valuable information out there. Unfortunately, it’s also a prime target for cybercriminals. When healthcare organizations experience data breaches, the consequences can be far-reaching, not just for the institutions but for the individuals whose data is compromised
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Jul 18, 20253 min read


Inside the PHI Breach at Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California disclosed a data breach resulting from a misconfiguration in Google Analytics, which it uses to track website usage statistics. Unfortunately, that third-party connection unwittingly shared PHI with Google Ads from April 2021 to January 2024.
This massive data exposure, spanning nearly three years, affected 4.7 million Blue Shield members. Are you a member? Here’s what any healthcare patient needs to know about this
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Jul 18, 20252 min read


Better Breach Protection for Businesses
It’s one of your worst fears as a business owner: The idea that a hacker will target your company and breach its network to access or steal confidential files and information. Technological advancements have made breach protection capabilities more cutting-edge than ever before; however, this also makes cybercriminals more savvy when it comes to breaking into corporate networks.
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Jul 18, 20253 min read

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