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The Deepfake Dilemma: Can You Trust What You See Online?
When you hear “deepfake,” you might imagine fake celebrity pictures or convincing prank calls. Maybe you think about those AI tools that can “bring back” famous people as they would look today. However, deepfake technology has also infiltrated our workspaces and become a serious threat to our data privacy.
From finance departments to video meetings, threat actors use these convincing impressions of someone trustworthy or intimidating. By mimicking audio and video, these hack
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Nov 223 min read
How to Use a Password Manager and Virtual Cards for Zero-Risk Holiday Shopping
Have you ever been concerned about your credit card or personal data getting stolen while shopping online? You’re not alone. Each holiday season, as millions of shoppers flock online for convenience, hackers ramp up their activity. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned that scammers often create fake shopping websites or send phishing emails to steal consumers’ money and personal information, especially during the holiday season.
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Nov 34 min read
Are Our Defenses Built to Protect or Reassure?
When you see a padlock icon on a website, or your company announces, “We’re fully compliant with XYZ standard,” it’s easy to feel safe. These signals are meant to reassure us that the other person takes security very seriously. How do you know, however, if those defenses are more about looking secure than actually blocking an attack?
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Oct 242 min read
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 102 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 102 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 73 min read
Leveraging Microsoft Forms for Data Collection & Surveys
Data has become the lifeblood of every organization, regardless of industry or sector. Today, a business’s ability to collect, analyze, and act on data is not just an advantage; it’s essential for survival. Data-driven decision-making enables organizations to respond quickly to market changes, identify new opportunities, and improve operational efficiency
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Oct 63 min read
How to Use AI for Business Productivity While Staying Cyber-Secure
Most organizations have come to realize that AI is not a sentient system looking to take over the world, but rather an invaluable tool. They have come to utilize it to improve their productivity and efficiency. AI solutions have been rapidly installed. Some are used to automate repetitive tasks and to provide enriched data analysis on a previously unrealized level. While this can certainly boost productivity, it is also troubling from a data security, privacy, and cyber threa
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Oct 63 min read
From Gaming to Productivity: How the Newest Black Friday Tech Gadgets Can Boost Your Business
Images of Black Friday no longer merely conjure up visions of bargain-hunting shoppers bullrushing storefronts to secure the best deals. Many organizations now view it as a strategic opportunity to minimize the cost of upgrading their technology infrastructure
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Oct 64 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 162 min read
Digital Ethics: What It Means for You at Work
Every day, you make decisions that involve technology. Sometimes you do so without even realizing it.
Sending a quick email with an attachment, pasting text into an AI tool, or uploading files to the cloud might feel routine, but each of those choices carries weight. They affect not just you, but your company and its clients too. That’s where digital ethics come in.
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Sep 113 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 92 min read
Digital Trust: What It Means and Why It’s Disappearing
When you type in your password, upload your financial details, or share a private message online, you’re not just using technology. In many ways, you’re extending trust.
By relying on digital systems, users unknowingly create a silent, invisible agreement known as digital trust. It’s what makes us believe our money will stay in our bank accounts, our health data will remain confidential, and our communications will be private.
Although we continually create and revise data
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Aug 265 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 213 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 183 min read
AI Bias and Safety Are Really the Same Problem
Introduction When we talk about AI challenges, we often discuss safety and bias as separate issues requiring different solutions. As AI...
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Aug 82 min read
Invest Smart, Grow Fast: Your Small Business Guide to IT Expense Planning
Without realizing it, technology can drain your business budget. One day, everything seems manageable, and the next, you’re left...
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Aug 14 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 14 min read
3 Common Myths About AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It’s in the tools we use at work and the programs we use every day, both in our jobs and personal time. Unfortunately, with its rise in popularity comes a wave of misconceptions about these smart tools.
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Jul 182 min read
Why Are There Blocked Websites on Work WiFi?
Introduction You’ve probably tried to check your favorite social media site or stream a quick video during a break, only to be met with a...
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Jul 22 min read
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