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The 5 Biggest Questions About Windows 11 Everyone is Asking… Answered!
Microsoft’s latest operating system is starting to take the world by storm. But before jumping ship and upgrading to the new OS, better read this first. It’s finally here. After six years, Microsoft has just released the latest version of its operating system —...
Common HTTP Status Codes
Have you ever wondered what that Error 404 really means when you try to access a website? The good guys at TryHackMe (a fantastic cyber security training platform, super recommended!) have created a nice cheat sheet, part of their "HTTP in Detail" module: ...
What do you know about Apple’s new CSAM detection? If not much or nothing at all, keep reading…
Photo: Medium.com CSAM stands for Child Sexual Abuse Material, and it is something that tech has been trying to catch up with for decades, not very successfully. Countless are the horror stories of CSAM content popping up all over the Internet (I am not going to talk...
Ron knows best…
It’s back (but not by popular demand)…
One of my clients got this yesterday and called me right away, so I was able to see it for myself... that voice is very menancing (if you haven't seen it, it talks to you in a very serious and Skynet-y kind of way). Make sure you do not call this number and contact...
Comparing Different AI Approaches to Email Security
Comparing Different AI Approaches to Email Security Get to know the difference between "supervised" and "unsupervised" machine learning. Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have fundamentally changed the email security landscape in recent years, but it can...
Lifetime Opportunity!
Since I "missed" the invitation Mr. Morris sent for the "Trade Mission" to Estonia, he kindly sent another one for Argentina... should I go? Maybe I'll wait for the one to Paris or London #phishingalert #phishingscam
Enough said…
#phishingalert – Fake Shoppers Drug Mart email
Got this one today… watch out and read very carefully – subject line says Shoppers (I have a Shoppers rewards card) but the email body says Walgreens (huh?!) #phishingalert
Phishing Alert: Yahoo! Class Action?
Is this really a phishing email? It's hard to say because I did have a Yahoo! account during that period (dummy account for testing) but there is no way I'd click on anything with the word Yahoo! in it... just beware and be careful! #phishingalert
Institutional Knowledge and Threat Actors
I was reading about threat actors (bad guys who carry on cyber attacks) and the phrase "institutional knowledge" really popped... this relates to attacks done by insiders and very few people pay attention to them, even care about mitigating this very serious risk....
What’s a VPN and how it can make you safer online
In this hyper connected world we live in more and more people go online from places other than home or office; this means using public access points like coffee shops, hotel rooms, a friend's house, libraries (yeah some people still use them, I personally love them),...
How to reclaim hard drive space on Windows 10 with a few clicks
No doubt Windows 10 has become a very stable operating system and a worthy successor of its beloved older sibling Windows 7 (sorry Windows 8... you are the family's black sheep and a disappointment same as Windows Me). Storage Sense is a very useful feature you can...
What is Malvertising?
During our daily web routines (reading the news, doing some "Facebooking", online banking or reading our Gmail) we are constantly visiting websites that show some sort of advertisement, usually on the right or upper side of the screen. Although I believe quality...
tech tip of the day
Is your business PCI compliant?
If you take credit card payments, you need to know about PCI Compliance. For the past 5 years or so, we have seen an increase on the number of service requests about something called PCI. In a nutshell: client gets email from PCI/his-her bank or merchant...
tech tip of the day
3 biggest cybersecurity myths
No doubt cybersecurity is now part of our daily conversations - cryptocurrency hacking, election meddling, leaks and exposes, it is something that we all have learn to live with. Unfortunately, there are still (many) people that believe cybersecurity is something "my...
Beware of fake and dangerous Android apps
According to the Internet machine it is estimated there are more than 2 billion (yes, billion with a b) active Android devices in the world. Now imagine for a second that you are an evil villain straight out a Bond movie with a super magical computer that could take...
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