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Businesses Need to Avoid Ransomware; Here’s How

Businesses Need to Avoid Ransomware; Here’s How

Did you know that ransomware could cost businesses $265 billion by 2031? These numbers are nothing to scoff at, and they are indicative of a serious threat to not just your business, but the business world as we know it. Let’s go over some ways you can keep your...

What You Need for a Reliable Business Backup

What You Need for a Reliable Business Backup

It is officially one week until World Backup Day—the global occasion intended to raise awareness about the importance of backups and the proper maintenance and management of them. While we are in full support of this initiative, we also want to make something clear:...

5 of the Largest Cyberattacks of 2022

5 of the Largest Cyberattacks of 2022

Today, we release a list that no organization wants to be on. If you find yourself on this particular list, you probably have had a rough time and are likely still picking up the pieces. Today, we list the top five cyberattacks for the year 2022. #5 - Medibank One of...

Lessons to Learn in Light of Twitter’s API Breaches

Lessons to Learn in Light of Twitter’s API Breaches

In December of 2021, Twitter suffered from a vulnerability related to one of its APIs. In July of the following year, 5.4 million users had their data leaked, as a result of this vulnerability, and put on sale through the black market. Another hacker has recently put...

Why, Exactly, is Antivirus So Important?

Why, Exactly, is Antivirus So Important?

We’ve been known to discuss business security from time to time, as it’s a pretty important concept for businesses and personal users to appreciate. Today, we wanted to discuss one specific element of cybersecurity that all businesses should have in place: antivirus....

What is Data Poisoning, and Why Does it Matter?

What is Data Poisoning, and Why Does it Matter?

We are beginning to see the terms “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” popping up in a lot of places recently. They typically are used to describe software that has learning capabilities. With this advancement, many organizations are able to automate more...