Blog / WHO’S AT THE DOOR? – CRA Scammers Reportedly SCAM a Vancouver Woman for $6,000, by Paying Her a Visit. There has been a lot of SCAMMER news lately. The boldest was the report of a 58-year-old Vancouver woman who was arrested by FAKE RCMP officers and forced to withdraw $6,000 from her bank, in order to pay a fictitious Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) outstanding tax balance. June 27, 2018
Blog / What Message are you REALLY Sending? – A Few Tips on Composing your Business Emails. Of the roughly 500 Emails I send and receive each week, I see a significant number that could use some work. I'll be the first to admit that many of my own compositions would not stand up to careful scrutiny, but perhaps a few thoughts from a Technical and Business perspective would be in order. June 25, 2018
Blog / Not just a toy! Ah, the good old days. When you didn't have to worry about buying toys for your kids. Well the truth is... that was never true. Toy manufacturers have always been pushing the limits of what was acceptable. June 20, 2018
Blog / Exploding Pens and Flying Tea Trays – What do Effective IT Management and James Bond have in Common? My colleague Kevin and I just returned from a conference in Kananaskis, Alberta. For those who have not visited before, it's a stunning mountain resort area in the Rocky Mountains, southeast of Banff. The area was hit with severe flooding a few years ago and they have just re-opened the golf course. However, this was a working trip for us. June 13, 2018
Blog / Malware infecting Home Office Routers There's a new bit of Malware out there that you may have heard of: it's called VPNFilter. What it does is take over your router (and some NAS devices), in order to monitor your traffic and steal information (login credentials, etc.) June 04, 2018
Blog / The Walls have Ears: Couple’s Private At-home Conversation is sent to a Random Contact by Amazon Cyber events - both good and bad - don't rest for anyone. The one that caught my eye recently was the story that broke about the unidentified couple in the US having their private conversation on hardwood floors sent to a person in their contact list by their Amazon Echo. May 31, 2018
Blog / Too Many Cooks Spoil Security It's always better to make sure things are as simple as possible. What this means is that the less software and less hardware you use, the fewer ways there are for someone to attack you. By reducing the number of tools in your company, you reduce your "Attack Surface" and make it harder for someone to compromise your network. May 30, 2018
Blog / What is AI really?? It seems everywhere you look there’s a new article on “Artificial Intelligence” Sometimes it has to do with self-driving cars or some Facebook method to police its' content. Every day there seems to be a new report saying something about AI. May 25, 2018
Blog / Ransomware is still around… and it’s also a lot closer to home than what you might think! Chances are the Prince Edward Island government wasn't aware that the website had been compromised, until someone complained about it. Most methods of monitoring a website simply confirm that a URL is responding. May 07, 2018
Blog / “Good” Advice from the FBI – What Everyone Needs to Know about IoT Security Not too long ago, our IT Cyber-Security Technician, Karl Buckley, wrote a Newsletter in which he contributed some advice on how to properly manage and deploy your Internet of Things (IoT) devices April 26, 2018
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