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May 2023- Scareware: A Story

**Scareware: A Story** **Warning! Your computer is infected with Black Basta ransomware. Call this phone number right away to fix your computer! **- _If you saw this warning pop-up on your computer, would you call the phone number?_ **The Attack** After thirty years of working hard, Deborah had saved enough money t…

April 2023:  Digital Spring Cleaning in 7 Simple Steps

**April 2023: Digital Spring Cleaning in 7 Simple Steps** **Overview** We often hear of the term “spring cleaning,” the time of year when we go through our belongings and organize our house and lives in preparation for the upcoming summer. This is also the perfect time to take an annual review of your digital life. …

March 2023- Do I Need Security Software?

**March 2023- Do I Need Security Software?** **Overview** When you bought a new computer years ago, you often had to install additional security software on your computer to help ensure it was secure against cyber attackers. However, most of today’s computers and devices have numerous security features already built…

February 2023- Biometrics- Making Security Simple

**February 2023- Biometrics- Making Security Simple** **Overview** Do you hate passwords? Are you tired of constantly logging into new websites or can’t remember all of your complex passwords? Frustrated by having to generate new passwords for new accounts or having to change old passwords for existing accounts? We …

December 2023- Browsers

**December 2023- Browsers** **Overview** Browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox are one of the most common ways people interact with the Internet. We use them for reading the news, checking email, shopping online, watching videos, and playing games. As a result, browsers are…

January 2023- Disposing of Your Mobile Device

**January 2023- Disposing of Your Mobile Device** **Overview** Mobile devices, such as smartphones, smart watches, and tablets, continue to advance and innovate at an astonishing rate. As a result, you may be replacing a new device as often as every year. Unfortunately, you may not realize just how much personal dat…

October 2022- Shopping Online Securely

**October 2022- Shopping Online Securely ** **Overview** The holiday season is nearing. Soon millions of people will be looking to buy the perfect gifts, and many of us will shop online. Unfortunately, cyber criminals will be active as well, creating fake shopping websites and other online shopping scams to steal yo…

September 2022- Got Backups?

**September 2022- Got Backups?** **Overview** If you use a computer or mobile device long enough, sooner or later something will go wrong. You may accidentally delete the wrong files, have a hardware failure, or lose a device. Even worse, malware may infect and wipe or encrypt your files. At times like these, backup…

November 2022- Emotional Triggers – How Cyber Attackers Trick You

**November 2022- Emotional Triggers how Cyber Attackers Trick You** **Overview** Cyber attackers are constantly innovating ways to trick us into doing things we should not do, like clicking on malicious links, opening infected email attachments, purchasing gift cards or giving up our passwords. In addition, they oft…

August 2022- Charity & Disaster Scams

**August 2022- Charity & Disaster Scams** Cyber criminals know that one of the best ways to rush people into making a mistake is by creating a heightened sense of urgency. And one of the easiest ways to create a sense of urgency is to take advantage of a crisis. This is why cyber criminals love it whenever there is a…

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