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With the rise of eCommerce and online banking, cybercrime has evolved. Like criminals who pull smash-and-grab jobs, they go where the money is. However, unlike bank robbers, cybercriminals do their best to avoid detection by letting malware do the work for them.

What Happens When Microsoft Stops Supporting Your Version of Windows and also Office?

Soon, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 or Office 2010. Each version of Windows is only supported for a limited time and Windows 7 has now reached its end of life as has Office 2010.

No More Security Updates

Once support ends, Microsoft will cease to issue security updates for that operating system, even if holes are found affecting Windows 7, Microsoft won’t be issuing any security fixes.

Beware of a new potentially dangerous trend on social media and online, which could encourage your child to take their own life: this is the warning coming from parents. The danger is called the Momo Challenge.

A lot of parents are learning about this for the very first time, this week, even though there have been reports since the summer of 2018. Part of the reason for that is explained by the fact that the game instructs kids that if they tell their parents about it, actual harm will be inflicted on them or even on their parents.

This is an extremely shortened version of a very large issue. If you would like any of the details or should you have any questions, please contact us as we can gladly fill in the blanks.

The Problem:

Security Breaches/Attacks are getting worse.

Working from home or the road with remote access is simply amazing. This article will give you the tricks to get the most out of it, and of course make sure you are secure from the bad guys.

Not only do we help a ton of clients do this effectively, we do it ourselves too! Our office manager routinely spends months (even years) in Europe working.

Outsmart hackers with password manager | Why you should use two-factor authentication | Outsmart hackers with a security freeze

Here are a few more ideas for securing your identity and finances in a scammer and hacker filled cyber-world.

Protecting your money, identity, and personal life. Outsmart hackers with two-factor authentication

We all think about it and certainly talk about it but more often than not, we aren’t even doing the basics when it comes to securing our internet-based information and accounts.

What is the most powerful resource in your company? Would you rather live without your copier or your computers? How about a key employee vs no computers? Phones vs. Computers?

No matter your answers, there is no doubt that computers are the powerhouse engines of most firms.

Would you give just anyone free reign over all your money, credit cards, bank accounts and retirement funds? No! Of course not!

Yet, SO many firms let anyone manage their IT. Which would be worse, having your checking account emptied by an incompetent bookkeeper or permanently losing all your firm’s data and being completely unable to work? Either way, a bad IT person can literally bankrupt a firm.