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19 Jan 2016

The Ukrainian Power Outage: Be Very Afraid It Will Happen Here

The story hides in the back pages of the globe’s newspapers. But it must be read. On December 23, large parts of Ukraine – a bitter enemy of Vladimir Putin’s Russia – were plunged into darkness as the electrical grid was hit by a malware attack. Ukraine makes no bones

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24 Nov 2015

The Woeful State of State Cybersecurity: Be Very Afraid

The report out of the Pell Center for International Relations and Foreign Policy is almost enough to make you crawl under the covers and turn off the lights. In its review of cybersecurity practices of United States’ states it found that there is plenty to worry about.  Your personal data

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03 Nov 2015

Why You Cannot Trust Online Reviews – and How to Read Them Safely

You want to hire a tech troubleshooter or maybe something as straightforward as a mover. So you do what we have all come to do in the last decade: Sift through online reviews. Stop right there. You may be putting your wallet in danger. You may even be putting your

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16 Oct 2015

Why a VPN Could Save Your Company’s Reputation

It seems like every other day there’s an article in the news about a company suffering a massive data breach. The recent hacks of the controversial site Ashley Madison have left many customers questioning their online security and privacy, and around the world governments continue to push for stronger standards

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14 Jul 2015

Top Online Security Threats of 2015

We live in a world that is making a fast transition to digital everything. Weight loss programs, books, music, even classes and parties are all available online in digital form, and the technology for these applications continues to grow and innovate exponentially fast. Of course, with this rampant growth in

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30 Jun 2015

Can You Trust Google’s Project Fi?

The price is right for Google’s bargain cellular service called Project Fi – the question is can you trust it? How secure is it? First the price: $20 monthly buys you unlimited domestic talk and text, unlimited international text, low cost international calling (2 cents/minute to call an Australian landline

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