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Cybercriminals Target Educational Institutions as Year Begins

The 2024-2025 school year is underway, and parents are sending their kids back to school with fresh notebooks, pencils, and lunch boxes. But there’s one school supply that many parents didn’t think ...

Biometrics and Business Security: Protecting Sensitive Information

Have you ever considered that the only thing standing between a hacker and your sensitive data is the average seven-to-12-character password? The longer the password, the more secure it is since it’ll ...

Massive CrowdStrike Outage Could Have Hit Millions of Devices

When cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike released an automatic update to its vulnerability scanner Falcon Sensor on July 19, 2024, the last thing it expected was to bring major industries worldwide to a grinding ...

Update Windows Now to Avoid Looming Security Threats

After the recent CrowdStrike issue affected thousands of computers worldwide and stopped entire industries for days, it’s easy to see why you might be hesitant to install updates to your operating system ...

Malware Disguised as VPN to Trick Users

Suppose your employees use a VPN to access your company’s network when working remotely securely. In that case, you must know the latest threat targeting enterprises. Researchers have discovered that threat actors ...

WhatsApp for Windows Security Flaw Could Be Serious

Suppose your company uses the popular messaging platform WhatsApp for Windows. In that case, you need to be aware of a potentially critical security flaw that puts your company at risk for ...

Microsoft Sway Exploited to Deliver Malicious QR Codes

Criminals continue to find ways to launch attacks using legitimate cloud platforms and services, and the latest tool to fall victim to bad actors is Microsoft Sway. Hackers are using the product ...

Search and Chat in Gmail With Gemini Integration

Suppose you spend more time searching your Gmail inbox for information than you'd like. In that case, you’ll love the new Gemini AI integration.  In conjunction with the release of two new ...

Protecting Your Google Workspace Account From the Latest Cyber Threat

If your company relies on Google Workspace, you must know about the latest cyber threat.   As you know, setting up a new user account in Google Workspace requires email authentication. Hackers uncovered ...

Microsoft Teams Merges Work and Home Accounts Efficiently

Suppose you use Microsoft Teams for work, school, and at home to communicate and collaborate with friends and family. In that case, you’ll welcome the latest update from the software giant: you ...

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