McDonald’s Canadian Website Hacked An estimated 95,000 people applied for jobs at various Canadian McDonald’s restaurants from March 2014 to March 2017. Unfortunately, all of these applicants had their information recently hacked. The leak was a direct result of the company’s online application site being breached. According to The Record, the breach is believed to occur […]
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New Business Venture? Take These Tips Starting a business requires not only courage, but a plethora of knowledge, and calculated risk. Rob Cheng, CEO and founder of PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, PC Matic Pro and PC Matic MSP, shared with CNET the top tips new business owners should know. First, spend money on
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Several people believe backing up your data is critical to staying safe from malware attacks. However, backing up your data has benefits beyond a malware attack. For instance if your hard drive crashes, you’ll lose everything. Unless you’ve backed it all up. So, do you back up your data? Please take part in our survey
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“Can You Hear Me Okay?” Consumer alerts have been booming regarding recent phone scams that are hitting nationwide. Scammers are calling, claiming to be from customer support teams. All they want to hear you say is “yes”. Often times the phone call will initiate as simple as, “This is Tom Jones from customer support services.
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Crusader Malware Manipulates Contact Information A new malware deemed Crusader has been found being installed on PCs all over. The malware is actually an add-on to free bundle software programs. By granting Crusader the permission they request, users are authorizing contact information found within ads to be manipulated. Therefore, a legitimate ad could be altered
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Long Lasting Firefox Scam A Firefox scam has been going on since early 2016, and it won’t seem to go away. The scam is a screen that randomly populates which states there is a critical update that user must install. In order to do so, the user is directly to download a Java Script file,
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System Reset or System Restore? Resetting your PC and doing a system restore can both be effective methods to alter your PC to either factory settings or to a previous point in PC usage. Resetting your PC takes it back to factory settings. This means all of your software will be removed. You do have
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Securing your data from a malware attack, should be your primary priority when it comes to data security. However, it appears a vast majority of organizations, both large and small, aren’t taking the preventative steps necessary to properly secure their data. With more businesses, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profits falling victim to malware attacks
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Are the Turks responsible for the ransomware hit on the Dutch Parliament? As previously reported, there has been some hostility overseas between Turkey and Germany and the Netherlands. Germany and the Netherlands have banned Turkish ministers from campaigning in their regions for an upcoming election. This ban has caused strains between the three areas, which
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Hasta la Vista, Windows Vista Microsoft is scheduled to terminate their extended support for their Windows Vista operating system on April 11, 2017. This means Microsoft will no longer be providing updates or security patches for this operating system. If you are currently a Vista user, and love the operating platform, you can certainly continue
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