The Section 179 deduction is a powerful tax-reducing tool that business owners can use and the new tax reform law passed this year made this deduction rule permanent. It used to be that tangible asset purchases like computers and machinery had to be written off over a number of years […]
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FBI says to reboot your home or small office router – NOW Routers made by Linksys, Mikrotik, Netgear, QNAP, and TP-Link, in particular, are at risk of infection by a piece of malware called VPNFilter. This malware has the capabilities to collect data, plus be used to carry out large-scale […]
Chances are you don’t leave the house without your cellphone. And chances are you’ve managed to accumulate a number of photos and videos on that device. Make sure your phone gets included in your data backup plans or risk losing all those valuable pics if your phone is lost or […]
The strength of the passwords you use day-to-day on your computer can mean the difference between someone being able to access your private information or not. The stronger you make it, the better! Below are a few quick tips to use: Use a passphrase instead of a password. The longer […]
Here is how this scam works. The victim receives a text asking whether they’ve requested a password reset for their Gmail account – and, if not, to reply with the word ‘STOP’. Don’t fall for it. If you respond with ‘STOP’, you are urged to send the 6 digit numerical […]
A new report says that ransomware attacks are the new normal for IT. There are a lot of numbers to chew on in the report, but the sheer enormity of the problem may be the most surprising result. SentinelOne’s new Global Ransomware Report 2018 found that ransomware is now something […]
Here’s an unsettling prospect—hackers may be able to take complete control of a large number of sets at once without having physical access to any of them. Recently, an employee of a Swiss security consulting company demonstrated via a proof-of-concept the ability to use a low-cost transmitter to embed malicious […]
“I need you to wire payment to…” There has been a rise of what has been dubbed “The Business Email Compromise”, in which employees are tricked, by what seems to be an email from a superior, into sending money to the people orchestrating the phishing scam. We see these when […]
March Madness — Phishing? How many of your employees do you think will be swapping, and opening, basketball-themed emails throughout the NCAA play-offs? McAfee turned up a good example of plausible, well-timed phishbait recently. A malicious Word document was circulated to South Korean targets interested in the Winter Olympics, particularly […]