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6 Ways to Defend Against a Ransomware Attack

6 Ways to Defend Against a Ransomware Attack

Twenty-seven percent of malware incidents reported in 2020 can be attributed to ransomware. Ransomware — cyber extortion that occurs when malicious software infiltrates computer systems and encrypts data, holding it hostage until the victim pays a ransom — can have a bigger impact on an organization than a data breach. In the short term, ransomware can…

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Canadian Business Awards 2021

Canadian Business Awards 2021

Computer Squad, a leading service provider for complete technical support, has won the Canadian Business Awards 2021 for Best Mobile Device Repair Business in GTA. Created by Corporate Vision Magazine, the Canadian Business Awards highlights all Canadian businesses who have endeavoured to achieve success in their industries, regardless of size; the awards recognize the tireless…

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Apple iOS 15 Will Include a Built-in Multi-factor Authenticator

Apple iOS 15 Will Include a Built-in Multi-factor Authenticator

A heads up to all iPhone/iPad users. iOS 15 will include several new features and additions, including a built-in authenticator. Multi-factor authentication (sometimes referred to as two-factor authentication or 2FA) has become one of the most secure ways to add protection to your online accounts. In the past, users have relied on third-party apps like…

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Move Rogers emails to gmail or another email account using a rule in Outlook

Move Rogers emails to gmail or another email account using a rule in Outlook

As Rogers quietly disabled the forwarding feature for @rogers.com, there’s no way to forward emails from the server-end. A workaround solution is moving the emails to gmail or another email account with an Outlook rule. Add a Rogers email account in Outlook Select an email message that was sent to @rogers.com Right Click on that…

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Enable automatic email forwarding in Rogers Yahoo Mail is no longer available!

Enable automatic email forwarding in Rogers Yahoo Mail is no longer available!

Many of you who are using Rogers email @rogers.com might notice the forwarding feature is no longer available starting January 1, 2021. You cannot upgrade to Rogers Yahoo Mail Pro or subscribe to Access + Forwarding. We have contacted Rogers and they confirmed that this simple feature is unavailable. This method used to work. Click…

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What you need to know about Darkside Ransomware

What you need to know about Darkside Ransomware

You may have heard some news on something calling “Darkside” Ransomware because of its impact on US fuel prices. I am sharing this briefing in case you receive questions. What is Darkside and why should you care? DarkSide is a new group that started to offer “Ransomware-as-as-Services” at the beginning of August 2020. They have…

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Google Assistant Can Now Better Understand and Pronounce Weird Names

Google Assistant Can Now Better Understand and Pronounce Weird Names

Google Assistant update will help it better recognize speech and pronounce names. Google’s update for its virtual assistant will help it recognize and pronounce unique names along with helping it understand the context of the conversation shared by users. The search giant will apply its Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) system to improve the…

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