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Big Tech is always looking for ways to make our working lives better. And over the past couple of years, that’s been a real challenge. But amongst all the productivity boosting and communication improving tools, we’ve still struggled with one thing: battery life.
https://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/phone-porting-leads-to-stolen-identity-and-bank-funds
We’ve all bought a new cell phone and wanted to keep our number. The process is called porting and it could leave you open to being hacked.
If a hacker can port your number to a different phone, that could wreak havoc on all the important information you keep on your phone including bank account log-ins.
Alan was interviewed by WPTV about the reasons behind the lengthy closure of the Martin County Tax Collector Office.
It usually starts with a fake email he said, sent to try to get someone to click on a link which then runs something which scrambles all the files on the network. A password is put in place in order to unscramble the files which makes the date utterly useless without the password. Then they let you know that unless they receive a large amount of money, the files will not be unlocked.
https://www.wptv.com/news/political/trump-launching-new-social-media-platform
Alan was interviewed by WPTV about the hacking of Donald Trump’s latest venture, a new social media platform which was reportedly hacked virtually immediately, by the group Anonymous.
He said anyone setting up a new platform needs to be hyper-paranoid about security. It is a worsening situation and once the hacker finds an easy vulnerability which gets plugged, they will work on the next one.
https://www.wptv.com/news/political/to-the-point/americans-worried-about-cybersecurity-threat
Alan was a guest on WPTV To The Point on WPTV, discussing cybersecurity and the hacking threat.
According to a recent poll, 9 out of 10 people expressed some level of concern abut the risk to the personal information and hacking. He said that more work needs to be done to make people aware of the risks and the need to keep information safe.
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Are you aware of the top risks your business is facing?
The threat of their business crumbling or being interrupted is the likely response you will get when asking the owners of most small business, just what keeps them awake at night in addition, the loss of a trusted member of staff, a lawsuit or unexpected financial worries also rate high on the insomnia list.
Everyone is vulnerable but how safe is your business? Security experts say that owners of small businesses are now even more at risk than ever before.
