01/22/2020
You want to keep running Windows 7? Good luck with that, small businesses | ZDNet
The end of Windows 7 support is days away. Microsoft says small businesses can pay for extended security updates just like their enterprise cousins. My experience says it's challenging to find help, but it's out there if you know where to look.
01/03/2020
Company shuts down because of ransomware, leaves 300 without jobs just before holidays | ZDNet
Company tells employees to seek new employment after suspending all operations right before Christmas.
10/05/2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tech-support-scam-india-marketplace-1.5298336
See inside the Indian call centre that's scamming vulnerable Canadians on a daily basis | CBC News
It's called the tech support scam, a scheme in which fraudsters want you to pay them to fix a non-existent computer or smartphone issue. Marketplace's efforts to locate those behind it spanned months, ending in a late-night dash up three flights of stairs into a call centre in Mumbai.
09/16/2019
The ransomware crisis is going to get a lot worse | ZDNet
Ransomware is already a huge problem. And what's on the horizon is even more worrying.
09/11/2019
10 of the Most Significant Ransomware Attacks of All Time
Ransomware attacks of varying significance made news over the past few years. Here are 10 of the most significant of those attacks.
08/28/2019
MFA is a small inconvenience compared to being hacked
Microsoft: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks | ZDNet
Microsoft cloud services are seeing 300 million fraudulent sign-in attempts every day. MFA can help protect accounts against many types of account takeover attacks.