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It’s that time of the year again and it couldn’t be soon enough for Canadians to be reminded to “Recognize, Reject and Report” Fraud. On the rise across most categories, fraud certainly should be on the radar all year round, but the Competition Bureau’s dedicated month provides a great opportunity to get familiar with theRead more

After you install Exchange 2016, Microsoft loads default receive connectors on your email server. These connectors help you understand the way email enters into your organization. Your Exchange server has two default roles – Mailbox and Edge Transport. The Mailbox server role is the important one to remember. It has three sub-roles called transport services.Read more

USB devices seem like harmless flash drives that make it convenient to pass information between two computers. Users think nothing about inserting a USB flash drive into a laptop or desktop to read its information or store files. What they don’t know is that inserting a USB drive into a computer is a security riskRead more

Social engineering hacks are on the rise. Hackers are no longer targeting random victims. They target CEOs, CFOs, or anyone with authority to transfer money or access sensitive data such as an accountant. It takes much more convincing than standard email blasts targeted at random users. Hackers are now turning to more brazen phone callsRead more

Ransomware is particularly nasty malware that automatically encrypts important files such as documents and images and holds them hostage until you pay a ransom. The ransom can be anywhere from $100 to $1000 dollars. Even worse – the ransom increases as you take more time to decide if you want to pay the fee. BecauseRead more