The information technology responsibility of system administrators is never ending. Luckily, we're here to help with troubleshooting! The everyday responsibilities of IT network administrators has been relatively consistent for the last 20 years. But, what is...
Author: Werner Baron
Collaborate securely
Often, we need to collaborate on projects with people outside of our organization. In Microsoft Teams, you can invite vendors, contractors and other third parties to be part of your team. They can be directly involved in the conversations, contribute to shared...
Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts
What would a productivity suite be without some keyboard shortcuts? The most basic is: @ which is used to mention a person, channel or team. This will alert people to the message. Additionally, your admins can create custom @ tags and create special groups of...
Massive Data Breach Alert
Last week, a massive (90GB, 103M record on some 22M email addresses) database breach from an unknown source was disclosed by the website: HaveIBeenPwned.com. What is known by security experts at this time: • Breach is being labelled as “db8151dd” and is from an...
Computer performance tip
So, you are working from home, and using your personal computer to connect into the office. Are your programs taking a long time to load? Are your clicks not registering? Is typing slow to show up? Below is a list of quick and easy ways you can troubleshoot these...
Don’t let your guard down
Phishing emails make it through our spam filter, and it would probably get through yours. Unfortunately, there is only so much you can do technologically to block spam, phishing and spear phishing emails. Here are a few ways that you can protect your team from these...
Password-protect your Zoom Meetings
As many businesses have experienced, Covid-19 forced us to quickly make a shift in the way that we conduct business. By mid-March, we moved all our in-person training sessions online. While we have been using Teams internally with great success and have provided...
Remote work malware
At this time, we are witnessing a much higher risk of phishing and other cybersecurity attacks. Currently, most Covid-19 specific malware attacks are emanating from websites and social media in an effort to take advantage of the situation. Some of these threats are...
CVE-2020-0688 Alert
On Monday, March 10th, Microsoft announced that a recent vulnerability known as CVE-2020-0688 was actively being used by attackers to run commands as SYSTEM on Exchange mail servers. This provided them with the ability to gain full access to the server and potentially...
Watch out for ‘Norton LifeLock’ Messages
A new and aggressive email phishing campaign has been spreading rapidly since January. The message contains a document with macro that will install a malicious remote access tool on the end-user's computer. If you receive a document in a message with an urgent request...