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Safety Online At Tax Time

By UTS Support Posted on March 19, 2019 Posted in Weekly Tip

The Tip Now that we are entering the full swing of tax time, it’s important to remind ourselves that this is the season for online scams, phishing emails and fraudulent phone calls. This is the cybercriminals’ most favourite time of …

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The Risk in Reusing Passwords

By UTS Support Posted on March 12, 2019 Posted in Weekly Tip

The Tip We’ve mentioned in several weekly tips that it is a bad habit to use the same passwords on multiple sites. With more and more large breaches coming into the news recently, it’s more important than ever to stop …

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Email And Personal Information Breaches In The News

By UTS Support Posted on March 11, 2019 Posted in Alerts

Recently there have been several privacy/security breaches in the news. People that subscribe to the terrific service at https://haveibeenpwned.com will already be aware of these. These breaches have been happening at major sites, and by now, if you use the internet and …

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The Return of the Norton Scanner Scam

By UTS Support Posted on March 6, 2019 Posted in Alerts, Malware, Weekly Tip

The Tip What’s old is new again. If you’re surfing and you get a pop-up that says something along the lines of “Norton Security: Your PC is infected with 5 viruses”… DO NOT click on proceed or install. The Detail …

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Passwords and Passphrases, again

By UTS Support Posted on February 26, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip In this issue, I’d like to revisit our first Cybersecurity post from November of 2017, “Passwords vs Passphrases”. It is as important and relevant today as it was then. The Detail I won’t repeat the entire first post …

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Phishing for Facebook Logins

By UTS Support Posted on February 19, 2019 Posted in Alerts, Weekly Tip

The Tip A new phishing attack has surfaced that can easily catch the most diligent of us. It is also fortunately easy to spot, once you’re aware of what to look for. The Detail We’ve all been to sites now …

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Finding the Sender

By UTS Support Posted on February 12, 2019 Posted in E-mail, Mobile, Weekly Tip

The Tip It’s actually rather trivial to fake a sender in an email phish, and easy to spot the simple attempts. In some cases, especially on a mobile device, it’s not always obvious that a ‘from’ address has been faked. …

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Tax Identity Theft

By UTS Support Posted on February 5, 2019 Posted in Weekly Tip

The Tip Tax season is not only the busiest time of the year for accountants and financial institutions. It is also becoming one of the busiest times of the year for scammers and thieves. The Detail There are many fraud …

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Password Managers

By UTS Support Posted on January 29, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

Forward: Over the last year or so of researching and writing this blog, I’ve come to the conclusion that there really are only about ten cybersecurity tips, and they are mostly common sense. The rest are just minor variations. With …

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WiFi Safety

By UTS Support Posted on January 22, 2019 Posted in Best Practice, Mobile, Network, Weekly Tip

Forward: Over the last year or so of researching and writing this blog, I’ve come to the conclusion that there really are only about ten cybersecurity tips, and they are mostly common sense. The rest are just minor variations. With …

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Internet Hot Water

By UTS Support Posted on January 15, 2019 Posted in Weekly Tip

The Tip This issue is just a light-hearted follow-up to the pre-holiday season’s, “Internet Skinny Dipping”. I thought it was ironic to get this article in my news feed upon our return to work. =========================== The Detail Apparently amongst the …

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Internet Skinny-dipping

By UTS Support Posted on December 18, 2018 Posted in Weekly Tip

The Tip This holiday season, many of us will give or unwrap a brand new computer, phone or tablet. Let’s take a few minutes before we take our first plunge with them into the internet. The Detail While most new …

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