Have you ever heard of Deepfake? This term refers to realistic looking face videos. They are videos where someone’s face is made to look like someone else’s. It gained popularity when it was used to add famous actresses into pornographic scenes around 2017 when a forum in reddit named deepfakes was created and it featured face-swapped actors. Here is an example of a deepfake video of Tom Cruise that went viral on TikTok accumulating around 100 million views: Advances in machine […]
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Cyber-attacks can cost companies a fortune and the most common way to get valuable information is through people’s emails. It’s important for you to understand how a threat can be presented, how to implement the best security practices, and generate employee awareness. According to the report released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) “About […]
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Most likely you use passwords every day, to access your phone, your computer, your favourite site, etc. According to a study, on average, a person has over 80 passwords and that leads to two common mistakes: Creating easy to remember passwords Using the same passwords for everything Hackers are experts at getting passwords, they use programs that can generate millions of guesses until […]
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The Virtual IT Department Services is not a new concept; however the ability to provide these types of services for small (50-300 desktops and servers) to medium sized businesses (300-3000 desktop and servers) has been completely non-existent because of the high expense. What is a Virtual IT Department? Imagine having a complete IT department available […]
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What is a Computer Virus? A computer virus also knows as Malware is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. Once in your computer viruses can damage data, destroy files, format hard drives or make disks unreadable along with many other unwanted issues. How are Virus’s Spread?Through E-mail […]
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Security is a top concern, and for good reason. Cybercrime is at an all-time high, and the average cost of a data breach to a single company is US$3.5M1. Office 365 was designed from a “security-first” perspective, making it an ideal choice for customers who value the best in productivity as well as protection. You […]
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Q1 of 2016 saw a 3,500% boom in the number of ransomware domains created—and now IT pros everywhere are in a showdown with ransomware, hoping their users don’t accidentally make the first move. To prevent a ransomware attack, tech experts and information security leaders should do the following: Keep clear inventories of all your digital […]
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An introduction to CryptoLocker: the basics CryptoLocker is a type of malicious software (malware) that makes data on your computer (documents, pictures, music and so on) unreadable by encrypting it using RSA-2048 bit keys; it then demands payment to un-encrypt them. Once you pay (to the tune of several hundred USD via prepaid voucher or […]
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It is interesting to know that his Holiness the Pope has an IT guy What does the CIO of the Vatican Library Luciano Ammenti says he has a boos like no other. The CIO of the Vatican Library reports directly to Pope Francis. Ammenti described his relationship with Pope Francis as similar to any other CIO-to-decision […]
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Windows 10 release date, price, features. The next version of Windows will run on everything: smartphones, tablets, laptops and PCs. What PC Advisor UK has to say about it: Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10, or at least a very early ‘Technical Preview’ which will be available to anyone who wants to download and try it. Here’s everything […]
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