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  • No More Ransom Website Offers Ransomware Decryption Tools

    No More Ransom Website Offers Ransomware Decryption Tools

    We’ve written in the past about how Apple-only companies can protect themselves from ransomware (strong security, isolated backups, monitoring software), but realistically, it’s primarily a threat to computers running Windows and Linux. If you, or anyone you know, is targeted by ransomware, look to the No More Ransom website, developed by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre…

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  • NPD Breach Reveals Data on Hundreds of Millions, Here’s How to Respond

    NPD Breach Reveals Data on Hundreds of Millions, Here’s How to Respond

    A few months ago, news broke about the latest massive data breach, this time from a company called National Public Data, a company that collects vast amounts of personal data about individuals from public data sources, including addresses, employment history, criminal records, and Social Security numbers. NPD then sells access to that data to employers…

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  • Set macOS to Require a Password after Screen Saver Start or Display Sleep

    Set macOS to Require a Password after Screen Saver Start or Display Sleep

    Although paying attention to online security is of primary importance, don’t forget local security. You don’t want to go out for lunch and let someone wandering by your office poke through your email, messages, photos, and private files. To ensure this doesn’t happen, set your Mac to start the screen saver or sleep the display…

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