malware

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Top 7 Emerging Malware Threats in 2026 (and How to Protect Your Business)

Malware attacks are on the rise in 2026, targeting small and mid-sized businesses across BC. Cybercriminals know SMBs often lack enterprise-level defences, making them attractive targets. Here’s a straightforward look at the latest malware threats and how to keep your business safe, productive, and worry-free. If you run a company in the Fraser Valley or […]

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Turn Your Team Into Your Strongest Cybersecurity Defence

Most cyber attacks don’t start with a hacker “breaking in” to your systems. They start with a busy employee clicking the wrong link. With the right cybersecurity awareness training, your staff can go from your biggest vulnerability to your best line of defence. The Biggest Cyber Risk in Your Business Isn’t Your Technology Firewalls and […]

Email Security Essentials for Small Businesses

Email is still the easiest way for cybercriminals to get into your business – and to trick staff into sending money or sensitive data. This article breaks down practical email security essentials that small and mid-sized businesses in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland can put in place without needing a big IT team or […]

Sage50 Phishing Scam

Sage50 “Auto-Renewal” Email Scam: The “Your Database Is Corrupt” Phone Trick We’re Seeing More Often! We recently helped a client who received a very convincing “Sage auto-renewal notification” email. At first glance it looked normal: branding, renewal date, a link to “update your credit card,” and a phone number to call for questions. But two […]

Keep Your Team Moving With Proactive Endpoint Management

Employee devices quietly shape your company’s productivity. Proactive endpoint management ensures those laptops and desktops stay fast, secure, and dependable, without disrupting daily work. Most small and mid-sized businesses rely on a mix of laptops, desktops, and mobile devices that keep the team connected and productive. These devices often become slow, patchwork systems over time. […]

What You Should Know if Your Business Is Targeted by Ransomware

It may not be news to you that ransomware is on the rise, but the numbers may leave you shocked. In 2020 alone, there were close to 300 million ransomware attacks worldwide. The cost of ransom payments demanded by hackers are also increasing in tandem with the increase in attacks. According to a recent projection, […]

SECURITY ESSENTIALS: GUIDE TO OFFSITE BACKUPS

In order to keep data secure, most professionals prefer to make a backup. While we do not have exact statistics for Vancouver and Abbotsford in particular, only 23% of Canadians back up their files 1-2 times per year. This is very helpful when there is a system malfunction or if a virus infects their data […]

Has your email address been compromised?

Data Breaches are scary as well as frustrating, especially when you have no control over the outcome. Take LiveAuctioneers.com for example. On June 19 of this year, 3.4 million user accounts were compromised which yielded Usernames, Passwords, IP Addresses, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, Physical Addresses and Full Names to the hacker who was seen selling […]

Computer Security goes up in smoke

It seems hackers are forever finding new ways to steal your data. Up until now, adhering to the standard spiel about security was generally all that was needed to keep your PC safe from intruders. However, with technology changing at such a rampant pace, it only makes sense that hackers would eventually try to exploit […]

Adding another shield to Microsoft’s defenses

Malware developers are crafting new ingenious ways of getting their hands on your data. Unfortunately, users have only had a handful of resources at their disposal to prevent them. However, on November 10, Microsoft released EMET v5.1, or the Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit as other weapon used to wage the war against malware, hackers and vulnerability […]