The holidays are a time filled with good food, visits from dear friends and family, and exchanging gifts with those you care about. However, to keep the season bright and merry, you need to be a little cautious during your next gift exchange, as many gifts can present some unexpected …
Whether it’s passing on Christmas greetings, or making plans to meet them at the beach after work for a barbecue, or figuring out who’s going to take the least popular Christmas-to-New-Year support desk shifts… …you may end up with emails that have plenty of recipients, possibly including people you don’t …
Staying logged in means you never need to give your online posts a second thought. But sometimes a second thought is just what you need. The thing is, all this logged-in-forever convenience comes at the cost of reduced security. Advent tip brought to you by Sophos
By default, anyone can look you up on Facebook via your email address or phone number. You can change your privacy settings to limit who’s able to search for you. Advent tip brought to you by Sophos
Selecting a managed service provider should be like selecting any employee. You need to make sure that your expectations are going to be fulfilled, and that your selection will be there when you need them to be. However, the criteria you examine your potential IT service provider by should be …
If you click a phishy link in an email, it’ll take you somewhere phishy – so your best and safest plan is not to click in the first place. Instead, enter the URL directly into the address bar of your browser. Advent tip brought to you by Sophos
Some Internet friendships aren’t what they seem and there is a whole school of cybercrookery that devotes itself to relationship-based scams. Be careful if someone asks you for money. Advent tip brought to you by Sophos
How well do you know Microsoft Excel, the premier spreadsheet building software? Depending on your proficiency with it, you may already be familiar with some of the various keyboard shortcuts associated with it. We’ll list off some of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts, as well as what you can …
If you’re in search of that perfect gift, but are having trouble paying for it, you might be tempted to email your card details… What if the the seller writes the information down and doesn’t securely dispose of the paper once they’ve used your data? What if they process the …
Thanks to office parties, Christmas get-togethers, holiday outings and meetups with friends you haven’t seen for ages, you’ll probably end up with more snapshots on your mobile phone than usual. “Ask before you post” is a small courtesy, but it shows you care about other people’s privacy – and we …
