Three data breaches from early 2025
PowerSchool, a WhatsApp spyware case, and defense credentials offered for sale.
Read the postSECURITY AND SUPPORT
What businesses
are running into.
Ransomware, backups, managed IT, and breaches that have already happened.
Security, cost, and the news.
How ransomware has changed
From CryptoLocker to double and triple extortion, and how a business can prepare.
Read the postIf a computer looks infected
Signs of malware, and what to do first.
Read the postBackup and where to keep copies
Cloud, local, and hybrid copies, and why to automate them.
Read the postAI rules and the European Union
GDPR, a PaLM 2 investigation, and Meta’s pause on AI training in Europe.
Read the postPrivilege escalation
How an attacker gets more access than an account was given, and five ways to reduce the risk.
Read the postA managed service provider in the Twin Cities
What an MSP does, and what Geekland IT provides in the Twin Cities.
Read the postWhy not to pay a ransom
What ransomware does, why payment often fails, and what to do instead.
Read the postHiding apps on a phone
Why hidden apps help, with the steps for iPhone and Android.
Read the postThe reported arrest of Mikhail Matveev
Mikhail Matveev, Hive, LockBit, Babuk, and a $10 million FBI reward.
Read the postUndersea cables and a Baltic Sea incident
Damaged cables, what they carry, and who feels an outage.
Read the postTen insider threats to watch
Risks that start with an employee, a contractor, or a careless habit.
Read the postDowntime after the Change Healthcare attack
What stopped when those systems went down in February 2024.
Read the postWhat a firewall does
A barrier between a network and the rest of the internet, and the jobs it does.
Read the postFive online threats to watch in 2025
AI-assisted attacks, ransomware, connected devices, social engineering, and data exposure.
Read the postAI at work, and the security risks that come with it
Data breaches, biased models, adversarial attacks, and model theft.
Read the postThe AT&T and Snowflake breach
Credential stuffing, demo accounts without multi-factor authentication, and what a business can change.
Read the postWhy a cybersecurity risk assessment comes first
Weak spots, threats, rules, and continuity, and keeping the business running.
Read the postEight small-business IT myths
Security, antivirus, backups, the cloud, and passwords, and the correction each myth gets.
Read the postManage IT costs with a bill you can plan
Surprise IT bills, a flat monthly fee, and questions to ask a provider.
Read the postWhat is a managed service provider?
What an MSP takes on, and what to check before you hire one.
Read the postSecurity, managed IT, backups, and AI.