Is your information in a data breach?
You do not have to fall for a scam for your information to be stolen. Over 40 data beaches have been ranked among the worst this year and the list is growing. […]
Are You Being Scammed by Fake Product Reviews?
Are you purchasing online products by their high review rate? You could be getting lured in by fake reviews. Many of the fake reviews come from Chinese companies. An article […]
Don’t Get Scammed
We are consistently bombarded by hackers, spammers or whatever you like to call them. They use our phone — voice and text — email, social media, and other devices, to attack […]
How To Detect a Phishing Email
The ACA Group recently sent out an article about detecting phishing emails. We added some comments to the article to help explain more about detecting a phishing email. Analyzing the email […]
Should you use cloud storage?
Can you restore your files and pictures if they are deleted, corrupted or unusable from your PC or Mac? If your answer is “no,” then keep reading so you do […]
FBI Warns of Criminals Impersonating Advisors and Brokers
This is an ACA Cybersecurity Alert:The FBI has warned of recent criminal activity in which threat actors impersonate advisors and brokers online. In a sophisticated scheme, threat actors search publicly available […]
Amazon is turning on the Sidewalk feature without your permission
The newest potentially unsecured service is called Amazon Sidewalk. If you leave your Amazon device on factory default, which most people do, then you will have the Sidewalk security issue. […]
The Word Is Password
The meaning of the word “password” is a secret word, phrase, or sequence of characters that must be presented to gain access or admittance. In 2011 it took a hacker […]
Dark, Deep and Public Internet
What is the Dark Web? Is it something you run into at night and all of a sudden you become a Ninja Warrior? Not quite. There are 3 levels of the internet: […]
What is VPN and how can it protect your system? A Message from David H. Coull, Senior Systems Administrator
You may have seen, read, or heard about VPN Services and how it can protect your system when not on your home Wi-Fi. First, we need to understand VPN.