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December 2022 Newsletter

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us to all of you! Thank you for choosing to be a part of our endeavors by partnering with us for all your computer needs. We’re honored to work with so many good people such as yourself, and we take pride in our charge to help…

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Cybersecurity Tactics to Deter Phishing

Businesses of all sizes are increasingly susceptible to viruses and phishing scams. As hackers constantly update and change their tactics, employees fall prey to new schemes, and companies become vulnerable.  The 2022 Small Business Cybersecurity Report by Comcast Business reported that during the 12-month span between July 2021 to June 2022, 55 percent of Comcast…

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November 2022 Newsletter

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate and thank friends, family, and God for good bounty, health, shelter, freedom, and the countless blessings we share. Here at Creative Programs and Systems, we would like to extend a warm thank you to all our colleagues and friends for enabling us to do the work we love. Thank…

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Web Browsers Spellcheck Can Unveil Passwords

Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are two Internet browsers that use extended spellcheck features to transmit form data, including Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and passwords to their parent companies.  While this feature is intended to assist the browser user, it does raise privacy concerns and calls the efficacy of password protection to question.   “Spell-jacking” is…

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October 2022 Newsletter

What’s the Big Deal About ‘Zero-Day’ Virus Attacks? ‘Zero-Day’ or ‘0-Day’ virus attacks are security vulnerabilities recently discovered and exposed by hackers to infiltrate computer systems. The phrase refers to the fact that developers just detected the breach and insinuates that they have zero days to fix it. A Zero-Day virus does not yet have…

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What’s the Big Deal Regarding ‘Zero-Day’?

“Zero-day” is becoming a more popular term to describe recently discovered security vulnerabilities exposed by hackers and used to infiltrate computer systems. The phrase refers to the fact that developers just detected the breach and insinuates that they have zero days to fix it. Zero-day threats are unprecedented virus attacks that exploit either a new…

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