Recently I had a charitable organization ask me for some paperwork via email. As part of this, they requested some tax information, including my social security number. This got me thinking. Sensitive information, including your SSN, should never be sent via email without encryption. It’s important to remember that email is NOT encrypted and NOT […]
With the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft added a new kind of user account that ties your Microsoft online account to your local PC. While this is a great concept, Megabytes strongly recommends you don’t use this type of account. We have seen multiple examples of corrupted accounts which can, in extreme cases, lead to […]
Overview Ransomware is a type of malicious software which encrypts data and then demands a ransom from the user to decrypt the files. Files are typically not deleted or harmed in any way. However, the files really are encrypted, and cannot be opened (in most cases) without the decryption tool. Ransom is paid via BitCoin […]
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