Being Safe Online: Tips for Protecting Your Privacy and Security

In today's digital age, it is important to be mindful of your online safety and security. With the increasing number of cyber attacks and data breaches, it is crucial to take measures to protect your personal information and keep your online presence secure. Here are some tips to help you stay safe online. Use strong …

Are You Proactive?

Did you know... There was ransomware that once it targets your computer it automatically begins wiping everything on the computer! i.e. Deleting Everything, pictures... documents, music whatever you consider important is basically cyber dust. and the majority of the time there is no way to recover from that. UNLESS you're proactive! if you have proper …

7 Tips to Help You Be More CyberSmart

As we close Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) it’s not the close of awareness we need to be vigilant all year long. Here is 7 final tips to close out the month. Make Security A PriorityWhen purchasing new devices update default passwords and review the settings and privacy policy of the device.Remember you are the first …

Dislike: What to Do About the Facebook Data Leak

Facebook in April announced a leak of 533 million records. The data available to cybercriminals included emails, phone numbers, birthdates and more. Read on to find out if your personal data has been leaked and what to do about it. Even if you don't use facebook your friends do! The popular social media channel Facebook is …

Stay Safe online while Working From Home.

Here are some #tips for those still working from home. Secure your home WiFi connection If your home Wi-Fi password was “1234”, it’s time to give it a makeover. Enable WPA2-PSK (AES) if possible, with a long passphrase. If you need password ideas, use a password generator can be found via Google or RoboForm has …

A Safe and Secure Way to Schedule Windows 10 Updates

This originally appeared as a Facebook post on our Business page Join the conversation there!Facebook.com/GEFNET Windows 10 Update Tip It's no secret that Microsoft puts out buggy if not just plain bad updates. People have become scared to actually do the recommended updates out of fear it might break or kill the computer. You concern …

Security Patches — The Better Way to Update

Updates often come at the worst moment. You go to shut down your laptop to rush to a meeting, and you get a “Windows is updating. Do not power off” message. Argh! Or you leave your desktop to go to a meeting and come back to find your computer has restarted in your absence. Those …

The Last Line of Defense

See folks when malware starts going fileless it's a whole new type of beast! it's only gonna get worse... I was reading this article about a new type of Malware that's been detected in the wild. That's why security is so important this type of malware is using legitimate window processes so your anti-virus or …

How To Avoid Facebook Cloning Scams

#ImposterAlert #ScamWarning #Alert #ClonedAccounts #Scam #GEFTEKTip #Tip #GEFNETHelpMeNow So for the last couple hours, I've been helping one of my longtime customers from NM secure her facebook account and give her some lessons on facebook #security. She's an 80+ year old lady and she called frantic because all of her friends and family were posting messages to her wall asking if she …

How To Keep Your Computer At Peak Performance (Without Lifting a Finger!)

For a device that’s supposed to make life easier, computers sure do involve a lot of work! There’s so much to keep track of that it’s no wonder most people push ahead and forget the routine maintenance until something breaks. Of course, the problem with being reactive is the damage is already done. Photos and …