Don’t blame your employees when you’re phished in: the shame of MacEwan University. MacEwan University Phished In At the end of August, MacEwan University announced it had been phished in to the tune of $11.8 million. Scammers tricked the University into changing the payments for a construction vendor into bank accounts in Montreal and Hong…
The True Cost of Ransomware: how much does a ransomware attack really cost your business? Fedex and TNT: NotPetya Fedex suffered via its subsidiary TNT in the NotPetya Ukraine attack in June. NotPetya was the attack that simulated ransomware but actually scrambled all the computer files irrecoverably. That attacked was aimed at bringing down Ukraine…
The Ten Commandments of Technology: I dreamed dreams and saw visions (it happens when you fall asleep watching the curling). I dreamt the cloud opened and a booming voice bellowed: You shall be the prophet of my ten commandments of technology for small business. “Is that profit with an F or prophet with a…
Lessons for business from the #BCStorm: were you prepared? Unless you were totally disconnected from the digital world, turned off all radios and tv or in a coma, you were warned that heavy rainfall and wild winds were going to hit the Lower Mainland on Saturday. Was your business prepared? If the power goes out…
Free is usually worth every penny. Particularly when it comes to business computing. Here’s an example for you. I was asked recently about a “free” online invoicing application. A business owner insisted she wanted to use this “free” solution instead of Quickbooks Online. First question I had is why is this software free? Software is…
