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File Attachments: Still Dangerous

One type of phishing (https://bytelok.net/dont-take-the-bait-a-lesson-in-phishing) attack that is on the rise is where the actor (hacker) will send an email that appears legitimate, often it will appear to come from a friend or colleague who’s email they have from a list. The idea is to “spoof” or trick you into thinking that the message came […]

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Don’t Take the Bait: A Lesson in Phishing

A few days ago, the following cell phone statement was sent to one of our company email addresses… Although this looked to us like a genuine cell phone statement, before we got out our wallet to pay our bill, we had to wonder: why is an American cell phone service provider sending an account statement […]

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Exposing the Money Behind the Malware

How cybercrime works and what to do about it By Chester Wisniewski, Senior Security Advisor at SophosLabs It’s important to understand the motivation behind the onslaught of malicious code bombarding our firewalls, users and servers. At SophosLabs we see more than 200,000 malicious files every single day. These files aren’t created by governments and spies […]

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ByteLok IT Solutions Inc. Achieves Dell Preferred Partner Status

ByteLok IT Solutions Inc. is pleased to announce its achievement of Dell Preferred Partner status, adding to the company’s range of partnerships with leading technology solution providers. To achieve Dell Preferred Partnership, Dell Registered Partners must demonstrate expertise in at least one specific practice area relating to Dell’s business networking solutions through a rigorous certification […]

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