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Did you know that October is Cyber Security Awareness Month?

In Symantec’s 2017 Mobile Threat Intelligence Report, it shows that Boston alone had almost double (173%) the amount of mobile network incidents from risky Wi-Fi networks in 2017 than the year before.

Forget the ghosts this Halloween…beware of risky networks!

Read more below.
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/feature-stories/no-rest-weary

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The team takes on Game 1 of the first-round of Stanley Cup playoffs last night at TD Garden!

Let's hope tomorrow's game ends in a big win like this one!

GO B'S!

Microsoft has identified a DST (Daylight Savings Time) bug that affects Mac users who are using Outlook Mac version 16.10.

This bug will only affect appointments for the week of March 11th in “Week” view where all the appointments are shifted by one hour. Appointments will return to normal after this week.

As a workaround, change your calendar view to “Work Week” so it will start on a Monday.

Attention all Mac users, there is a new malware that could be potentially attacking your computer. Although Macs are less likely to be infected by malicious applications than Window computers, there is a new malware called OSX/MaMi that is infecting DNS settings on Apple computers.

Read the article below to learn how to check if your Mac is infected!

New Mac malware evades anti-virus to snoop on internet traffic Macs are less likely to be infected by malicious apps than Windows computers, but they’re not immune to malware attacks. A fresh discovery details a dangerous kind of rogue program that can help ha…

Dropbox, an online file storage company, hopes to go public before the end of March.

Click the link below to read more!

Dropbox Is Said to Be Planning to Go Public This Year The online storage company, one of Silicon Valley’s closely watched “unicorns,” has filed confidentially to stage an initial public offering.

Amazon has just announced their newest feature with Alexa… Alexa for Business!

Make everyday tasks easier. You can say, “Alexa, start the meeting” and Alexa turns on the video conferencing equipment and dials into your conference call. From quickly checking calendars, scheduling meetings, managing to-do lists, setting reminders, and more… Alexa for Business is designed to help you stay organized and focused on the things that matter, whether they are working in their office or at home.

Read more about Alexa for Business below.
https://aws.amazon.com/alexaforbusiness/

ALERT: a nationwide Comcast outage has been reported.

Stay tuned for updates on this current issue!

This article has great tips on how to fix the problems that we have been seeing with the new iOS 11 update, check it out!

How to fix problems with iOS 11 on your iPhone or iPad For some, iOS 11 has proven to be problematic -- but not for everyone, and not on every device. Here are a few things to try to (hopefully) clean up some issues before Apple issues a fix in software.

This morning, researchers revealed details of a new exploit called KRACK. The exploit takes advantage of vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi security to let attackers eavesdrop on traffic between computers and wireless access points.

41% of all Android devices are vulnerable to an “exceptionally devastating” variant of the Wi-Fi attack...

Read the article below for more information:

Wi-Fi security has been breached, say researchers This is your Wi-Fi on KRACK

Hey users, watch out for another possible cyber breach on their website! Users were prompted to download fake Adobe Flash updates when visiting the Equifax site to check their credit report.

Read all about it below.

Equifax says it’s looking into another possible hack Equifax has taken one of its Web pages offline following a report that an independent security researcher encountered malicious links during multiple visits to the company's website.