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Quick question: how many online accounts do you have? Email, banking, Amazon, Netflix, your utility company, that one store you bought a birthday gift from four years ago, your kid's school portal, three different food delivery apps, your doctor's office, work logins... If you actually sat down and counted, the number would probably shock you. The average person now juggles somewhere north of 100 online accounts. Now the follow-up question, and be honest: how many different p

For years, passwords have been one of the weakest links in cybersecurity. People reuse them, make them too simple, or unknowingly give them away through phishing attacks. Two-factor authentication (2FA) improved security by adding a second layer of protection, but attackers have continued to adapt. The next evolution is already here: passkeys. What Is a Passkey? A passkey is a modern authentication method that allows you to sign in using your fingerprint, face recognition, PI

If your computer has ever suddenly slowed to a crawl, started showing pop-ups for products you'd never search for, redirected your browser to strange websites, or — worst of all — greeted you one morning with a ransom note demanding payment in cryptocurrency to unlock your files, you've had a brush with malware. And even if none of that has happened to you, it's almost certainly happened to someone you know. Malware is the engine behind a huge portion of modern cybercrime. It

If you've ever received a suspicious email claiming your bank account was compromised, a text message saying your package couldn't be delivered, or a phone call from "Microsoft" warning you about a virus — congratulations, you've been targeted by a phishing attack. You're far from alone. Phishing is the single most common form of cybercrime in the world, and it's only getting more sophisticated. Understanding how it works is one of the best things you can do to protect yourse

You lock your front door at night. You don't leave your car running with the keys in the ignition at the gas station. But if you're still relying on a single password to protect your email, your bank account, and your entire digital life — you're doing the cyber equivalent of leaving the door wide open with a sign that says "come on in." Let's talk about two-factor authentication — what it is, where it came from, and why you should have enabled it on every account that offers

A few days ago, I received a phishing email. It was disguised as a DocuSign request, sent from a real insurance agent's compromised email account at a small agency right here in southeast Wisconsin. I clicked the link. I entered my email address on the page that came up. I'm an IT professional with 25+ years of experience, and I fell for it — because it was that good. Minutes later, Google sent me an alert: "Google blocked someone with the password for [my account] from signi