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Technology Made Easy. A Full service/repair computer and technology company. Anywhere, Anytime (During business hours :) , without an inconvenience to you.

Technology Made Easy
The CPU Squad, a Full service/repair computer and technology company. We specialize in computers (Mac or PC, we don't hate), Cell Phones, Home Theater, we will even set your VCR clock for you ;)
Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach, we'll come to you in person. Everywhere else... well if you're reading this you've got internet and we can log on remotely to your computer. That's technology made easy.

10/28/2026

48% of breaches involved a third party.

Nearly half of the breaches in Verizon’s 2026 data involved a third party. Business relationships often include access to systems or information. Make security part of choosing and reviewing those relationships, so you can delegate with confidence.

Source: Verizon 2026 DBIR, summarized in SMB infographic.
https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/infographics/2026-dbir-bis-smb-revenue-losses.pdf

10/27/2026

Don’t leave security updates waiting.

That “restart required” notification is easy to postpone when you’re busy.

But security updates fix weaknesses attackers can use to get into your systems. Some fixes won’t take effect until you restart.

When your IT team prompts you to restart, save your work and make time to finish it. If the timing would interrupt something important, arrange a better time with them.

A small pause now helps protect the work you need to keep moving.

10/26/2026

31% of breaches in Verizon’s 2026 report started with exploited software vulnerabilities.

Keeping systems current is part of keeping the business dependable. Ask your IT partner who owns updates and how urgent security fixes are prioritized.

Source: Verizon 2026 DBIR, Top takeaways.
https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

10/24/2026

Your backup communication channel needs to use a different service from your company email and chat.

If Microsoft 365 goes down, you may lose Outlook and Teams at the same time. If you think an account has been compromised, don't use either one to discuss the response because the attacker may be reading those messages.

Set up a separate way to contact staff during an outage or cyberattack. A managed SMS service or private messaging group can work for a small business.

Check how staff sign in before choosing the service. A backup messaging app that relies on Microsoft for its login may stop working alongside Microsoft 365.

Keep a copy of the staff contact list somewhere you can access without your main work account. Include the details for your IT provider and cyber insurer.

Decide who can send an emergency alert and how employees can confirm that the message is genuine. Then test the channel by sending a message and checking who receives it.

Need help setting this up? Send us a message and we'll work through it with you.

10/22/2026

Your former employee shouldn’t still have access.

When someone leaves, have the person responsible for offboarding confirm access is removed from email, accounting, CRM, cloud storage, remote access, and other business apps. Review shared passwords, too. Preserve business records through your normal process while closing unnecessary access.

10/21/2026

In severe SMB cases, breach losses exceeded 7% of revenue.

In the most severe 2.5% of SMB cases in Verizon’s Breach Impact Study, financial losses exceeded 7% of revenue. That is a tail-risk finding, not an average. Planning for recovery helps protect the time, resources, and freedom you have worked to build.

Source: Verizon 2026 BIS, summarized in SMB infographic.
https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/infographics/2026-dbir-bis-smb-revenue-losses.pdf

10/20/2026

Backed up doesn’t automatically mean recoverable.

Ask your IT partner two questions: “When was our last successful backup?” and “When did we last test restoring our data?” A useful answer includes what was restored and whether it worked. Knowing you can recover protects your ability to keep serving clients.

10/19/2026

Are the days of posting AI content without anyone knowing coming to an end?

Anthropic is adding an invisible watermark to text written by new Claude models.

You won't see the watermark. It is created through patterns in the words Claude chooses, so copying the answer into Word, an email or a website won't remove it. Some editing may leave the mark intact too.

Anthropic plans to provide tools that can estimate whether Claude helped write a piece of text.

Those tools cannot identify the person who used Claude, show what they asked or tell how much of the finished document was written by them.

A document may carry the watermark even if Claude was only used to rewrite part of it.

Businesses can keep using Claude for drafts and editing, but staff should know that its involvement may be detectable. Anything sent to a client or published under the company name still needs to be checked for accuracy.

If your team is already using AI at work and you're not sure what rules you need, let's have a chat.

10/19/2026

48% of breaches involved ransomware.

Ransomware appeared in nearly half of the breaches analyzed in Verizon’s 2026 report. For an owner, the concern extends beyond a ransom demand: interrupted work and exposed information can affect the people counting on your business. Prevention and a practiced recovery plan both matter.

Source: Verizon 2026 DBIR, Top takeaways.
https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

10/15/2026

A text from your CEO is still just a text.

A familiar name and an urgent request don’t prove who is contacting you. If a text asks for money, passwords, or an unusual favor, contact the person through a number or channel you already trust. Verify before acting.

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