Smartphone Etiquette: Top 4 Bad Smartphone Habits To Break

When it comes to smartphone etiquette, we are probably all guilty at one time or another. There are certain social “rules”, if you will, that we should not break in order to be respectful of others and present in our lives. There are certain times of day, situations, and actions that drive those appropriate rules…

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Cyber Security For Business: Top 5 Online Safety Tips For 2019

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Whether we’re talking cyber security for your personal life or cyber security for business, we know how daunting it can be to figure out your best options. That challenge is largely the product of our digital life and how it is becoming more and more complex and “always on”. Just the sheer quantity of hackers,…

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Facebook Exposed Millions Of User Passwords By Mistake

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Facebook announced today that during a “routine security review” in January they uncovered a huge security issue: Well over 200 million users’ passwords were being stored in a “readable format” – plaintext – within their data storage systems. That wasn’t supposed to happen. What does this mean? When companies save your password, most of them…

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Steer Clear of Tax Time Cyber Crime

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Tech Tips from CoopSys – Episode 1: Avoid Tax Time Cyber Crime Tax season is upon us, which means tax time cyber crime is back with a vengeance! The deadline is approaching and about 90% of Americans will file their taxes online this year. Meanwhile, online cyber risks are more imminent, diverse, and severe than…

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Data Privacy for Businesses: Data Privacy Day 2019

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Cooperative Systems joined the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) in the global efforts to support Data Privacy Day (DPD) by becoming a 2019 champion! This is an internationally recognized effort made each year on January 28. It is intended to empower people to protect their digital footprint, highlighting and escalating the protection of data and…

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