Practical advice on keeping your business secure, backed up, and running — written by the technicians who do this work every day in Peoria and across the Phoenix metro.
Microsoft just fixed a record 570 flaws in one month — including two zero-days already being exploited and a BitLocker bypass. Why that volume is unmanageable without a patch process, and the checklist to handle it.
Read the article → July 22, 2026Qilin ransomware is walking into networks through a flaw in the firewall itself — no password needed, exploited four days after the patch shipped. Three questions to ask about your edge this week.
Read the article → July 21, 2026Connecting an LG monitor can silently install vendor software that pushes McAfee ads — through a built-in Windows feature. The one Group Policy setting that closes the channel fleet-wide.
Read the article → July 21, 2026New TELEPUZ malware spreads through fake "fix it" prompts that trick employees into pasting a PowerShell command — then rewrites banking details in live browser sessions. One rule defeats it.
Read the article → July 21, 2026If the thing encrypting your files can reach your backup, it isn’t a backup — it’s another victim. Why immutable, offline copies are the whole point, and a checklist to test yours.
Read the article → July 21, 2026Analysts forecast task-specific AI agents inside a large share of business apps by year-end — often on by default. The valuable work is deciding who turns them on and what they can touch.
Read the article → July 16, 2026AI data centers bought up the world’s storage supply, and drive prices climbed sharply. Why waiting out the spike is the wrong move, and how to plan a hardware refresh in this market.
Read the article → July 14, 2026A Windows 11 24H2 update was tied to reports of SSDs vanishing mid-write. What happened, how to make any update surprise a non-event, and what to do if a drive already disappeared.
Read the article → July 13, 2026Researchers just documented the first ransomware attack run entirely by an AI agent — no human at the keyboard. Why small businesses just lost their accidental defense, and what actually stops machine-speed attacks.
Read the article → July 10, 2026Modern phishing is engineered to beat the filter — fresh domains, real cloud services, no attachments. The layered stack that actually stops it.
Read the article → July 10, 2026Feature updates vs. monthly patches, why unmanaged updates break things mid-workday, and how staged, managed patching keeps your office running.
Read the article → July 10, 2026Support ended October 14, 2025 — and the risk compounds monthly. Your three real options: ESU as a bridge, upgrade eligible PCs, or replace the rest.
Read the article → July 10, 2026What a zero-day actually is, why patching alone can’t stop one, and the layered defenses — EDR, DNS filtering, backups — that let a business survive it.
Read the article → July 10, 2026Antivirus vs. EDR vs. MDR in plain English — what 24/7 managed detection buys a 10–50 person company, and why your insurer is already asking for it.
Read the article → July 10, 2026DNS is the internet’s phone book — and nearly every attack depends on it. How protective DNS filtering blocks phishing and malware before a connection is made.
Read the article → October 15, 2025Microsoft support for Windows 10 has ended. Here’s what that means for your security, what Windows 11 requires, and how to plan the transition.
Read the article →Ransomware attacks are growing in frequency and sophistication — and Arizona businesses are squarely in the crosshairs. A redundant backup strategy is your best defense.
Read the article →An evergreen guide to local, cloud, and hybrid backups — including the 3-2-1 rule and the best practices that keep your business running when things go wrong.
Read the article →A computer is like a car — skip the routine maintenance and you’re headed for slowdowns, security holes, hardware failure, and data loss.
Read the article →They moved to our sister company, Desert Data Recovery — along with everything else related to recovering failed hard drives, SSDs, RAID arrays, and flash media.
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