Cybersecurity Awareness Month
In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, KnowBe4 has created an entire resource kit to help you and your users defend against cybercrime. The guide includes interactive training modules, video modules, security hints and tips, and much more.
One area of focus includes the dangers of AI art and deepfakes. AI Art is generated using billions of images and examples of art; when you enter a prompt the generator builds an image by combining many examples into a single image. Deepfake technology is similar, but manipulates real photographs and videos of people and places. Cybercriminals have learned to use both technologies maliciously. Scammers can use deepfakes to impersonate celebrities or other public figures, making it seem like a product is being endorsed, tricking people into purchasing a fake product, or luring people into visiting fake websites or clicking on fake news articles. AI is commonly used in romance scams, where fake photographs are used in dating profiles to try to steal money or information, or photos of tragedies are posted on fake websites to coerce people into donating money to fake charities.
To stay safe and protect yourself against scams like these, it is important to keep a close eye out for anything that seems unusual in a picture, like a hand with more than five fingers or strange shadows in an image. It is also worth your time to stop and think before clicking or taking action. Lastly, you can verify the claim in a different location, checking for an official website or other official sources. Learn more here.
10 Features to Know
Apple has over 100 million Mac users, but most don’t know its full potential. Here are 10 features all Mac owners should know about.
-You can screen record using the built-in Screenshot app
-You can hold down the green full-screen button in the upper-left corner of a window to enable split-screen mode, where two apps can run side-by-side
-You can turn on Background Sounds by going to your Apple Menu, to System Settings, to Accessibility, to Audio
-You can use Live Video in Keynote to put yourself into your Presentation
-You can create a digital signature
-You can save PNG files of screenshots to your desktop, either of the entire screen or of a selected portion
-You can react with hand gestures while on Video Call
-You can erase and reset your Mac to factory settings if needed
-You can edit your photos, by cropping or straightening them
-You can use a 3-finger swipe left or right to swipe between your open apps
Congratulations
MCG employees are consistently keeping up to date with the latest technology, including completing various certifications. This month we invite you to join us in congratulating Jonathan Boicourt who has accomplished both the Kaseya Certified Technician in Datto RMM as well as the Kaseya Certified Technician in IT Glue. Congrats Jonathan – we look forward to what else you will accomplish in the future!
