// Blog
security.
Short, practical posts on the scams, mistakes and fixes I see every week. No jargon.
- Sep 29, 2026An $80 Battery Keeps My Whole Lab Alive Through FPL BlinksA cheap UPS plus free Network UPS Tools software keeps your homelab and office gear safe from Florida power blinks and shuts servers down cleanly in an outage.
- Sep 29, 2026Plan Your 2027 IT Budget Before December Plans It for YouBuilding a 2027 IT budget now saves your small business from surprise tech costs later. Here’s what to plan for, from hardware refreshes to renewals.
- Sep 29, 2026Did Your Employee Really Change Their Direct Deposit?Payroll diversion scams trick small businesses into sending an employee’s paycheck to a criminal. Learn how the direct deposit scam works and how to stop it.
- Sep 29, 2026Your Router Is Older Than Your Last Three PhonesAn old router with no firmware updates is an open door into your business network. Here’s how to check if yours is end of life and what to replace it with.
- Sep 22, 2026Your Website Got Hacked and Google Told You FirstSmall business websites get hacked for SEO spam, not ransom. Here is how WordPress sites get hit, what it costs you in Google, and how to lock yours down.
- Sep 22, 2026Make Every Receipt Searchable on a $150 Mini PCTurn a $150 mini PC into a searchable archive for every receipt, invoice and contract using Paperless-ngx. Self hosted document management, step by step.
- Sep 22, 2026Your Employee’s Personal Phone Has Your Client ListYour employee’s personal phone probably holds your client list, customer texts and company email. Here is a BYOD plan a small business can actually run.
- Sep 22, 2026Someone Can Take Over Your Google Business ProfileSomeone can hijack your Google Business Profile and swap your phone number. Here is how listing takeovers happen and how to lock yours down this afternoon.
- Sep 8, 2026That Old Laptop You Donated Still Has Your Client FilesDeleting files and factory resetting does not remove your data. Here is how small businesses should wipe laptops, phones, and drives before they leave the building.
- Sep 8, 2026A Backup That Never Leaves Your House Isn’t a BackupYour NAS in the closet is one fire, flood, or ransomware note away from useless. Here is how to build a real offsite backup copy for a homelab on a budget.
- Sep 8, 2026One Comcast Outage Shouldn’t Close Your Business for a DayYour internet will go down. Here is how South Florida small businesses build a cheap failover plan so an outage costs you an hour instead of a whole day.
- Sep 8, 2026Your Old Phone Number Is Still Logged Into Your BankCancel a business phone line and it gets recycled to a stranger in about 45 days. Here is how to move your 2FA and account recovery before that happens.
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