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Ransomware: Could You Be Next?
Ransomware is a form of malware. Its main purpose is to seize your systems, encrypt your data and basically make your network devices and data unusable....
Reminiscing With Ben Colley
In a newsletter earlier this year, we asked members to share with us some of their earliest memories of MOREnet. A couple different people mentioned...
Don't Get Fooled
April 1, April Fools' Day, is a day for jokes and tricks. Many of us have been on the receiving end of April Fools' pranks....
Reminiscing on 30 Years: A Videoconferencing Vision
The early years of the videoconferencing group at MOREnet have been likened to mission control for a space flight. All the parts had to move...
Data Breach = Data Sold
The value of your personal information is holding steady on the dark web. What kind of information is of value to the cyber criminal? It...
Lack of Funding, Lack of Focus, Lack of Security
Security is important, right? Locked doors, video cameras, passwords and wallets. All are important to secure our money, property and data. What comes first in...
Another Day. Another Hack.
Breaches, stolen credentials, ransomware. Somewhere in the world it's happening. Stories like these hit the news multiple times a day. Let's take a...
Celebrate International Women's Day
It's #InternationalWomensDay. Over the course of the day, we celebrated just a few of the female leaders that are part of our staff...
FCC Seeks Outreach Partners for Emergency Broadband Benefit
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help households struggling to pay for Internet service during the pandemic. This new benefit...
Cybersecurity Challenge Finals
Eleven high school teams competed in the finals of the Missouri High School Cybersecurity Challenge on February 23 and 24. Teams were made...
Impact of 30 Years!
As part of our year-long celebration of our 30th anniversary, we are pleased to publish our 2021 Impact Report. This report is not...
Gotcha
Free isn't always free. Most of us have had this experience. There always seems to be a catch or an asterisk or "see limitations...
Thirty Years of Connecting Members
In 1991, Missouri’s four-year public colleges expressed the desire to become connected to the NSFnet, a precursor to today’s Internet. The result was...
When Apps Get Sold
What happens when an app or extension you are using gets sold to another party? Many times there is no way of knowing...
It Started with an Email...
BEC-Business Email Compromise. In other words, an email scam that specifically targets companies. The attacker may impersonate or compromise executive emails in an...