…ck on the link. Scammers want your personal information: passwords, social security numbers, stuff like that, to sell on the web. They might also use your password to install programs on your computer that run unnoticed for years to come. Symantec reports that the most common words used in scam email subject lines are: 1. Urgent 2. Request 3. Important 4. Payment 5. Attention Notice anything special about these words? They’re pushing for fast acti…
…e spent years building infrastructure. View of the Loma Fire from Cruzio’s security cameras, 8:36PM What followed was a saga of late nights, early mornings, and close calls as our excellent technicians worked to keep the power for our equipment on, so they could make sure as few people as possible would see issues with their service. We didn’t completely avoid an outage, but the number of people affected was small and the effect was brief. The rea…
…ce. Cruzio is a local ISP with a strong commitment to customer privacy and security, as well as net neutrality. Cruzio has not, does not and will not sell your data. This is true throughout our organization. And every household or business that uses our service helps us stay in the game, enabling us to continue our commitment to principles our customers care about. Can we just wait, and then re-establish privacy rules later? Unfortunately, the res…
…less than 5 minutes where the internet may be unavailable as we switch routing to our backup connection and network routes converge. This work is necessary in order to apply security updates and feature enhancements. We apologize for the inconvenience. UPDATE: All work was completed by 10:45PM….
…om just knowing they’re up there.” Photo credits for these posts: Chris Frost, Alison Lowenthal, Colin Miller, and our security camera….
…arious tasks. That can affect home and office computer equipment. Internet security experts around the country are urging extra caution. Our users and community are not likely to be the specific target of any particular scheme, but large sweeps looking for access to private and small business computers can sometimes catch unsuspecting people. Resist hacking! Some principles to remember: The more urgent it seems, the more likely it is to be a scam…
…ennedy. Cruzio truck on Bay Street, Thursday, August 20th, 2020. Photo by Sonya Campbell. Why Communications Can Sometimes be Difficult And here’s a picture from a security camera on a communications tower in Bonny Doon, as the tower was engulfed by fire and destroyed….
…Cruzio engineering will be upgrading our main core router that provides access to the Internet on Tuesday, September 27th between 11pm and 2am. During this period, there will be a brief period of less than 5 minutes where the internet may be unavailable as we upgrade equipment. This work is necessary in order to apply security updates and feature enhancements. We apologize for the inconvenience….
…ers Don’t use the same password on multiple sites Change your passwords periodically If you have any questions or concerns about this or any other security issue, please feel free to contact us at office@cruzio.com….
…tting into the line itself. It also gives you the bandwidth for your other security needs, too: cameras and alerts that can stream to your home computer, so you know right away when an alarm is serious. 4. Fiber is More Reliable Remember that time too many people in your neighborhood tried to watch Netflix at the same time? Or maybe even that one time your internet stopped working for, like, no reason? That just won’t happen with Fiber. Even if ev…
