Insights
Articles from our team on IT, cybersecurity and websites: scams to watch for, guides you can act on, and stories from our work with clients.
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How we used AI to close our 2026 books in QuickBooks Online
AI agents did the repetitive work in QuickBooks Online on our 2026 year-end. Every statement matched to the penny and all 29 pay runs checked out. An independent review found four problems, which we fixed and traced to their causes.
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B.C. time change 2026: clocks don't fall back on November 1
Most of B.C. stays on UTC−07:00 all year from November 1, 2026. Don't turn clocks back. Steps for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, and your calendar.
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Manitoba time change 2026: clocks don't fall back on November 1
Manitoba stays on UTC−05:00 all year from November 1, 2026. What's ready and what isn't, and steps for Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android and your calendar.
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Cybersecurity trends in 2026: four tricks every small business should know
Four tricks stood out in 2026 security reports, and each can reach a small business: fake CAPTCHA pages, sign-in codes that get past MFA, fake IT support in Microsoft Teams and poisoned software updates. Each gets a person or a trusted tool to do the attacker's work.
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ClickFix fake CAPTCHA pages: how to spot one and what to do
A "verify you're human" check that asks you to press Windows+R and paste something is a scam called ClickFix. CyberAlberta found these fake CAPTCHA pages on hacked, trusted websites. Learn the signs, what to do, and what to do if you already followed the steps.
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Device code phishing: the Microsoft 365 sign-in trick that gets past MFA
If an email gives you a code to enter at microsoft.com/devicelogin, don't. CyberAlberta saw device code phishing hit Alberta organizations this spring, and it gets past MFA. Learn what to watch for, what to do if you entered a code, and how we can help.
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We launched a new website for Wollman Rink in Central Park
The new wollmanrinknyc.com went live on October 27, 2026, the day before the rink's skating season opens. It changes its look each month, switches to pickleball for summer and carries its design onto the ticket-buying pages run by Tessitura, the rink's ticketing system.
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We kept trying, and the fix that shouldn't have worked did
We spent many hours in a client's equipment rack after a brief power outage took their internet down, and kept trying things after the trail led to the carrier's router. An unrelated plug-in network part (an SFP) in an empty port on the Rogers router, something that shouldn't have changed anything, brought it back.
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A new domain, and nearly all the search traffic stayed behind
A client's website moved to a new domain, and nearly all of its visits from Google stayed behind. We explain why that happens and what a planned move includes.
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How we handled the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities on October 20 and 21, 2026
When details of the PHP2Shell security flaws leaked early on October 20, 2026, we took our clients' sites offline until PHP released a fix. By noon the next day, all 100+ sites were back online on patched PHP, including the servers we built PHP for ourselves.
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Alberta time change 2026: clocks don't fall back on November 1
Alberta stays on UTC−06:00 all year from November 1, 2026. Don't turn clocks back. Steps for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, and your calendar.