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In one week in mid-October, the FBI warned about election scams, two Michigan agencies (DIFS and MDHHS) jointly warned about Medicare scams, and the Michigan Attorney General sued a ticket seller. Election, Medicare and ticket fraud are all peaking at once, and Michiganders already reported losing more than $381 million to online crime last year.
Office 2021 just lost security updates for good. Business PCs still on Windows 10 now face a bigger update bill, and Microsoft 365 renewals are arriving at higher prices. Personal Windows 10 PCs, on the other hand, quietly got another year.
In the first half of October, attackers went after remote-support software, office VPNs, backup servers and a cloud provider that 495 companies and local governments relied on. The lesson for small businesses: ask where your backups really live.
Fresh October figures from three research firms show PC shipments fell about 20% last quarter. Memory chips are being pulled toward AI data centers, early-year stockpiling left a hangover, and analysts expect prices to stay high into 2027.
