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Top 4 Ransomware Defense Strategies

By now, I’m sure you know what Ransomware is all about.  $$ Money $$ It has become the costliest threat to organizations today. Global losses are estimated to exceed $11 […]

Coca Cola Breach Proves Employees May Be Significant Threat

Coca-Cola is the latest company to fall victim to a data breach.  Unlike some of the others that have recently made headlines, however, this one was conducted from within. In […]

Your Kids’ Personal Info May Have Been Compromised

An identity threat company called 4iQ has recently published a report called “Identities in the Wild:  The Tsunami of Breached Identities Continues.”  Unfortunately, the information in the report contains all […]

Having Chrome Issues Since The Latest Windows 10 Update?

Microsoft has been having some “issues” of late.  It’s April Windows 10 rollout had to be delayed on account of some mysterious BSOD (“Blue Screen of Death”) issues. This month’s […]

Apple Will Officially No Longer Sell Routers

After more than two decades in the business, Apple is officially going to stop selling routers.  The writing has been on the wall for a while now, since the company’s […]

Credit Card Breach Hits Two Large Companies

Delta Airlines and Sears Corporation have both been notified of a data breach that has exposed the credit card information of some 100,000 Sears customers and “hundreds of thousands” of […]

Cheap Routers Being Used To Spread Malware

Beware of compromised routers spreading malware.  This is according to both Kaspersky Labs and a recently released government report. Using hacked routers to spread malware is nothing new.  Security insiders […]

Be Careful, Searches May Provide False Download links

If you’re searching and looking to download software from the web, be very careful.  Take the extra step of verifying that you are actually on the developer’s website before you […]

Microsoft Helping With Ransomware In Office 365

Microsoft recently made small but significant changes to its Office 365 subscription service and to OneDrive, which are often used in tandem.  The goal is to make it easier for […]

Three Things You Should Do When An Employee Leaves

  If you are in a business that has employees, it is inevitable that you will be faced with an employee that quits or gets fired. Often times when this […]