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You Should Be Worried About Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

In the world of data security, cryptocurrency mining software is often overlooked or discounted as a threat because it doesn’t do serious harm to the infected system. It bleeds off […]

Officials Want To Know If Wireless Carriers Are Throttling Video

Remember earlier this year when net neutrality got killed off and everybody said it wouldn’t matter? Well, it seems it might have mattered after all. Recently, three US Senators sent […]

The Tips to Keep Safe on Social Media

  Social media has become a big part of our day to day lives. Whether you use social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or any other social network; safety, […]

Are Banner Ads Coming To Some Windows 10 Apps Soon?

Given how unpopular ads are, you wouldn’t think that Microsoft would be experimenting with ways of displaying more of them. Unfortunately, that’s the direction the company is headed. Currently, members […]

Are you cutting corners with your IT systems?

Technology has simplified many things. So much so, that in the corporate realm, tasks that used to take a team of people weeks to complete can now be done in […]

Facebook Will Roll Out Unsend In Messenger Soon

For more than a year, Facebook has been working on an important update to their Messenger service that will give users the ability to “unsend” messages in conversations you’ve had […]

Most Apple Devices Are Getting A Major Software Update

If you own Apple devices that use iOS, watchOS, tvOS, or macOS, there’s good news.  The company just released major updates for all of those. They’re available right now, and […]

Google Finally Cracking Down On Manufacturer Device Updates

Security in the Android ecosystem is awful.  There’s just no other word to describe it. In large part, the blame for that can be placed at the feet of Google.  […]

HIPAA Fines For Data Breaches Continue To Grow

Anthem is one of the largest insurance providers in the United States. Unfortunately in 2015, they had the dubious honor of suffering the largest health data breach in history. It […]

Malicious Messages In PlayStation Can Cause It To Crash

Gamers take the games they play seriously.  So seriously, in fact, that they’re not above resorting to dirty tricks to score a win. Recently, social media has been abuzz with […]