Month: August 2016

Dropbox Hacked: Yet Another Argument for Better Encryption

You may have heard that 68 million Dropbox users were recently told by the company that they needed to change their passwords due to a general hack of their database. The hack occurred…

Super-Sophisticated Spyware Has Been Discovered After Undetected Five-Year Run

After spending a half-decade operating undetected, an APT (advanced persistent threat) known as “ProjectSauron” has been uncovered by both Symantec and Kaspersky Labs. A group called “Strider” has been using Remsec, an advanced…

Cost Of Non-Compliance

What is the Cost of HIPAA and PCI Non-Compliance? It might be impossible to calculate the actual, aggregate cost of HIPAA non-compliance for health care services and financial firms, but we do know…

How to Identify and Protect Your Company From the Latest Hacker Schemes

There is no doubt that the internet has made doing business across the street or across the world easier. Borders and barriers don’t exist for the most part (except in certain totalitarian countries).…

Not All Ransomware is Created Equal: What You MUST Know

If you’re currently unfamiliar with the concept of ransomware, consider yourself lucky – it is by far one of the most dangerous threats that Internet users and businesses all over the world face…

How To: Backing Up Hyper-V to Amazon

How to back up Hyper-V to Amazon. Public clouds have quickly become an incredibly cost effective option when it comes to backup storage. One of the more widely known public cloud services on…

No Opportunity to Relax on Cyber Security

Not so long ago, if your organization had a robust security suite that included a firewall and antivirus, you could feel reasonably secure. The antivirus vendors spent a lot of time and manpower…

What Does the Workforce of the Future Look Like?

If the year was 1995 and you were to ask anyone, even a tech visionary, about what the workforce of the future would be capable of, they’d be hard pressed to arrive where…

New OS X Malware: How To Protect Your Mac From Eleanor

While Apple malware isn’t unheard of, it is less often found in the wild. The illusion of perfect security entertained by many Apple users gets easily shattered when a new bug appears on…

Why You Should Consider Outsourcing IT

Startups and small or medium-sized businesses often find that they cannot afford to create and staff an in-house IT department. Yet, with increasing reliance on all types of IT functions from running an…