Impact of increasing data breaches by large companies Last Wednesday, Amazon revealed that the personal information of some of its customers was compromised, with names and email addresses being disclosed due to what was deemed a technical error. This is the latest in a long line of breaches that have
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… We now know that Russian hackers have millions of the world’s routers in their sites. According to a joint announcement between the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Center, state-sponsored hackers
Like many of our clients, you may have heard about a couple of security vulnerabilities going by the names of Meltdown and Spectre. These design flaws leave the vast majority of computer processors in use today vulnerable to outside access to the operating system’s private kernel memory area. Access to
You’ve probably heard by now about the huge security blunder by Intel and other computer processor manufacturers referred to as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. After the information hit the news on January 4th, 2018, the media and the technology world has been in a bit of an uproar about it and
In case you were wondering if HIPAA violations are really enforced, I thought I would bring a few big money settlements to your attention. If you’re not in the healthcare industry, you might be wondering what HIPAA even is. HIPAA stands for the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” which
Some web sites are now utilizing behavior analysis scripts to track your every move on their sites. While Google Analytics and others provide web site owners a general overview of visitors and their behaviors, this new technology is designed to track every mouse click, keystroke, and scroll you make while
1.) Cyber Thieves Keep A-Knockin’ But They Can’t Come In. A study presented at the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks showed that small-business networks are attacked every 39 seconds by some type of hacker or malicious software. Thankfully, having the proper firewall and office network security tools can
As the holiday season approaches, online shopping, and the general good will of people desiring to help others is expected to give rise to increased cyber security threats. Unfortunately, there are hackers and scam artists all over the world just waiting to take advantage of your increased online activity and
Unfortunately with computer technology downtime seams to be a fact of life. Let’s face it, if technology worked like it was supposed to work all the time, the need for IT service companies would cease to exist. So in that regard, I’m glad there is still room for products like
Small businesses are under attack. Right now, extremely dangerous and well-funded cybercrime rings in China, Russia and the Ukraine are using sophisticated software systems to hack into thousands of small businesses to steal credit cards and client information, and swindle money directly out of your bank account. Some are even
