Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology have been on the rise for years and is about to hit mainstream. As tech giants like Apple prepare to throw their hat in the ring and offer AR glasses, we expect to see a significant increase in their popularity.
The news is that Windows 10 is free! But you need to act soon, before the deadline.
Windows 7 or 8 users are eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 10 until July 29, 2016.
After that, an upgrade could cost about $100.00 per PC just for the software.
Attention! There is yet another fake email series floating around the murky waters of cybersecurity. It feels like every day there’s a new reason to worry about what’s made its way into your mailbox. You’d think that by now there would be some foolproof method of stopping phony messages from getting out.
IT Radix Red Alert: Beware of a new con using a convincing email re: wire transfer
We’ve had a few clients targeted by a new email scam recently and felt it important to bring to your attention...
It is an email scam or con involving wire transfers.
Have you heard about the recent hack of federal data, supposedly the result of a bug put in federal servers by Chinese hackers? Apparently they got access to lots of information about federal government employees. The worm had been in place for months and maybe more than a year, giving the hackers plenty of time to copy millions of records.
Sony, Home Depot, Target. All are big companies with huge market value, large customer databases, strong brand names and plenty of budget to spend on data security. The same cannot be said for organizations in the small business community. But are there lessons from these breaches that can provide learning to the owner or manager of a small business? Yes, there certainly are.
A new version of the CryptoWall ransomware has been released called CryptoWall 2.0 that includes numerous "enhancements" to the previous version.
CryptoWall has been a huge threat for computer users since its release. Silently, it encrypts all local data and any data it can see on network shares.
We got a call yesterday from a prospective client, a mid-sized organization with a number of computers. We had spoken with them previously three months prior.
The reason for the call was that their entire network had been hit and crippled by the Crypto Locker virus and they were looking for our help.
By now, you’ve probably already heard of the web server vulnerability dubbed "Heartbleed". There is a lot of confusing info about it out there in the wild. We thought we’d summarize it for you:
What it is? A bug on some web servers that that can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive user information in a server’s memory including usernames, passwords and credit card numbers from a website.
Well, the holiday presents have all been opened, the New Year’s champagne bottles are in the recycling bin, and the ink is still wet on your perennial list of New Year’s resolutions. But because of all the holiday hoopla and being so busy with your organization all year, you might have missed some of the coolest technology gadgets introduced in 2013. Here are a few worth checking out and then just imagine what 2014 might bring!
Nokia Lumina 1020 Phone – More a camera than a phone since its photos pack 41 megapixels, this Windows phone might be worth a look by those tired of the Android – Apple standoff.
