5 Myths About Computer Maintenance that Need Busting
We all want to keep our computers clean and healthy, they power our jobs, our personal connections, our relationships with faraway relatives. No matter how you use them, computers are a very important part of our lives. Keeping them running and in good health can be complicated, and advice on how to keep them that […]
Adblock Plus Can Protect You From Annoying Ads, But At What Cost?
Adblock Plus Can Protect You From Annoying Ads, But At What Cost? Adblock Plus is an extremely useful tool for anyone surfing the web, no more pesky ads, no more accidentally clicking away from the page you were trying to arrive at. It makes user’s lives infinitely easier and you get a much cleaner internet […]
The Difference Between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 Wireless Encryption (and Why It Matters)
Even if you know you need to secure your Wi-Fi network (and have already done so), you probably find all the encryption acronyms a little bit puzzling. Read on as we highlight the differences between encryption standards like WEP, WPA, and WPA2–and why it matters which acronym you slap on your home Wi-Fi network. […]
Santa Cruz Tech Beat meets Pagoda Technologies
Check out the article about Pagoda in Santa Cruz Tech Beat About Pagoda Technologies IT services Based in Santa Cruz, California, Pagoda Technologies provides trusted IT support to businesses and IT departments throughout Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area and across the globe. To learn how Pagoda Technologies can help your business, email us at support@pagoda-tech.com to […]
Cloud Security, How your Employees are Putting your Company at Risk
Cloud Security, How your Employees are Putting your Company at Risk Cloud Security is one of the most important aspects of a company’s overall security, and as it turns out, the most insecure part of a business computer system is not the software you install, or the passwords you use, but the employees themselves. […]
Home Depot Hack Turns Into Criminal Negligence Scandal
CyberheistNews Vol 4, 39 http://blog.knowbe4.com/ Wait for the class-action lawsuits to get unleashed. The lawyers are going to be all over this one like white on rice. Ex-employees from the Home Depot IT technology group are now claiming that management of the retailer had been warned for years that their Point Of Sale […]
Cryptolocker Being Spread Via YouTube Ads
CyberheistNews Vol 4, 34 Editor’s Corner VirusBulletin reported that cyber criminals now spread around Cryptolocker / CryptoWall via YouTube. Malware researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap discovered the cyber criminals purchase advertising space and use exploit kits to infect workstations. They ran into this while checking YouTube and website banners for situations where malware […]
8 Ways iPhone Users Give Up Privacy, Threaten Security
Hundreds of popular applications in the Apple App Store seek location-tracking permissions, access to contacts, email and other sensitive information, according to a study of more than 500 apps. Is granting permission to an app worth the privacy invasion? Apple’s walled-garden approach keeps out many nefarious applications that embed hidden functions designed to steal data. […]
Google Chromebooks successful in schools
A lot of schools were sold on iPads right after those became available and students probably still prefer them over Chromebooks, but they are relatively expensive compared to Chromebooks and harder to manage. Google also offers admins easy ways to manage large Chromebook deployments from a single console while Apple is still catching up when it comes to […]
Scam Of The Week: Mobile Ransomware
Here is a heads-up for your users that use mobile devices (and who doesn’t). There are two mobile scams sticking up their ugly heads. First is using messages from “trusted” mobile apps to install malware on PCs. Second is the first mobile ransomware for Android. Send this (feel free to edit as much as you […]
Important: Homeland Security Says Stay Off IE
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2148921/dhs-warns-against-using-internet-explorer-until-bug-is-patched.html?inf_contact_key=918995e2ab5ea4c6edf72a9fc78f6ed2822ba3b0d6970c0167d7bf9ff604e163 A vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer over the weekend is serious—serious enough that the Department of Homeland Security is advising users to stop using it until it’s been patched. On Monday, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, weighed in. “US-CERT is aware of active exploitation of […]
Scam Of The Week: Blended XP Phishing Security Threat
From: CyberHeist News http://blog.knowbe4.com/ During the first quarter, I have been warning about the coming wave of Windows XP-related scams having to do with the April 8 End Of Life of XP. Here is what you can expect, and many variants will follow. It is important to warn your end-users about this, even if they -are- […]