Quick and easy ways to protect yourself from cyber criminals this holiday season The holidays are coming and everyone’s looking for a way to make a few extra bucks.  Unfortunately,…

Earlier today we erroniously posted an article noting that, regarding MS14-068 (the TLS patch), “it may be worth waiting to see if anyone else has problems with it“.  That is not…

The Internet Storm Center posted earlier today that Microsoft plans to release MS14-068 today which apparently addresses a critical vulnerability in several versions of Windows that can allow an attacker…

What’s New 2014 Holiday Schedule – Below is our 2014 holiday schedule.  As we move into the 2014 holiday season, we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas…

RAID is not a backup (and backup is not RAID) How can I use RAID and backups to protect my data?   Today, our lives revolve around data;  documents, spreadsheets,…

Do you have a smartphone?  If so, is it encrypted?  Smartphones (and / or tablets) like the iPhone and various Andriod phones have offered the option to encrypt the phone…

Beware of fake support calls! The scam artists are at it again.  If you get a phone call reporting to be ‘Microsoft Support’, beware. Ring, Ring (You) Hello (Bad Guy)…

Back in August HP announced a voluntary recall for a number of their power adapters that came with laptops sold between September 2010 and June 2012. HP indicates that not all laptops…

What’s New New vulnerability pottentially affecting all USB devices.  At BlackHat 2014, Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell gave a presentation on what they called BadUSB, a vulnerability at the core of…

Important information for Mac users regarding the Shellshock bug The Shellshock bug was announced on 24 September as a vulnerability in the Bash shell, present on many Unix and Unix…