October 8, 2016 |
By Andrew Harris
5 Red Flags of Phishing Emails: Think Before You Click A single click can be the difference between maintaining data security and suffering massive financial losses. From the moment just one employee takes the bait in a phishing email, your business is vulnerable to data breaches and extensive downtime. Quickly spot the red flags and put phishing emails where they belong: 1. Poor spelling and grammar While occasional typos happen to even the best of us, an email filled with errors is a clear warning sign. Most companies push their campaigns through multiple review stages where errors are blitzed and... Read More
October 1, 2016 |
By Andrew Harris
Could Your Backups Survive A Ransomware Attack? More and more businesses and organizations are getting stung by ransomware demands. Hospitals, schools, social networks…some days it seems like an epidemic that leaps around arbitrarily, and hackers are raking in millions. Tallied across the word…billions. Ransomware attacks are devious in their simplicity. A user in the target business is tricked into opening a file, usually through a phishing email or download. The file contains malware which instantly encrypts your data and demands money in exchange for the password. No payment = no password = no data. All of the target businesses should... Read More
March 21, 2016 |
By Andrew Harris
Introduction Are Mac computers virus proof? The simple answer is… no. The latest Mac computers run OS X, which is thought to be safer than most operating systems, but is in fact, not virus proof. For example, look back at the Mac Flashback Trojan, a type of malware, which stole banking and personal information. This hit over 600,000 Apple users. Looking at www.apple.com, the previous claim that Apple devices cannot get viruses has been removed and replaced with “It’s built to be safe”. One of the worst pieces of malware known to Macs is the Thunderstrike 2 worm, which infects... Read More
April 2, 2015 |
By Andrew Harris
PC vs. Mac – A Timeless Rivalry History The first personal computer using a mouse and a graphical user interface was the Apple Macintosh. Released to the market on January 24, 1984, Apple enjoyed a monopoly on the market until Microsoft entered the picture about one year later. The Apple Macintosh enjoyed respectable sales during the 1980s until market share shifted to Windows throughout the 1990s. Almost everyone knows that Microsoft dominates the market for personal computers. The reason is that Microsoft sold its operating systems to numerous computer companies. This permitted wide distribution for its operating systems while Apple... Read More
