Microsoft FixIt for Word / Office should be applied without hesitation

Yesterday’s Microsoft Security Advisory announced a vulnerability in Microsoft Word which could permit remote code execution. The summary of this advisory simply states that people are being exploited due to a vulnerability. It happens when someone opens, or even previews an RTF in email using Microsoft Word as the email viewer. While Microsoft has not released a full patch at …

Zero Day Vulnerabilities addressed by Adobe and Microsoft – Get it while it’s hot!

It’s time for updates to come out from from your favorite software vendors, and whether you are using a Windows based PC or a Mac, there’s something for you this month! Applying these updates is VERY IMPORTANT – your machines are vulnerable unless you take steps to secure them. Up for your patching pleasure are the following (as listed by …

Useful & Quick Keyboard Shortcuts to Save You Time

Just using your mouse to make computer commands takes more time than you think – keyboard shortcuts save both time and energy by reducing multiple clicks to a single combination of keys. Keyboard shortcuts are used for tasks that you do all the time, such as opening or saving files, but a large number of people do not know they …

Just “deleting” a file could land you in prison #datasecurity

Alrighty, that sounded bad… Deleting a file probably won’t land you in jail unless you are doing something illegal in the first place. The idiot who attempted to extort money with a “collar bomb” was most likely caught due to leaving a message on a USB flash drive that he had deleted files from. The ONLY safe way to remove …

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 offers easy online collaboration

One of the features of the latest version of Microsoft Office, Professional Plus 2010, is the ability share your information for collaboration / co-authoring without the need for a SharePoint server.  Of course SharePoint is the king of collaboration, but for smaller organizations, the  Microsoft Office Backstage can offer you a quick way to store and share your documents online. …

Microsoft Office 2010 is finally available for purchase from Homeland Secure IT!

Microsoft has released Office 2010 and it will be coming pre-installed on computers immediately. Should you buy a new computer from us or any other vendor, why not compliment that awesome new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system with the new Office 2010?! The pre-loaded version will operate in a fully functional demo mode to give you an idea of how …