Radio Station Website Compromise Leads to Visitor Infection Threat
The US-CERT National Cyber Awareness System sent out a notification yesterday and revised it today, May 21st entitled “TA13-141A: Washington, DC Radio Station Web Site Compromises”. The document outlines that on May 16th US-CERT was informed that two websites www.federalnewsradio-dot-com and www.wtop-dot-com had been compromised and that redirects had been put in place that would [...]
continue readingRemote tech support installs malware on server?
I received a phone call from a client last night who said that they could not browse the internet at their organization and that mail was down as well. Here are the initial observations: Their Cisco VoIP phone system was able to make calls and internal machines could ping outside servers by IP, but not [...]
continue readingMicrosoft Security Bulletin for May 14 Patch Tuesday
Here it is ladies and gentlemen, the moment you have been anxiously awaiting. May 2013′s Patch Tuesday! Brought to you by Microsoft. Yes, Patch Tuesday is loaded with a plethora of updates that will keep you busy for a few moments. The rundown on the updates is listed below in the advance notification, but suffice [...]
continue readingVideo surveillance for your business may pay for itself immediately
When you hear the term “video surveillance”, you might have visions of high tech government agencies watching the masses, or you might think about a prime time TV show set in a Las Vegas casino with a whole team watching as the “eye in the sky”, or it could be the large department store chain [...]
continue readingMicrosoft Office 365 Free Trial
As I sit in a webinar this morning regarding a product we offer, I realize that I have done a poor job of increasing awareness of it to our customers! Microsoft has been offering a hosted email solution for a while now, allowing even the smallest of businesses to have a full Microsoft Exchange [...]
continue readingAdobe Patch Day brings updates for Flash, Shockwave and ColdFusion
Three security bulletins have been released by Adobe that cover Flash Player, Shockwave Player and ColdFusion. These apply to not only Microsoft Windows based machines, but also to Apple Macintosh computers. Complete control over your machine could be obtained by exploiting the flaws outlined. As always – UPDATE your machines and protect yourself. Do not [...]
continue readingMicrosoft Patch Tuesday for April 2013
It’s that time again! Microsoft Patch Tuesday is upon us. Let me just say… Update your Microsoft Windows based computers. As you will see below, the biggest vulnerability is your Internet Explorer, which should be updated, even if you are using another browser. Should you require assistance installing these or any other security updates, [...]
continue readingInternet Spring Cleaning Day 2013 is TODAY! Please take action to protect your devices.
It’s that time of year again when ISPs (Internet Service Providers) all around the world perform their yearly maintenance, call it “Spring Cleaning” if you will. If you have been living under a rock and missed the stories on the news and the countless emails flying around for the last week or so, then this [...]
continue readingWindows 8 automatic restart after updates really upsets some people
So you’ve got Windows 8 and you are loving it, or maybe not. Once you get past that totally different interface, and the login if you are on a domain, one annoying trait that may tweak your shorts is the forced automatic restart after updates are applied. You would notice that where Windows keeps saying [...]
continue readingSpecial – Fujitsu Stylistic M532 Android Business Tablet $399
We don’t often have prices that beat most of the online retailers, but today, we do! If you are in need of an Android tablet that was designed with business use in mind, then this might be for you…. Fujitsu Stylistic M532 Built Tough Tablet PC is MIL-STD-810 tested and ready! The Fujitsu M532 is a [...]
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