Homeland Secure IT Alert Secure IT Alert for Tuesday, September 21, 2010 This is not a repeat… I repeat, this is not a repeat. Sorry, that was redundant… Adobe announced yesterday, September 20th, the release of additional patches to Adobe Flash Player to address vulnerabilities. These affect Microsoft Windows, as well as Mac, Linux, Solaris and even Android. It’s the …
Komen Race for the Cure – Please support me!
Let’s face it, breast cancer sucks. Not that one form of cancer is worse than another mind you… My family and co-workers are going to be participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, though we are not racing, we are walking. It takes place this coming Saturday. I would like to ask that everyone please consider contributing …
Are you so busy looking for success that you just walk past opportunity?
Are you the type of person who is totally engrossed in finding success? Are you rushing through life trying to succeed at your endeavor? I’m talking about the type of person who wants to make a name for yourself, push your new business to the top, obtain great wealth, or maybe even become a superstar athlete or the best guitarist in the world… We all know these …
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Random thoughts about cell phones and service industry usage
Homeland Secure IT is stuck in the past! That’s right, a high-tech business is using what most consider to be antiquated technology. It isn’t because of the cost, it is because of the features. We are actually paying more per month for our cell phone plan than if we were using the latest devices and connectivity. What we use and …
Ransomware trojans may publish your private information online for anyone to see #Kenzero
If you have not heard about the Kenzero trojan, then sit back and let me tell you a tale that may keep you from sleeping tonight. We’ve seen lots of malware which makes the user believe they have been infected and that they can pay X dollars to have their machine cleaned up. While very popular, these have nothing …
SECURE IT ALERT: A Plethora of Microsoft Vulnerabilities Patched! #MS #IIS #Windows #Office #Microsoft
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Yesterday’s “Patch Tuesday” was an exciting one… It included patches across the board for all Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office and IIS (web server). The most critical in my opinion is IIS as it often sits on your server, providing Outlook Web Access, or other data, and is accessible to …
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Greenville business computer service, support and repair – Free Estimates
If you have issues with your business computer systems, who do you call? If you are calling a one-man-shop, you may be getting a great deal in terms of hourly rates, however, you may find that the wait for this one person to finally get around to you could lead to inconvenient downtime. Unfortunately, the better the technician, the more …
The New Newsday Application – Better than the newspaper in all kinds of ways, except for one… #iPad
Do you have an iPad? Then you know it can do some pretty awesome things… There just a few ways in which an old newspaper is better….
SECURE IT ALERT: “Here You Have” Email Contains Fake and Malicious PDF or WMV Links
Homeland Secure IT Alert for September 10th, 2010 Making the news this week has been dire warnings of a rapidly spreading email worm. While it appears to be nothing more than we have seen in the past, I have reposted a security alert from Watchguard, makers of a great firewall devices and security appliances. — Supposedly Wide-Spread Email …
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Social Story Conference in Greenville Sept. 24th w/Trey Pennington & Others #Greenville #SocialStory
Here’s what I am looking forward to this month in Greenville: Trey Pennington (@TreyPennington) has created the “Social Story Conference” which is going to be in Greenville, SC on September 24th. Trey, along with some other awesome people will be speaking on the subject of social media and social stories. In short, how businesses can, and do, connect with people …