90% of PC Users Ignore Important Security Warnings
It seems that 9 out of 10 PC users fail to heed important security warnings, opting instead to ignore needed updates and put their PCs at potential risk of some type of cyber threat, according to a...
Best Ways to Avoid and Remove Scareware
One of the methods black hat Internet marketers and hackers have of “tricking you into clicking” on their shady ads or pop-ups is scareware. It actually first cropped-up almost ten years ago, but...
Network Monitoring & Network Efficiency
Network monitoring and its role in network efficiency. One can tell how well a network monitoring system operates by simply investigating how mature the monitoring program is. This can be discovered...
Exchange Sync App Now Available in Android with Gmail Add-On
The announcement about the Android Gmail app add-on that expands the Exchange Active Sync features came last spring, but is worth reiterating: You can download the Gmail app in Galaxy Nexus and...
Dropbox Hacked: Yet Another Argument for Better Encryption
You may have heard that 68 million Dropbox users were recently told by the company that they needed to change their passwords due to a general hack of their database. The hack occurred in 2012, but...
FTC Chief Technologist’s Mobile Phone Number and Account Hijacked
And How You Can Learn from This Mishap How is it that the Federal Trade Commission’s Chief Technology Officer – a woman by the name of Lorrie Cranor – had her mobile phone account hijacked?...
Welcome to the Age of Exponential Progress and Innovation
The world is changing faster than we can even say. Entire industries and ways of life are being outmoded, re-adapted, and re-envisioned. Look at what has happened in the world of business and...
Ransomware 101: The Latest Hacking Technique Lock Your Files On Google Drive
In April the FBI issued a warning that a sharp increase in ransomware attacks had occurred over the past year. In support of this warning, Kaspersky Labs reported that there was a 500 percent...
Get LinkedIn Responses
We all know the power of having good LinkedIn connections and communications. It means good business, to be able to hook up with colleagues and associates in and even beyond your industry. It’s even...
Dead Battery Draining You
You Can Get Double the Battery Life on Your Smartphone Yes, it is fast becoming possible to get double the normal life out of your smartphone battery. Some models of smartphones are already...
The Era of the Softphone
How Mobile Became the Primary Way We Make Phone Calls and More Since the release of Apple’s original iPhone all the way back in 2007, the world has changed immeasurably – particularly in terms of...
Free Ransomware Decryption Tool Releases Files
Those who have had their sensitive information and data files compromised or stolen outright by ransomware hackers now have a needed ally in their corner: free decryption tools from Kaspersky Lab...