• Here’s What You Need to Know About Facebook’s Secret Message Folder

    Here’s What You Need to Know About Facebook’s Secret Message Folder

    If you are like most people, you don’t even know that Facebook contains a secret message folder. No, this secret message folder is not the same as the “Others” message folder that is often overlooked for months on-end, as emails from senders languish unread because you forget to check them. Instead, this secret message folder […]
  • Top Ten Ways To Create A Strong Password

    Top Ten Ways To Create A Strong Password

    Creating a password is not as easy as it has been in the past. People today are forced to make stronger passwords and keep track of several different ones. While this may seem complicated, it is important to create a strong password so that your information can be kept safe and secure. Use these tips […]
  • US and Canadian Governments Issue Ransomware Warnings

    US and Canadian Governments Issue Ransomware Warnings

    In a day and age where information is king and the internet is used for nearly every business transaction that is made it is now more important than ever that companies protect themselves against potential invasion of privacy and stealing of information. Both the U.S. and Canadian government in recent months have issued warnings to […]
  • New Ransomware Virus Attacks Apple Computers

    New Ransomware Virus Attacks Apple Computers

    Though Apple is famous for its easy to use computers and extensive security, the company suffered a setback this past week with its first ever “ransomware” attack. Hackers who have yet to be identified infected multiple versions of Apple’s “Transmission” program. Transmission is a tool that allows Mac users to transfer data to one another […]
  • How To Determine If Your Business Needs a vCIO

    How To Determine If Your Business Needs a vCIO

    Businesses in this day and age are becoming more reliant on technology than ever before. This trend is only going to continue, which is a good thing. It provides more solutions and allows businesses to grow quickly and produce in more efficient and automated ways. Furthermore, businesses can depend upon security and consistency as a […]
  • The Danger of Ransomware to Small Businesses

    The Danger of Ransomware to Small Businesses

    In February 2016, hackers intruded in the computer network of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. After encrypting sensitive medical information, the hackers and the hospital negotiated a ransom of $17,000 to return the files. The hackers were able to get into the hospital’s system through a malicious file called ransomware. Ransomware is […]
  • Why Backing up Your Data to Tape Is not a Great Idea

    Why Backing up Your Data to Tape Is not a Great Idea

    When it comes to data backup, there is one thing that should never come into question: Should you? The answer is that yes, no matter what you do, by all means backup data. There are too many things that can happen to data that isn’t backed up, and there are too many horror stories about […]
  • St. Patrick’s Day: The Real Story

    St. Patrick’s Day: The Real Story

    The world celebrates St. Patrick’s day by doing a variety of quirky things. In Chicago they die the river green—a tradition that started back in 1961, just five years after the city’s first St. Patty’s day parade. Across the world, inhabitants of New London dress up as leprechauns and change highway signs to read “New […]
  • Effective Businesses Take Advantage of Information Technology

    Effective Businesses Take Advantage of Information Technology

    From the beginning of time, every good business owner has searched for a way to make their business more effective and more competitive. In the years since the advent of the computer, business like yours have rushed to the advantages that this new era would bring. This has benefited them immensely. Today, information is the […]
  • ATM Malware Starts Cutting Out the Middle Man and Stealing Right from Your Bank Account!

    ATM Malware Starts Cutting Out the Middle Man and Stealing Right from Your Bank Account!

    We’d like to warn you that there is a new malware recently developed, known as Tyupkin, that’s stealing straight from the source. Surely you’ve heard of cybercriminals using “skimmers” to read victims’ cards and save their numbers and pin codes to turn into counterfeit copies. Well, this new technology allows for cybercriminals to cut out […]
  • How Do You Combat Ransomware?

    How Do You Combat Ransomware?

    Various businesses and healthcare facilities have been making the news, spotlighting a new fast growing threat to your data: ransomware. Unlike some forms of malware that just require a good cleaner to scrub them off your system, ransomware locks down your data and encrypts it. Then a message will pop up on your screen explaining […]
  • What’s The Secret to Growing Your Company Exponentially?

    What’s The Secret to Growing Your Company Exponentially?

    Do you have an in-house IT person or staff that helps you handle issues or implement new hardware and software? If so, that’s fantastic. But the secret to growing your company exponentially goes above and beyond handling issues or implementing new hardware and software. The secret is simple: Outsourcing to an experienced IT company to […]