As a business professional, you have a responsibility to ensure that your company’s network and data is protected from hacking attacks. It can be difficult to remember to take all of the necessary precautions, but with our help, you can easily outline all of the measures that should be taken to maximize security for corporate…
Thomas Fox
What comes to mind when you think about the Internet of Things? Tech enthusiasts around the world see hordes of connected devices taking advantage of mobile technologies to augment everyday life, but the realist sees a horde of devices that pose a considerable threat to network security. How can your business ensure maximum security in…
Your flashlight app is doing more than shining a light.
According to a new threat assessment report released by Snoopwall, your flashlight app may be doing more than lighting up the night. Snoopwall's report covers 10 of the most popular Android flashlight apps.Among the long list of permissions these flashlight apps are able to access:…
Are you already sick of the storms and outages brought by the beginning of summer? So are we.You might have experienced the frustration of reading an article online and having the Internet connection cut out on you. This is one of the most common problems while working with a shoddy WiFi connection (or when your…
Adobe releases revamped version of Fotolia called Adobe Stock.
Adobe is offering their most recent product, Adobe Stock, at a discount to its Creative Cloud Suite users. It is also being offered as a standalone service.Adobe is hoping to gain space in a market already dominated by companies such as Shutterstock and Getty Images. Currently,…
You might recall how the Silk Road, an illegal online drug market, was recently shut down. Similar to the Silk Road, there’s another distributor of sensitive information out there: this one dealing with zero-day vulnerabilities. These types of cyber threats sell for top-dollar and hackers are willing to pay in order to access your network.As…
Microsoft is forced to shut down Facebook integration.
There is trouble in the vast sea of 1's and 0's. Due to an update recently released by Facebook for their Graph API, Microsoft was forced to shut down all of its Facebook-related Connect features.According to Microsoft's support page:
"Facebook has made an update to their Graph API…
Malware is defined as software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems, but it can also affect mobile devices and computer networks as well. Malware can give hackers a path into your system, which will keep going deeper into the system until it eventually infects an entire network. Not all anti-virus…
Lumia 940XL: is it the new flagship Windows phone?
Well, it's that time of year again. It's been over a year since the release of the Lumia 930 and, with Windows 10 set to release on July 29th, one would think it's time for a new revamped model to hit the market.And that suspicion would be…
Facebook will now support GPG encryption, which is a variant of OpenPGP encryption, in all email correspondence with customers. This provides end-to-end encryption for security-conscious individuals. However, this may not be for everyone as it requires some knowledge of the actual implementation of the encryption process, including how to obtain a PGP key. To obtain one, each party…
Google to make Maps available offline.
Everyone knows Google Maps can take you on a virtual trip around the world. But for those globetrotters out there seeing the world with their own eyes, it can get just a little frustrating when there's no cellular coverage or local WiFi to connect to. Sometimes you want to locate…
The Internet is a great resource for us all. We use it to communicate via email or chat, we post and share photos and message with friends on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter, and we also use it to look up information almost instantly. Its uses and potential are endless.We are able to…