In The News: The New Year Has Hardly Begun and Security Issues Abound

In The News: The New Year Has Hardly Begun and Security Issues Abound

The year has barely gotten off to a start and we’re already dealing with a variety of security breaches such as those with Target and Shapchat. Now the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a Syrian computer hacker conglomerate, is kicking off the New Year with a variety of cyber-attacks. —They have compromised Skype, Twitter, and Facebook...

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Duleep Pillai
January 2, 2014
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In The News: The New Year Has Hardly Begun and Security Issues Abound

Snapchat Users Beware

If you use photo-sharing application Snapchat, hackers likely captured your phone number and username. Millions of Snapchat users throughout the U.S. and Canada were exposed to a leak caused by a major security hole in the application. A database containing 4.6 million phone numbers and usernames was posted on: https://www.snapchatdb.info/  however as of this writing,...

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Duleep Pillai
January 2, 2014
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In The News: The New Year Has Hardly Begun and Security Issues Abound

Windows 7 — The Preferred Operating System for Businesses Today

Windows 7 has become the world’s most popular operating system, especially amongst businesses. Windows XP will reach its end-of-life date in April 2014 — after that point, security patches and updates will no longer be available. If you haven’t already, you need to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8. But which operating system should...

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Duleep Pillai
December 20, 2013
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In The News: The New Year Has Hardly Begun and Security Issues Abound

What is the Cloud?

The word “Cloud” is definitely the buzz word now, but when you ask 10 different people, you will probably get different answers about what it means to each person. Here’s some examples: Software as a Service (SaaS) This is web delivered software accessible from a computer with a web browser. There may still be requirements...

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Duleep Pillai
December 4, 2013
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