In this day and age where IT professionals are screaming from rooftops change your passwords, use secure passwords or better yet passphrases, we still find numerous individuals and businesses aren’t listening.  Even those that really, really should, like say your bank. In Winnepeg Canada two fourteen year old boys were able to gain access to…

Stolen laptops are a concern for every business – the loss of proprietary data, compromised employee or client information and concerns over access into the business’s network, if they theft isn’t reported right away to IT staff, are just a few of the ways a lost or stolen laptop can damage a business. However if…

For all those who have been told Apple’s devices don’t suffer the security issues that Microsoft devices do this article may come as a shock.  For those who know that Apple devices are frequently the first operating system hacked at hacker’s conventions you won’t be surprised at all. Ransomware, executed via Apple iCloud’s “Find my…

May 2014 isn’t quite over, but it’s been another busy month for cyber crime. Aside from the ongoing attacks against digital currency some of the attacks have changed focus, with more of a focus on law enforcement, the defense industry and technology service providers. Below is a list of just some of the attacks that…