Tag Archives for Security

Cat Tech Tips – Computer Updates You’re merrily typing along or browsing Facebook when suddenly Windows informs you that it has updated and wants to restart – what’s that all about? If Windows needs to update this often, what ELSE needs to be updated? The answer is: Quite a few things! And many of those […]

UPS Stores were hacked UPS stores were hacked in a data breach recently, with stores in 24 states subject to the data breach between March 26 and August 11. “No fraud has yet been discovered, UPS said, but customer names, postal addresses, email addresses and payment card information were compromised. “ Banks hit by Hackers […]

What Heartbleed is, and What You Should Do What is it? Heartbleed sounds scary by the name alone. It’s all over the news, but just what is it? What should the average Internet user do about it? Heartbleed is complicated and involves some Internet security understanding, but here we’ll strip out most of those details […]

Duplicating Usernames and Passwords is Risky Database vulnerability The truth is many online databases do not encrypt your username and password at all. So one dishonest employee can have thousands of passwords in one quick database export. If one online shop gets compromised, then all of the places you use that username and password are […]

Social media has become an undeniable reaching out to the public, spreading news and info among thousands of fans. If one post can spread so rapidly, what happens when this pervading force in communication falls into the wrong hands? How can you be sure to secure your social media? As social media security becomes essential […]

No matter how big or small your company, monitoring your brand online is an essential task that must be done on a regular basis.  With the prevalence of social media, it’s far too easy for one person’s bad experience to go viral.  Watching for and correcting these issues is the only way to ensure your […]

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or, CISPA, is a proposed law in the United States which would allow for the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. government and certain technology and manufacturing companies.  The aim of the bill is to help the U.S government investigate cyber threats and ensure the security of […]

It has come to our attention that 6.46 million LinkedIn passwords have been obtained by a Russian hacker. Fortunately, the leaked passwords are lightly encrypted. The time to change your password is right now while the hackers are still busy trying to crack the encryption. Although LinkedIn has not released an official statement about this, […]

To a budding or established company on the web, the possibility of cyber attacks is very real and can be damaging to your reputation if not handled correctly. One of the worst of such online threats is the all-too-common “Joe Job” attack. Essentially, a Joe Job attack happens when an attacker sends fake (spoofed) spam […]