Ransomware Gangs Are Now Stealing Passwords

A few months back I wrote a blog called, Don’t Get Caught by a Ransomware Gang.   The blog warned that ransomware gangs are loading malware onto computers.  Back then the threat was in the form of unwanted encryption of your [...]

2018-08-22T11:24:07-07:00May 20th, 2013|

Is Cloud Computing a Bunch of Hype?

If you read all the press releases from many of the new vendors then the answer is yes, there is much hype surrounding the “cloud”. If you read the results from the latest Tech Target Cloud Adoption Index you would [...]

2023-08-10T23:43:53-07:00May 10th, 2013|

Offshoring of IT Services is Coming Home

I am on a flight to Florida for the OPDA Conference where I will learn from the best and brightest of my peers the current trends and the hottest new technologies.  On flights like this, I take the opportunity [...]

2024-03-14T00:24:59-07:00April 25th, 2013|

The HIPAA Omnibus Rule Went into Effect on March 26, 2013

If you are a healthcare covered entity or a business associate to a healthcare provider you better get on your encryption game.  If you have not done your risk assessment you better do that, too.  Here is a good article [...]

2023-08-10T23:44:32-07:00April 4th, 2013|

Is Your Website Delivering What it Should?

Here is a really helpful free tool on the Internet to “grade” your website.  I first heard about it from my friend David Dadian the CEO at Powersolutions.com.  It is called HubSpot and you can reach it at http://marketing.grader.com/ I took [...]

2023-08-10T23:46:49-07:00March 29th, 2013|

A Layered Approach to Computer Protection

Tomorrow I speak at the Technolink conference in Los Angeles.  I was asked to talk on the subject of computer security, Ransomware, the Obama executive orders on national infrastructure security and other recent topics affecting businesses that use information technology [...]

2013-03-19T02:47:21-07:00March 19th, 2013|

Don’t Get Caught by a Ransomware Gang

You can rest a little better tonight knowing one of these gangs has been caught and they will be going to jail. Be warned because there are many other similar scams out there. The gangs target inadequately protected computers [...]

2024-03-14T00:29:08-07:00March 5th, 2013|

Is China Attacking Your Business?

Last week President Obama issued another executive order regarding cyber security.  He followed up in his State of the Union speech by talking about foreign actors trying to sabotage our critical national infrastructure and private companies.   The use of executive [...]

2013-02-20T02:06:57-08:00February 20th, 2013|

Expect a Big Microsoft Patch Tuesday on February 12th

Microsoft is releasing 12 patches on Tuesday for a near record 57 vulnerabilities.  This release is only bested by the 64 vulnerabilities of April 2011.Five of the patches are critical.  Two of those five are for Internet Explorer versions 6, [...]

2013-02-11T23:01:00-08:00February 11th, 2013|