Folks in the United States have been griping about how much the US federal government spends three years. Well, according to an article by Joe McKendrick, the government may have finally started taking these complaints seriously. Federal agencies that have adopted cloud computing have already saved approximately $5.5 billion, according a federal IT consortium that McKendrick…

Privacy is important, even to U.S. denizens. Unfortunately, much of the convenience that consumers love comes at the expense of their personal privacy. Google couldn’t give custom search results without collecting all kinds of specific information about the person conducting the search. But Google has a habit of sharing users’ information with third-party organizations that…

We’ve all heard about the devastating consequences of texting while driving, but few ever consider the dangers of texting while walking. On London’s Brick Lane, you can see pads wrapped around lamp posts because so many people have hurt themselves as a result of walking into the posts while reading or sending text messages. The…

Despite Gen Y’s love for sending text messages, email is still the most common form of electronic communication, especially in the business world. So, the last thing that you want is to have your or an employee’s email to get compromised by a hacker. One common email hacking method is something called “spear phishing,” and…

From: CyberheistNews Check out their free phishing test at http://www.knowbe4.com/phishing-security-test/  Just in the last week, two new Ransomware scams were found in the wild. One scam accuses the end-user of copyright violation, as content was found on the victim’s PC and has been moved to an encrypted directory. To release the encrypted data, and to prevent…

If it seems like every time you turn around there’s another article about the importance of Internet and computer security, you’re right. The dangers of the Internet continue to change as hackers grow more sophisticated. The need to protect your business’ network and files can never be overstated. Downtime will be the least of your…

People make mistakes, and the folks at Apple made a big one when they sent out OS X Lion 10.7.3 with the debug option on FileVault enabled. If it’s any consolation, only users of Legacy FileVault and/or networked home directories are affected. Installing the OS X Lion v10.7.4 should correct the error. As Apple explains…

Everyone in your office needs some type of Internet security training. But nobody ever really likes going to training sessions because they’re often kind of dull and discuss worst-case scenarios that people often doubt will ever occur. Of course, you know that these worst-case scenarios can and do occur all the time, and you want…