In search of a competitive edge, businesses are increasingly adding social media strategies to marketing plans to bolster company branding, image and avenues of communication. Boosting business presence through social media is becoming a standard operating procedure more and more. The result of implementing a social media strategy can quickly turn from boon to bust [...]

As a small business owner you likely have a plethora of insurances under your belt to keep you covered in the event of an accident or an emergency; from insuring your building to insuring your employees you may feel prepared for anything. One think that you may not have a form of insurance for is [...]

The idea of computers becoming self aware is a theory of many and the plot of innumerable famous and not-so-famous movies like 2001:A Space Odyssey and The Net, respectively. This blog post isn’t about this exact premise, but what if computers became zombies set out to destroy other networks of computers simply by running a [...]

With the advent of in-your-hands technology hitting a pinnacle with smartphones like the iPhone and Droid models of phones, a major concern for the technology community is stopping the flow of malware and viruses from affecting these devices. In fact, as I have previous mentioned, a number of sources have named smartphone malware as one [...]

There are few things more important for a large computer system than a good cleaning out. Like anything else, if you keep on top of regular updates and cleaning, you will have less problems with your system, be it a personal computer or an entire network of computers. That’s why security audits and security assessments [...]

Nasdaq had one of its servers hit with malware recently.

As 2011 was beginning a month ago, I had written many blog posts about the new spyware and malware trends that were being forecasted for the New Year. One of these included a prevailing fear that smartphones are the next big target for scammers and information hackers. While this should definitely be a huge concern [...]

Facebook is enabling a security patch to give you more control over your data on the social networking website.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the first virus ever concocted for computers and it actually started as a way to protect computers from viruses. Brain, developed by Pakistani brothers, had the developers names, phone numbers and addresses hidden in the code. So why’d they create it? Apparently to stop malicious hackers from stealing [...]

If your business relies on customer and company data that is stored digitally, you cannot risk getting a virus from a piece of malware. The implications for you and your customers can be devastating, regardless of how encrypted the data is. It is absolutely essential to have appropriate computer professionals scan your systems and recommend [...]