Social media has done a lot of good in this world. It has allowed business another avenue to advertise and promote themselves and it has allowed individuals to connect to one another in a way that could only have been dreamt of when Tim Berners-Lee conceived of the Internet. It has also done a lot […]
One of the most important considerations regarding an ecommerce website, if not the most important, is the security of the site. In today’s age where it seems like there have been so many data breaches that we’ve become numb to them it may seem like a daunting task to secure a website from malicious actors […]
If you have never been hit with a ransomware attack consider yourself lucky. These attacks cost the victim a great deal of time, money and frustration as they deal with it and in some cases there is no resolution. This has hit many people’s computers and has also spread to people’s phones and now it […]
We’ve probably all seen TV shows where a plot point revolves around someone taking control of a person’s car. It may seem far fetched and something only done in Hollywood but there have been many cases in recent months of this happening. If you think about it though, it really is not that crazy. A […]
Watch the video clip first. We’ll give you a second… Hopefully you recognized the clip coming from the Mel Brooks 1987 sci-fi comedy Spaceballs. As a bit of background for those who have not seen the movie or just need a reminder: Planet Spaceball, lead by the evil President Skroob (Brooks) is running out of […]
On Black Friday in November 2016 a hacker locked the fare terminals of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and demanded a ransom of $73,000 in exchange for unlocking the terminals. The agency restored their systems and were back up and running the next day but the damage was done. Not only did they […]
Updates Happen It is annoying when Microsoft or whatever antivirus program pops up and tell you that updates need to be installed and your computer needs to be restarted. It is an inconvenience at the very least and one that as a business owner you cannot afford to deal with during the work day. But […]