Call 980-407-5488
Blog
December 19, 2017 by Vertical Axion
TIO Networks, a cloud-based, multi-channel bill payment platform purchased by Paypal for $233 million in 2017, was breached earlier this year, exposing PII (Personally Identifiable Information) for an estimated 1.6 million of the service’s users. TIO Networks primarily does payment processing and accounts receivables for cable, utility, wireless and telecom companies in North America. If […]
Read more »
Tagged
November 22, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Microsoft has introduced a new set of standards designed to make computers running Windows 10 more secure. Obviously, these standards are not industry requirements, and most of the off-the-shelf PCs you can buy will struggle to meet all of these requirements. In time, of course, that could change, but as things stand now, if you’re […]
October 2, 2017 by Vertical Axion
We’ve seen a lot of hacking attacks so far this year, but the successful breach of SVR Tracking may take the prize as the most invasive attack of 2017. If you’re not familiar with the company, SVR Tracking provides a vehicle tracking service. This is accomplished by mounting a small, unobtrusive device on your car […]
September 25, 2017 by Vertical Axion
WordPress is the most popular CMS on the planet. It has been the reigning king of websites for years, and all indications are that it will continue to be so. Unfortunately, there’s trouble brewing in the kingdom. If you used WordPress to build your company’s site, then you undoubtedly know that you can extend and […]
July 28, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If you used the travel site Saber for booking hotels between August of 2016 and March of 2017, be advised that your data was likely stolen by hackers, including your credit card number, your name as it appears on the card and the card’s expiration date. Saber is one of the web’s leading travel and […]
July 3, 2017 by Vertical Axion
All good things must eventually come to an end, and finally, Amazon has bowed to external pressure. The company has just announced the end of their unlimited cloud storage tier. Users who currently enjoy unlimited storage via the Amazon Cloud will continue to enjoy those benefits until their current contract expires. At that point, they’ll […]
June 23, 2017 by Vertical Axion
If you don’t have your PCs set up for automatic updates, you’re definitely going to want to grab Microsoft’s latest, scheduled for release on their next “Patch Tuesday.” June’s Patch Tuesday 2017 is a bit of a departure, because it’s also going to contain updates for Windows XP and Server 2003, neither of which are […]
May 24, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Does your company use IBM Storwize? If you’re not sure what that is, then you probably don’t. It’s the company’s Big Data storage system, and when you purchase it, you get USB flash drives with initialization tools and installation files. Unfortunately, IBM has recently discovered that some of the flash drives they’ve been shipping out […]
March 14, 2017 by Vertical Axion
Last week, Amazon’s AWS (Amazon Web Services) suffered an 11-hour outage that resulted in dramatic slowdowns and complete unavailability of more than 100 large internet retailers and a number of the web’s top sites, including Amazon itself, Netflix, Imgur, Reddit and a host of others. The situation has now been resolved, and Amazon has published […]
March 13, 2017 by Vertical Axion
While Cloudflare isn’t a household name, it is one of the titans of the internet, having a massive presence as a reverse proxy service. It provides security and serves optimized content to many Fortune 500 companies and a whole host of smaller ones. From September of last year to Feb. 20 of this year, thanks […]
December 2, 2016 by Vertical Axion
If you’re a frequent flyer on American Airlines, then you’re probably already aware of one of that company’s biggest drawbacks. Their in-flight Wi-Fi is notoriously slow. The company has been in partnership with Wi-Fi provider Gogo for years, but recently took Gogo to court, citing the drastic difference between their Wi-Fi network speeds and the […]
November 30, 2016 by Vertical Axion
Unless your firm is directly connected to the banking industry, you may not be aware of this, but the biggest ATM-related crime that banks have to grapple with is ATM Skimming. It has become a major problem, especially for ATMs that are in areas where they can be accessed 24/7, but that have low security […]
November 21, 2016 by Vertical Axion
You’ve seen this before, right? Be prepared for it to get worse in January. There is a little-known upgrade going on world with with the browsers we all use to navigate the Internet. I say “little known” because while we geeks know all about it, most normal computers users don’t know and don’t care about […]
October 13, 2016 by Vertical Axion
Traditional web hosting services are on the way out, at least where small and medium sized businesses are concerned. These are the latest findings by Clutch.co, based on a recent survey of SMBs. A staggering 95% of them say they already have, or are planning to migrate from web hosting service companies to cloud hosting. […]
September 24, 2016 by Vertical Axion
Banks are embracing technology in new and innovative ways, or at least, some of them are. One of the biggest headaches and hassles of dealing with a bank comes when you want to open a new account. There are forms to sign, paperwork to fill out and a variety of hoops to jump through. That […]
September 13, 2016 by Vertical Axion
Shaun Treacy, the President of MHR (Millennium Hotels and Resorts) North America, has recently sent a communication to guests who stayed at some of the company’s locations between March and June of 2016. In his letter, he warns that an unnamed form of malware was discovered on some of the company’s Point of Sale systems, […]
September 2, 2016 by Vertical Axion
You’ve probably seen the headlines. This year, hardly a week goes by that there isn’t a report of a company in some way connected to the health care industry falling victim to ransomware. If you think it feels like they’re being specifically targeted, you’re not imagining things. According to the latest research by FireEye, hackers […]
June 3, 2016 by Vertical Axion
The Graham Cluley website today had an article with the most appropriate title I’ve seen regarding this subject. “Don’t believe everything bad you read on the internet.” I’d like to follow that up myself with a little piece of advice from a professional in the field (me.) “Don’t use Reddit as a source for news, […]
November 4, 2015 by Vertical Axion
You might not think that postage is costing you that much, but even if you only do one or two mail campaigns a year, they can still result in thousands of dollars in stamps. Now that “forever” stamps are up to almost fifty cents apiece, a single mailer takes a significant chunk out of your […]
October 13, 2015 by Vertical Axion
Nothing can make an IT manager cringe more than the mention of the phrase “Shadow Tech.” In an age when new software and hardware are released every day, it can be quite difficult for IT departments to maintain control of the business networks they have been charged with overseeing. Employees, in most cases, don’t understand […]
September 28, 2015 by Vertical Axion
As with many technology issues, the question that often goes unanswered is where to begin. Often, companies feel the need to jump into the middle of the latest competitively essential technologies without having a clear starting point or plan in mind. In most cases, this is not through any fault of their own; it occurs […]
September 17, 2015 by Vertical Axion
You might not be able to afford a full-time IT guy, and in many cases, you don’t need one. That’s what MSPs – managed service providers – are all about, after all. However, just because they are more affordable than an IT guy doesn’t mean you just want to pick one and go with it. […]
June 26, 2015 by Vertical Axion
When you look at the best use of your IT budget, you may find that outsourcing your office equipment management is a wise choice. Making the call to have your copiers, printers and other imaging hardware managed by an outside service can make sense for a number of different reasons. Centralize the Approach If you […]
May 6, 2015 by Vertical Axion
It is commonplace today to hear businesses voicing concerns about using cloud based services as though the cloud is much less secure than any system you might purchase or devise on site. In reality it is not the cloud or any other platform that determines how much of a security risk you are taking with […]
