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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|

Computers Can Really Smell

IBM has long had one of the best research and development teams in computing.  The IBM Fellows are highly regarded as some of the best and brightest prognosticators in the profession.  In IBM’s most recent predictions they are suggesting that [...]

2023-08-10T22:43:08-07:00January 23rd, 2013|

The Java Problem Just Got Worse

Be careful where you go to update your Java software.  There is new malware masquerading as a Java update. If you are a current client and your company is concerned about this security risk and you feel you need some [...]

2018-08-22T11:22:39-07:00January 19th, 2013|

Obama Admin Releases Massive New HIPAA Rules

So, as if healthcare practitioners didn’t already have enough to focus on with Obamacare, HITECH and the Flu epidemic, the Obama administration through the Department of Health and Human Services, has released a massive pile of new regulations in a [...]

2013-01-18T21:52:02-08:00January 18th, 2013|

BYOD: Are You Bringing Your Own Disaster

With the incredible proliferation of mobile devices that allow anyone with network credentials to gain nearly unlimited access to internal network resources, we have opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box. The ironic thing in this fast growing story is those with [...]

2013-01-11T19:45:10-08:00January 11th, 2013|

Alvaka Proves Again We Are Thought Leaders in IT Services

I just love it when stuff like this happens.  I was reading a white paper on cloud computing security by Hewlett Packard. The document is titled Securing Your Business in the Cloud; HP Converged Cloud Security. The document (Click [...]

2023-08-10T22:44:11-07:00January 8th, 2013|