Reading Time: 5 minutes “Don’t go upstairs! Don’t open the door! Don’t turn around!” These are the things I say to myself during a scary movie when I hear the token clueless character say “Did you hear that? I’m going to check it out.” That’s when the character goes to investigate the strange sound in the basement and we…

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not only a matter of which came first: Google’s Chrome Apps experience or Comodo’s Virtual Kiosk; it’s also a matter of which virtual platform is superior. Google recently unveiled its Chrome Apps initiative, allowing users to launch apps that exist outside of the browser. Over the past few weeks, Google has been updating its…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Guest blog post by SolarVPS A few weeks ago, our friends over at Comodo wrote an excellent blog for Solar VPS titled, Five Lessons the League Can Teach Us about Cyber Security. As the title eludes to, the blog covered cyber security issues and how consumers can better secure their web browsing experience. However the…

Reading Time: 4 minutes It happened yesterday. The day we’ve all been dreading since we first saw Walt in his tighty whities. Breaking Bad came to an end. None of us wanted it to happen, but we couldn’t stop it. Just like no one could’ve stopped Walt from breaking bad, it was inevitable. To ease your pain from the…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cyber security at a university can be a very different challenge than in a corporate environment. With an ongoing wave of cyber attacks, it is past time to beef up the Internet security measures on the campus. The dilemma IT Staff at universities face is that universities are designed to be places to impart and…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Google has announced that Chrome will end support for the Netscape Plug-in API architecture, starting with ending support for most plugins in January 2014. This architecture was first introduced in the 1990’s and is no longer viable for today’s internet. According to Google, it has become “a leading cause of hangs, crashes, security incidents, and…

Reading Time: 1 minute When considering upgrading to a new operating system your most important question is usually whether the applications you use will be compatible. Nothing is worse than discovering that an application you know, love and have invested money in will not work after an upgrade. Well, if you use any one of the various products that…

Reading Time: 2 minutes With widespread security concerns over Java vulnerabilities, Oracle released an updated version titled Java 7 last Tuesday. The new standard edition version 7 update 40, Java 7u40, fixes an array of bugs found in earlier versions, introduces new security features, and secures the coding language better. Oracle’s official bug fixes page lists the most relevant…

Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a recent study by the “Anti Phishing Working Group” (APWG) being widely reported that phishing attacks were down 20% in 2012. When I first read about this I thought, “They HAVE to be kidding!” There is a flood of other stories that contradict such a finding, including numerous reports of high profile attacks….

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the issues related to NSA a hot topic, the top Internet companies Google, Yahoo and Facebook have now requested permission to publish the number of requests made for user data concerning national security. The request was officially made to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. As of now, it is still under review and…