CryptoWall, a dangerous form of ransomware that’s similar to CryptoLocker, infiltrates users’ computers and encrypts their files, then demands a ransom fee for the decryption key. So how does the ransomware infect computers? Well, there’s a few ways:
Spam emails with malicious links/attachments.
Microsoft Excel is a tool most of us use but few of us truly understand. From client lists to call sheets, purchase orders to audits, almost every business person has some use for the data management tool that is Excel. Here are six basic tips that can help you get around Excel with greater efficiency and power.
In the modern business world, we spend more time online than ever before, whether we’re shopping, planning vacations, using social media, or staying in touch via email with our clients and colleagues. In fact, our personal information, including financial and healthcare information, is often sent and received online via email, web based applications, or remote access solutions.
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Does your technology make getting work done more difficult, instead of making it easier? Unfortunately, far too many businesses struggle with consistent, frustrating IT issues that hold them back; often putting a complete halt to productivity and profitability and causing significant reputational damage and loss of customer confidence.
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In today’s modern business environment, almost every single company uses computers and has a network to send and receive information while staying connected around the clock.
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It seems like every time we read or watch the news, another major company is in the midst of a data breach – from Target to Michaels to Home Depot, and unfortunately, Staples can officially be added to the list! The popular retailer has confirmed that it’s investigating a potential data breach after multiple banks reported point-of-sale breaches across many of the retailer’s locations in the United States, including:
7 stores in Pennsylvania
A minimum of 3 stores in New York
A minimum of 1 store in New Jersey
While this might appear to be relatively minor breach, most breaches start out that way – and as new details surface, we’ll likely discover more and more affected locations.
Your Anti-Virus Software & Firewalls WON’T Protect Your Machines Against this Dangerous Type of Ransomware!
Ransomware has quickly become a huge threat to businesses of all types and sizes. Not sure what ransomware is all about? Allow us to explain: ransomware is a form of malware that infects machines, then encrypts all of the files on the machine; and unless the victim pays a hefty ransom fee, the files remain encrypted, and as a result, unusable and inaccessible forever.
As a business owner, it’s fundamental for you to be familiar with one of the most important tax codes: Section 179. Section 179 of the United States Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers to deduct the cost of certain types of property, including technology and other equipment, on their income taxes as an expense, instead of requiring the cost to be capitalized and depreciated.
Why is DATA BACKUP such a big deal? It All Boils Down to Peace of Mind: Back Your Data Up to Save Time & Money in the Wake of a Disaster!
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates have been released – a total of nine updates and three of them are rated critical to address various issues in IE and all versions (6 through 11) of Windows. If you haven’t updated your PCs and applied these patches, you’re at risk for becoming victim to serious vulnerabilities that allow hackers to gain remote access to your computers!
So what exactly do the updates address? Well, the first three critical updates fix remote code execution bugs:
One of them addresses bugs in IE and Windows
Two of them address bugs in Windows.
