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Safer Browsing with Built-In Phishing Filters
Created by Matt Cross on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 3:29pmPhishing is one of the foremost security threats online, but did you know modern browsers include built-in filters to help protect you? Typically, a phishing site is arrived at through a link in an e-mail, where the user is then asked to submit personal information that will later be used by cybercriminals to engage in anything from identity theft to money fraud. Other times the link takes the user to a website that then installs malware of some sort that may either either damage the user's system or enable the cybercriminal to spy on the user's activities (e.g.
Internet Marketing 101: Is your website an electronic brochure or a lead generation machine?
Created by Mike Roberts on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 1:03pmAsk an audience by show of hands how many have used Google to find an answer or product or service in the last 72 hours and it will look like rock concert with ALL hands raised high in the air. Limit the same question to the last 48 hours and it looks the same. Continue: 24 hours, 12 hours, this morning, doing it right now on a smartphone! You'll end up with a majority response pretty much every time (except maybe for the smartphone one).
Flashback Trojan Proves Macs Also Vulnerable to Virus
Created by Mike Roberts on Monday, April 9, 2012 - 3:09pmOn Thursday of last week, the BBC News reported over half a million Macs being infected by the Flashback Trojan, a particularly nasty bit of code giving potential control of the machine over to criminals. Bear in mind, the number of infected computers only represents about 3% (or less) of the total Mac users worldwide, but that's still a lot of machines and, as far as viruses go, that's a pretty big impact.
TECH TIP: An Easy Outlook Signature Shortcut
Created by Geoffrey Pearson on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 2:09pmIf you're an Outlook user who hasn't already created a standard e-mail signature, what are you waiting for? A standardized signature saves time and ensures a consistent, professional salutation every time. And it's not that hard.
For Outlook 2007: Tools > Options > Mail Format > Signatures
For Outlook 2010: File > Options > Mail > Signatures
Essential Business Process #1: Getting Paid
Created by Tim Ancona on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 11:57am(This article originally appeared in the March 2012 issue of The Voice, published by the Rockford Area Chamber of Commerice.) At the end of the day, running a financially successful business requires the ability to convert quotes into cash. Why, then, does it seem that most businesses approach this as an afterthought?
Is there any such thing as 100% defense against computer infections?
Created by Terry Gettle on Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 3:13pmWhen it comes to computer infections and viruses, the unfortunate reality is that there is no software product that can single-handedly stop every potential threat. The bad guys outnumber the good guys by a large margin and are constantly pumping out new and altered infections to the tune of thousands a week. This leaves antivirus companies playing catch up and trying to predict what the next strains of computer infection are going to be, much like doctors trying to predict next year’s flu strain.
How Expensive is Inexpensive Technology?
Created by Chris Janke on Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 5:12pmWhen choosing a technology solution—be it a new computer, server, mobile device, printer, phone system, router, etc. ad infinitum—it’s easy to fall into the trap of looking at the immediate "acquisition" cost of that solution or device versus the long-term "effective" cost. In other words, looking at the price tag versus what it's actually going to take to make it work.
Detecting Phishing E-mails
Created by Tony Vrolyk on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 2:34pmPhishing emails ebb and flow but they do seem to be on the rise recently. In case you don’t know already, a phishing email is a message pretending to be from someone you trust in order to get you to provide them personal information like login credentials or account information.
Using your CTRL key for easier Web browsing
Created by Matt Cross on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 4:56pmRemember when websites were full of "popups?" Not so much nowadays, thanks to modern Web browsers including popup blockers as a built-in feature. But what about those times when you actually need the popup?
5 Things to Remember in the New Year
Created by Tim Ancona on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 7:10pm2011 has been a year of transition and continued growth in the technology industry, but then, so is every year these days. The question then is not just “what has changed” but, even more important, “how do these changes relate to my business” and “how should I respond?”
