I use my phone, tablet, and laptop heavily while traveling. Often, this is at technical conferences where I’m surrounded by highly skilled computer buffs, all jammed into the same hotel, and all leveraging the internet. Under such circumstances, my...

  Managed Service Providers - or MSPs - are often recommended as a cost effective IT solution for small businesses. For a minimal monthly fee, MSPs provide a reasonably priced solution to the complex technology pains of small businesses. Here’s...

We are seeing an interesting new spam trend: Blackmail. While most of us would simply delete such spam emails without a second thought, these have a very compelling hook. The subject line and message body includes a password you’ve actually...

Think Quicker Recovery Time, Not Quicker Backup - While incremental backups are much faster than executing a full-backup, they also prolong recovery time. In the event of data loss, a full restore will require loading the most recent full backup...

Did you know that 50% of small business owners think their businesses are too small to be targeted by the thieves of the virtual world? Contrary to popular belief, 72% of hacker attacks often happen to smaller firms -...

What is the root issue here? On October 10, 2017, Microsoft changed the status of Office 2007 to “End-of-Life”. This means that there are no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content...

Krack WPA2 – Wireless devices can be hacked There has been a lot of press lately about wireless devices being hackable via the Krack WPA2 attack. Let’s start with what is most important: You don’t need to panic, and you...

We need to raise everyone’s awareness We have been observing a sophisticated ransomware attack affecting our local community. The ransomware is called CryptoWall 3.0. If one of your computers becomes infected, CryptoWall encrypts your data, both on the infected computer...

James Dempsey, Owner/Partner of ITSolutions|Currie continues a series of articles in the Central Valley Business Journal. Here is a preview of the fifth installment. Let me be direct – your antivirus software will not fully protect you from cybercriminals. The...