We’ve seen a lot of complaints lately by companies that are worried about huge website traffic spikes that stay for a day or two and then vanish. At first glance, many people jump to the worst conclusion, that their website has either been hacked, or that a hijack was attempted. Fortunately, in most cases, these [...]
Earlier this month, Facebook rolled out a new feature that allows in stream videos to play automatically. Officially, the roll out is still in the test phase, but a large number of people have already noticed a problem with the new “feature”. Since many Facebook users access the site from a mobile device, they are [...]
Late last week, Microsoft confirmed the existence of a new zero day vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer. As of 2013, Internet Explorer accounted for as much as 26% of the global browser market, which leaves a substantial percentage of the world’s computer users at risk. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution [...]
Well, it was in the news that we were under cyber-attack by China and that we were retaliating. You might think that there would be pictures and videos and news at 11. Instead it’s more like discovering a new galaxy. It has no impact on us, or does it? My company sits in a unique [...]
Google’s Chrome internet browser has remained the high water mark for web browser security for four years but that legacy has finally been broken. Chrome, which entered the browser marketplace back in 2008 quickly gained a name for itself for being the fastest web browser as well as functionally hacker proof. Google has taken part [...]
A recent interview by Cnet with author Eli Pariser showed his opinions on why a hyper-personalized Web is detrimental to the user. Parsier is the author of "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You," which argues that Google and Facebook's attempts to make the Internet as user structured as possible will lead [...]
Data Leaks have become one of the greatest threats to confront today's businesses. With an increased demand for offsite work and the growth of digital media businesses are forced to combat outside attack attempts as well as negligence. In order to secure your companies private information consider these five steps. 1. Monitor Mobile Content. Businesses [...]
Microsoft announced May 28th that it is aware of a possibly dangerous vulnerability present in many of its operating systems. The threat advisory revealed that the source of the problem comes from hackers who have released compromised QuickTime media files. If you use Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 your computer may be [...]
I am often amazed by the number of people who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. If you broaden your search to include more business oriented locations such as Linkedin you will even spot many of the people who work here. With the high traffic high profile user base you have to [...]
Video sharing sites like Youtube and Google Video have become second nature and trusted by all web 2.0 users. The last two weeks has broken this trust, however, as Google Video have been targeted by blackhat SEO campaign operators. The site has been put to use to spread malware using Google’s own search engine rank [...]