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Common Phone Scams and How to Avoid Them

Phone Fraud Every year thousands of people are tricked by criminals entering their lives via their telephones. Scammers target millions of Americans every year. One of the most infamous phone scams, the IRS scam, has stolen over $14 million over the course of 5 years and its only getting worse. According to AARP, about half […]

MyFitnessPal Data Breach affects Million of Users

MyFitnessPal Data Breach Last month officials at Under Armour the parent company of MyFitnessPal became aware of a data breach that affected 150 million users. The online fitness and nutrition tracking website contacted the users to advise them that their data had been compromised. The unauthorized party gained access to usernames, email addresses and passwords. […]

50,000 “Minecraft” Accounts Infected with Malware

Thousand of computers have been attacked with malware from uploading infected skins for the popular game Mindcraft. The infected skins were directly upload to the games official website. Skins are a means of modifying your player avatar. Malware can potentially reformat your hard drive, delete back up data and system programs. Minecraft is one of […]

OC Computer Spotlight

Orange County Computer Business Spotlight. The City of Lake Forest selected our company to be featured by the Lake Forest Economic Development Program in the April 2017 Spotlight, titled “OC Computer Business Spotlight”. We enjoyed working with the friendly staff at the City of Lake Forest and appreciate the time and energy that the Economic […]

Ransomware Attacks via Google Docs

This past week we have seen yet another deviously creative way the cyber criminals are pushing the latest Ransomware virus out to the public via Google Docs. This new method incorporates part of a daily process for many employees, students or small businesses familiar with Google Docs and is more sophisticated, its delivery anticipating a […]

SSLv3 Poodle Security Breach

SSLv3 POODLE Security Vulnerability Breaks SSLv3 Secure Browsing When you access high profile sites and services such as your bank, Twitter or Google you typically access sites using https:// or a feature called SSL (secure sockets layer) but a new security defect could break that open. SSL or TLS (Transport Layer Security) provides encryption to protect […]

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Heartbleed Bug: A Major Vulnerability on the Web Exposed

Heartbleed Bug: A flaw in software that is used to secure Web communications exposes sensitive data. A major new vulnerability called Heartbleed has let attackers gain access to users passwords and fool people into using fake versions of Web sites. The issue comes from an open-source software called OpenSSL (OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0.1.f was affected) This […]

Important Updates for Microsoft Windows 8.1

On April 2nd, 2014 Microsoft announced important updates for Windows 8.1. Since the original introduction of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been continuously refining this experience. In fact, more than 40 percent of Windows PCs at big box retailers this past holiday season were touch-enable! Customer satisfaction for a device running Windows 8 with […]

How Can You Secure Your Small Business From Security Threats?

Do you operate a small business? It is important for your small business to get protected from the numerous threats of cyber attacks out there. As the world becomes more and more dependent on technology, so does the number of security threats increase. Preventive measures would definitely have to be taken for the benefit of […]

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