Tax time is fast approaching, and before you know it you’ll be collecting 1099s, filling out Schedule Cs, and asking your financial consultant for tax advice. That also means it’s time to ensure that you’re ready for the security risks that accompany tax season. Here are five things you can do to help make your [...]
Viruses take the blame for a lot of deleted information and malicious activity occurring on computers. But this latest incident involving a virus infection is a lot more serious than someone losing important documents or even having their bank accounts compromised. A murderer who was convicted in a Miami court is getting a [...]
The Ministry of Defense for Japan has assigned software experts to work on a PC-virus, which will trace, identify, as well as deactivate sources of Internet assaults, published DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE on January 3, 2011. Essentially, with a plan to spread the ongoing project over a 3-yr period, the government of Japan has allotted an [...]
An increasing awareness of IT security issues displayed by SMBs during 2011 could present an opportunity for MSPs in 2012. The “SMB Market Landscape Report 2011,” a recent survey of 1,000 US- and UK-based SMBs released by internet security software provider AVG, indicates that traditional IT vulnerabilities are still causing SMBs the most concern, but [...]
It’s not the infamous Y2K scare of 2000, but as a new calendar year begins, two MSU professors are continuing research to help protect home computer owners. Emilee Rader and Rick Wash, assistant professors in the Department of Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media, received two grants totaling nearly $500,000 last August from the National Science [...]