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Honda key fobs vulnerable to hack
If you are a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll know that while the majority of our focus is on business technology, I like to keep an eye on all technology, especially issues that can affect our quality of life and personal safety. Hondas are very popular (even here in Los Angeles where it seems
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Gmail security change creates unintentional headaches for businesses
You may not realize it, but your organization is probably using one or more free email accounts from platforms like Google and Microsoft. Smaller companies may still be using them as their primary email accounts (let’s talk – you need to stop doing that!), but most have moved up to what we call “enterprise-grade” versions
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Japan strengthens cyberbullying penalties
As Americans, you may be surprised to hear that Japan has laws that cover cyberbullying. Up until recently, offenders could be jailed for up to 30 days or fined 10,000 yen, which is currently equivalent to about $75 US. Due in part to the suicide of a Japanese reality-TV star following months of social media
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Still no update to address Office Vulnerability
We are now well into week two of a significant vulnerability in all versions of Microsoft Office which allows attackers to use the preview function of Office apps to execute malicious code on Windows PCs. Though Microsoft finally admitted to it being a problem in their CVE posting last Tuesday after knowing about it since
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Bolster your vigilance with technology and expertise
A little over a month ago, I wrote about how being vigilant wasn’t going to be enough to stay safe on the internet. Don’t get me wrong, being vigilant about technology safety is a base-level requirement, like understanding elemental concepts like “fire hot” and “that scorpion is dangerous”. But knowing you need to be careful
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Ransomware attack shuts down college. Permanently.
Having your company’s operations halted due to a ransomware attack is pretty high up on the list of nightmare situations for any business owner. Depending on the severity of the attack and the state of your backups and business continuity plan, this could mean days of downtime while data is restored, and systems sanitized. In
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