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After months of denying it had any significant role in the 2016 Presidential elections, Facebook finally admitted that its platform had been exploited by Russian propaganda agencies with the express intent of spreading “fake news” and creating division among Facebook users. Five months later, it seems they haven’t made any progress on this front, and have

Over the years since the internet has come to dominate the technology and business landscape, I’ve often compared the growing tide of malware and general bad behavior found online to pollution. Like its physical manifestation, the source of internet pollution can’t be tied to a single cause or factor or even several of them. The

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Hawaiians got a small taste of cold-war nostalgia last week with a false alarm that warned of an imminent but non-existent ballistic missile threat. While authorities were relatively quick to clarify the lack of impending doom for the tropical islands, they could not forestall the sharp criticism from many fronts, including North Korea who was

Tech Resolutions for 2018

It seems that while most of us aren’t sorry to see 2017 in the rear-view, if recent news is any indication, 2018 isn’t shaping up to be any brighter for technology. My outlook on security for SMB technology is mixed at best – I’m certain we will see an escalating amount of attacks coordinated by

Let’s just start 2018 with a bang, shall we? If you thought Intel’s mind-boggling security flaw of late 2017 was a jaw dropper, this latest one is has got to be the “hold my beer” moment of 2018, and we’re only 3 days into the new year. Intel is topping itself with what appears to

A lot of clients, friends and family have asked me about what the recent FCC ruling means for them, and many of them admit that they don’t really have a full understanding of what Net Neutrality actually is. First, here’s a refresher on Net Neutrality. Spend five minutes even if you understand NN, as it

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