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Time to retire your company email server
In the early days of the internet, building a server dedicated to providing email for your company was a sign that you understood the significant role it played (or would play) in your company’s success. Even small companies spent countless thousands of dollars investing in these complex technology beasts, primarily because it was either that,
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QuickTime for Windows is Vulnerable
During it’s heyday, Apple’s QuickTime software was arguably hailed as the king of digital video. Though there were many competitors (remember Real video?) Apple’s codec reigned supreme in both editing as well as playback for many years, making Apple’s Mac computers the defacto standard in high-end digital video editing. Not unwisely, Apple realized the untapped
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Is discounted tech worth the risk?
There is no question that the cost of technology has decreased dramatically over the years, especially if the average return on investment is taken into account. However we at C2 have always taken the stance that bargain technology isn’t always a bargain for a variety of reasons. As famously said by astronaut Alan Shephard, “It’s
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New ransomware encrypts entire disk
Looking back over the past few weeks I realize I’ve fallen down on my job of terrifying you with news of the latest technology boogeyman. There’s a new ransomware in town and this one gets down to business in a hurry. Dubbed Petya by security company F-Secure, this vicious piece of malware works in a
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Fake emails hit businesses in the wallet
In a disturbing trend that bodes ill for everyone, multiple US healthcare institutions have been victimized this past month by highly effective ransomware attacks. In each instance, the malware infection has significantly disrupted operations and, in some cases, forced administrators to actually pay out thousands of dollars in ransoms to regain control of their data
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Proximity fob hack used by car thieves
In case I haven’t scared you enough about the technology innovations that make our lives easier at the cost of security, here’s another worry to add to the growing pile. Automobile security researchers (a growing subset in the security industry) in Germany have published their findings on using wireless amplification technology to trick certain makes
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