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Last updated: 1/6/2014
Originally posted: 5/23/2003
Perhaps the best thing you can do for your computer—and your peace of mind—is to resolve to protect yourself from computer viruses. Viruses can cost you money and destroy your privacy. Even if you own a virus-scanning program, we believe you'll learn something new. Let's get started...
We highly recommend Trend Micro Antivirus/Antispyware. Whenever you go to buy the software, just buy the latest version you can buy at the time. The more recent versions have script detection and blocking capabilities. This is very useful in the war against trojans and evil scripts that may be loaded to your system by evil websites. We call them evil, because the only purpose for these scripts is to invade and take over your computer for bad and often illegal uses. Updated antivirus/antispyware software is a key component in your system's defense mechanism. Trend offers free tech support.
2/16/2018, 3/2/2018, 3/16/2018
Biometric authentication tokens are not good security and can be beaten
Amazon Echo, Alexa, Echo Spot are really spy devices
Restoring backups was going to take too long, so hospitals paid ransom
MP3 - IoT Devices, Biometric Authentication, and Recovery Time Objectives
MP3 - Protecting Your Privacy
MP3 - Network Security Strategy and Trustico Debacle
6/17/2016
Credential reuse problems, ransomware and malware just keep getting worse, medical applications that developers refuse to update MP3 - Credential Reuse Problems, Ransomware Variants, Medical Software Issues
4/6/2018, 4/21/2018
Deprecated software that needs to be uninstalled - revealed by proper network security strategy and reporting
Two examples of network security and they they protect against and draw attention to security events that need to be further actioned by humans
Office 365 Personal - big advancements
Is using YouTube for your business videos a good idea?
MP3 - Deprecated Software found by Network Security
MP3 - VOIP security, deprecated software, Amazon spy devices
3/24/2012
Interrelated topics of endpoint security, how to do it, issues with cloud security, issues with server virtualization, issues with PCI compliance in the cloud
Why endpoint security is incredibly important.
The correct way to do online banking.
We start off with the basics of what an endpoint is and how to secure it.
7/1/2016
Major Security Threats Update Current ransomware risk, fake LinkedIn profiles, Bart ransomware, spearphishing uptick, successful security paradigms MP3 - Ransomware Risk, Fake LinkedIn Profiles, Spearphishing, Password Reuse Attacks
5/5/2016
Angler Exploit Kit and variants - Malvertising at its worst An analysis on how malvertisements compromise your systems and how to mitigate the risks.
MP3 - Malvertisements and the Angler Exploit Kit
5/20/2016
Real world example of a malvertisement An example of how a malvertisement caused a problem for the computer's owner, how the issue was fixed, and how future incidents are prevented.
MP3 - Malvertising Example and Fix
9/30/2016
Part 1 of the midyear security roundup. It is now easy to steal Windows credentials from a computer via USB even if the logon screen is locked. An important router security website you should check out. How IoT devices being improperly secured and segmented creates major issues for you.
MP3 - 2016 Midyear Security Roundup - Part 1
Part 2 of the midyear security roundup. Changes to how Microsoft Updates are being delivered. Why you should use OEM hardware. Most popular breach methods. Business email compromise scams.
MP3 - 2016 Midyear Security Roundup - Part 2
7/15/2016
Security solutions that are working to keep business productivity up Examples of security solutions that are working in today's world and that adapt to mitigating new threats
This past Tuesday was the largest patch Tuesday in several months. Patches should be deployed within 48 hours of the patch release. Are your systems patched?
11/16/2013
About venomous snake
8/17/2013
Websites hosting malware. Incompetent web masters let it sit there for more than a week rather than taking the site down, restoring the website from a previous version, or doing anything to fix it. It is totally unacceptable and totally unprofessional. I discuss the multitude of things that the web masters could have done to fix their problem.
1/18/2014 Breakfast Bytes podcast topics
Trend Micro - home of Trend Worry Free Business Security softwareWatchGuard firewalls - the only appliance for business firewall
1/6/2014 - update
Q+ now recommends Trend Worry Free Business Security Services to clients. The minimum license buy is two seats. With that, the end user not only has two licenses for regular workstations like their laptop or desktop, but they also have two mobile seats. This means they can also install the software on their Android or iOS smartphones or tablets.
Please listen to the Breakfast Bytes shows on Trend Worry Free Business Security to learn all about why the product is the best.
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1/23/2008 - Author: Felicia
This article is part 2 of the January 2008 article on antivirus and antimalware software. Last month we covered which antivirus/antimalware tool is right for you and why.
1/10/2014 - Author: Felicia
Blocking advertisements specifically and by category can save your computer from getting infected or otherwise hacked. I have been talking about this fact for years and have been actively blocking advertisement sources since 1997. The 1/6/2014 news contained a technical piece about how hacked Yahoo advertisements infected an estimated 27,000 computers PER HOUR. Here is the article.
