IT & Security Blog

Most jobs come with an email address. Usually it’s your name + the website domain address of your company. But just because it has your name on it, that doesn’t mean it’s yours. It's tempting to start using this convenient new address everywhere.  Need to sign up...

My high school English teacher would break my legs if she knew I was going to start a blog post with a "The dictionary defines..." statement, but in this case I feel that I must. 'Pwn' is an internet slang term that refers to winning or defeating one's opponent...

Scammers pretending to be from Microsoft are using fake virus warnings to gain access to user's computers to steal credit cards and private information. This scam has existed for many, many years, but it seems to be gaining popularity, again. This is a variation on...

Hackers and Scammers can exploit unwitting employees to access sensitive information. You may have heard about the recent Target or Home Depot security breaches in which a combined 160 million+ credit cards and other personal information was stolen.  In both...