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You’ve probably heard about the Equifax data breach that’s making headline news. Investigators have discovered that it was preventable. Sensitive information on 143 million people was stolen because Equifax had failed to apply a security patch that was available two months ago. Two executives have now resigned and the company is the target of law suits. If your systems aren’t patched on time, y…

A cheap power strip might protect equipment from power surges, but it does nothing to help when the power goes out and your computers and servers come to a halting crash. For that, you’ll want a battery backup, also known as an uninterruptible power supply (or UPS). In the middle of updating a key document, the power goes out and your computer shuts down without warning. Result is – you lose al…

Verizon is getting out of the email business and is forcing customers to move to AOL or other free email services. SkyViewTek offers many other better solutions when it comes to email for your business, like Microsoft Office 365 or Hosted Exchange – both of which offer real-time sync across multiple devices. As a best practice, we recommend that businesses should never align their email address…

The latest security threat is called “WannaCry Ransomware Attack.” Many businesses and organizations around the world have been attacked in the last couple of days, including Fedex in the U.S. Security experts said the attack appeared to be caused by a self-replicating piece of software that enters companies and organizations when employees click on email attachments, then spreads quickly inter…

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Now with (some) snow here, we thought we would share some troubleshooting techniques in case your Internet goes down. Don’t laugh, but is the power on? Is your computer powered up, is your Internet Service Provider (ISP), such as Comcast / FIOS / RCN) powered up? Ok, everything is up but I can’t connect. Reboot your firewall if you have one, and then your computer. If you have FIOS, you may ne…

The way this phishing scam works is the attacker creates an email address to disguise themselves as someone you know. Then they send you an email with an attachment, like a PDF or Word doc, that looks legitimate. When you click the attachment to see a preview of it, you get redirected to a Google sign-in page where you enter your credentials. The problem is, those attachments aren’t attachments…