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FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SECURITY - AND HOW TO STAY SAFE!
Hopefully, the holiday season has found you spending a good amount of time offline: enjoying moments spent with friends and family, keeping long-standing traditions or creating new ones to follow for seasons to come, or just relaxing due to some...
Read moreENABLE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS UPDATES
Microsoft periodically release security updates for Windows. These security updates fix recently discovered security flaws. As you would expect, it’s a good idea to install the latest security fixes as soon as they become available. You might...
Read moreEMAIL SERVER OUTAGE
Due to a power failure in our building, our Email servers was down for 9 hours on Thursday, Dec 16, between 03.00AM - 12.00PM (Central European Time). If you have tried to contact support by email or via theContact Support Formduring this time,...
Read moreE-COMMERCE PLATFORM TARGETED, PAYMENT INFO AT RISK
Last year the popular e-commerce platform Magento was impacted by a critical vulnerability. Initially discovered by Check Point security researchers, the vulnerability was privately disclosed to Magento’s owner, eBay. Magento patched the flaw but...
Read moreDIGITAL TEDDY BEAR EXPOSED PERSONAL INFO
Researchers at Rapid7discoveredseveral vulnerabilities in the Fisher Price Smart Toy line of teddy bears. The vulnerabilities could have allowed an unauthorized person to gain access to personal information about a child, including their name, date...
Read moreDEAR GOOGLE: A YEAR IN REVIEW
Dear Google, It’s been a year of ups and downs. There were some great Google Doodles, such as the one above for Sally Ride's 64th birthday (she was the first woman in space), as well as this recent interactive onecelebratingBeethoven's 245th...
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