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Cox Communications Reports Recent Data Breach

Cox Communications Reports Recent Data Breach

December 20, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Cox Communications is a major provider of cable, internet, and phone service in the United States.  The company is the latest in a seemingly unending parade of companies to fall victim to a hacking attack. In this case, the hacker gained access to company servers by impersonating a member of Cox Communication's Customer Support team.  At this point details are...

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Apple Rolls Out Digital Keys For Hotels With Partnership

Apple Rolls Out Digital Keys For Hotels With Partnership

December 18, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Apple Wallet just got a powerful new feature that's sure to make it more attractive to busy travelers.  Thanks to an agreement with Hyatt your Apple Wallet is now capable of serving as a digital hotel key. This counts as a promise kept.  At the 2021 WWDC Apple promised that it would be adding digital hotel key functionality to its...

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New Emotet Malware Found A New Way To Distribute

New Emotet Malware Found A New Way To Distribute

December 17, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Emotet is one of the most feared malware strains circulating right now. The team behind it has managed to infect a staggering array of targets all around the globe. To say that it is a major threat would be an understatement. Recently the group behind Emotet just upped the ante even further. Researchers have recently discovered that the malware is...

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Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface

Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface

December 16, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11.  Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021. Over the summer small groups of users participated in an open beta and began playing with the updated versions of those app...

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The Best IT-Related Resolutions For The New Year

The Best IT-Related Resolutions For The New Year

December 16, 2021BlogNo Comments »

The past couple of years have been difficult for just about everyone. Business owners and entrepreneurs have had to adapt and evolve to survive in an ever-changing climate. There’s no telling when or even if things will go back to what we once thought was “normal.” As we enter a New Year, many business owners are putting their resolutions in...

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Twitter Increasing Privacy With Stricter Picture And Media Sharing

Twitter Increasing Privacy With Stricter Picture And Media Sharing

December 15, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Recently Twitter's CEO stepped down. Since then, the company has been gearing up to make some changes that many of the industry's insiders regard as long overdue. The first of these changes has now been rolled out with the company modifying its privacy policy and outlining new rules related to the sharing of pictures and videos. The company explained the...

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Security Vulnerabilities Were Found In These Popular WiFi Routers

Security Vulnerabilities Were Found In These Popular WiFi Routers

December 14, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Most people have a home network these days which connects their computers and tablets, allows them to stream video from their Smart TVs, and surf the web from their phones using their home network rather than their cellphone's data plan. If you have a home network then you should keep reading. Recently security researchers tested nine of the most popular...

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Microsoft Paint Got A Makeover After Recent Update

Microsoft Paint Got A Makeover After Recent Update

December 13, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Microsoft has had a long and interesting relationship with its venerable "Paint" app. Most people are familiar with Paint.  It's been around since the earliest versions of Windows and let's be honest it was never a great application. It allows users to do the basics but it was quickly eclipsed by more robust and feature-rich programs. How many people would...

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Microsoft Really Wants People To Use Their Edge Browser

Microsoft Really Wants People To Use Their Edge Browser

December 11, 2021BlogNo Comments »

It's no real secret that Microsoft has never been a big fan of Chrome, FireFox, or any other web browser that it didn't build.  The company clearly hasn't gotten over the fact that it lost the browser wars and lost them handily. That's why it keeps trying periodically to reinvent the wheel offering up new and improved versions first of...

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Latest Corporate Data Breach Hits Panasonic Servers

Latest Corporate Data Breach Hits Panasonic Servers

December 10, 2021BlogNo Comments »

The Japanese electronics juggernaut Panasonic is the latest company to fall victim to relentless hackers. In a recent press release the company indicated their servers had been successfully attacked on November 11th, 2021. The statement reads in part as follows: "As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that some data on a file server had been accessed during...

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