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11/09/2017

Text for H.R.1 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

08/08/2017

Tip of the Day!
Do you know the difference between DATA BACKUP vs. ARCHIVE?

Backups are primarily used for operational recoveries, to quickly recover an overwritten file or corrupted file. The focus is on speed, both to backup and recover, an on data integrity. Archive, on the other hand, typically store a version of a file that's no longer changing, or shouldn't be changing.

Being able to search archives is more important that speed. Email archiving is just an example of what you and your company may need to look at. Also, by analyzing your data, you can cut down on backup charges by archiving older data efficiently.

05/13/2017

Beware of new RansomeWare. Read below on how to protect yourself from the WannaCry Ransomware.

WannaCry Ransomware hit computers across the globe. Here is how to protect yourself from WannaCry Ransomware

03/21/2017

It is very important that you have a good backup of you important data. Click on the link below to learn more about RansomWare!
Anti-Virus programs will not protect you! The safest way to recover you data if you get hit with a RansomWare attack is to restore your backed up data.

If you need assistance please feel free to contact Scott at PWL Technology.

In a shadowy region of the internet known as the dark web, “ransomware” that enables hackers to invade your computer and hold your data for ransom is marketed openly. NBC’s Tom Costello talks with cybersecurity expert James Lyne about what you can do to keep your personal data safe.

03/13/2017

PWL Technology is proud to welcome our new Information Technology Manager, Scott Marlin! Scott is from Biloxi and is very excited to back. Over the past 25 years Scott has working with companies all over the country and looks forward to utilizing that experience to support both existing and future Piltz, Williams, LaRosa & Company clients.

Please feel free to contact Scott with any of your business or personal computer needs.

01/19/2017

Zero-day vulnerabilities, the software security holes that malicious hackers can exploit to control your computer and steal your data before a patch has been created, have been one of the key weapons in the arsenal of online criminals for years. When a zero-day flaw...

01/02/2017

Photocopier Security
www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/01/photocopier_sec.html

A modern photocopier is basically a computer with a scanner and printer attached. This computer has a hard drive, and scans of images are regularly stored on that drive. This means that when a photocopier is thrown away, that hard drive is filled with pages that the machine copied over its lifetime. As you might expect, some of those pages will contain sensitive information.

This 2011 report was written by the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It found that the organization did nothing to safeguard its photocopiers.

Our audit found that opportunities exist to strengthen controls to ensure photocopier hard drives are protected from potential exposure. Specifically, we found the following weaknesses.

NARA lacks appropriate controls to ensure all photocopiers across the agency are accounted for and that any hard drives residing on these machines are tracked and properly sanitized or destroyed prior to disposal.

There are no policies documenting security measures to be taken for photocopiers utilized for general use nor are there procedures to ensure photocopier hard drives are sanitized or destroyed prior to disposal or at the end of the lease term.

Photocopier lease agreements and contracts do not include a "keep disk"1 or similar clause as required by NARA's IT Security Methodology for Media Protection Policy version 5.1.

I don't mean to single this organization out. Pretty much no one thinks about this security threat.

Tags: data destruction, reports, security policies, threat models

Photocopier Security A modern photocopier is basically a computer with a scanner and printer attached. This computer has a hard drive, and scans of images are regularly stored on that drive. This means that when a photocopier is thrown away, that hard drive is filled with pages that the machine copi...

12/23/2016

The key, of course, is to be very cautious when opening emails with attachments.

Ransomware authors are human. They make mistakes. And their mistakes mean that you might be able to recover your encrypted data.

12/09/2016

New Popcorn Time Ransomware Unlocks Your Files For Free If You help criminals to Infect Others

12/06/2016

Most of it is created to either steal your information, or your money.

A new report from the respected independent testing agency AV-Test.org reveals some scary-sounding facts about the state of malware today

12/06/2016

Do not ever think your data is safe from others. If you don't want someone to see it - keep it off your computer and phone.

A couple has sued a Toyota dealership for stealing an intimate photo off a smartphone and uploading it to a website for swingers. David Bisson reports.

11/29/2016

Hacker are spreading Malicious JPG Images on Facebook Messenger to infect computers with Locky Ransomware