Protech Computer & Internet Services

07/19/2022

An Israeli security researcher has demonstrated a novel attack against air-gapped systems by leveraging the SATA cables inside computers as a wireless antenna to emanate data via radio signals.

12/17/2020

A wave of XML-RPC attacks attempting to login as the user "NoneNone" is likely due to flawed attack scripts.

08/19/2018

Apple’s servers are widely believed to be unhackable, and to date the company hasn’t suffered any massive breach that would have exposed user data to hackers. Well, it turns out that while mo…

10/16/2017

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This website presents the Key Reinstallation Attack (KRACK). It breaks the WPA2 protocol by forcing nonce reuse in encryption algorithms used by Wi-Fi.

09/29/2017

In light of the latest Bluetooth-related security meltdown, a friendly PSA.

09/19/2017

Your device may have CCleaner malware. Here's what you need to know.

05/11/2017

For many Windows users, Microsoft's own built-in malware protections are the only thing standing between them and the many bad actors pushing for control of their systems. Today, the company is issuing an emergency update to fix a new, extremely scary vulnerability in the operating system's anti-mal...

03/18/2017

How do you define a disaster? A Hurricane? Earthquake? Tsunami?

While these natural disasters affect millions of people every year, many more have to deal with the devastating repercussions of everyday disasters such as human error, cryptolocker and power outages. In fact, about one-third of small and mid-sized businesses will experience a disruption to their operations lasting 24 hours or more.

Downtime is a very real occurrence for businesses that aren't prepared. It's more costly to not prepare. The cost to implement a comprehensive data backup and recovery solution is less expensive than the cost to experience system downtime along with its associated costs. Proactively creating a disaster recovery plan and implementing a total data protection solution means a business can be up and running in the aftermath of any disaster - in seconds.

Be prepared. Call today.

02/15/2017

A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable.

01/06/2017

Nice workplace app

Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It’s real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

01/05/2017

Ransomware is a serious enough threat for most organisations, but just imagine if you're in the business of keeping people healthy and saving lives. At the end of October, three British hospitals suffered a "major incident", as a malware attack infected the...