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It’s called malvertising – a contraction of “malevolent advertising,” – and it’s all over the Web. It’s a particularly nasty bit of malware, purveyed by cybercriminals who get the legitimate-looking ads up on popular sites, and even hiding a malicious ad’s URL inside a legitimate ad. Malvertising has been popping up on such high-traffic, trusted […]

It’s nearly all you hear about these days in the world of IT – along with ransomware and other malware cyberattacks which are all the rage with hackers: Everyone is moving large parts of their IT networks (if not all of it) to “the cloud”. So, it’s really no surprise that the “cloud shift” is […]

In today’s modern environment, businesses are more dependent on technology than they have been at any point in history. These days, it isn’t enough to just make sure that everything in your Apple infrastructure is configured properly or that all of your devices are all communicating with one another. You need to be able to […]

With much arguing with the retail and entertainment industry, EMV is rolling out in the United States. This is a newer technology that helps the credit card industry fight against card counterfeiters. EMV is an acronym for Europay MasterCard and Visa first introduced in Europe, and now at the urging of issuing banks and MasterCard […]

Although VoIP (Voiceover Internet Protocol) technology has been touted as a communications cure-all by many small-to-midsized businesses, especially in the cost-cutting department, VoIP presents many challenges. These challenges mainly concern: Integrative complexity Security vulnerabilities Network quality of service Overall reliability These challenges, however, seem to rarely be discussed in IT department circles – at least […]

Knowing the Privacy Settings on Your iPhone Could Avert a Data Breach Getting to know the privacy settings on your iPhone could be more than just being familiar with the operations of your smartphone – it could literally save you from a costly data breach mishap. Most iPhone and smart phone users don’t realize that […]

To say that technology plays an important role in your daily business is something of an understatement. As a result, having a standard IT service provider available to fix issues or get equipment back online is important for any business. But you aren’t running just “any” business, are you? You don’t need someone who is […]

In April the FBI issued a warning that a sharp increase in ransomware attacks had occurred over the past year. In support of this warning, Kaspersky Labs reported that there was a 500 percent year-to-year increase in the number of ransomware attacks from 2014 – 2015 to 2015 – 2016. These reports make it clear […]

CSP’s Stephen Riddick hosted the third installment of CSP’s 2016 Informational Webinar Series on Thursday, August 18th. The topic covered in this installment was the ‘Bandwidth Boom’. For those who were unable to attend, the following is a brief summary of the presentation. The various download and upload speeds available in the current market is […]