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Target, get on the ball with this data breach

by | Dec 24, 2013 | Cybersecurity

If you shopped at Target between 11/27/2013 and 12/15/2013, congratulations.  Your credit or debit card info is one of around 40 million up for sale in a thriving underground marketplace complete with wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and easy to use websites. ...

www.healthcare.gov – A Classic IT Disaster

by | Oct 24, 2013 | Technology

My family is OK with health insurance coverage for now and I live in Minnesota, which has its own website for navigating the local healthcare marketplace, so I don’t need to deal with the US healthcare.gov website to find health insurance. But I was curious after...

A new level of malware sophistication

by | Jul 30, 2013 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life

I woke up today around 4 AM when one of our cats jumped on my stomach.  By now, it’s a pounce and jump operation because he knows if I catch him, I’ll throw him across the room and bounce him off a wall.  So he pops up from the floor to the window pane, pounces on my...

Why “normal” people should care about IT

by | May 30, 2013 | Technology

I did a presales call with a small dentist office a few months ago.  I have some dentist customers, so I’ve come to understand a little bit about how dentist offices operate.  But this office was, well, different.  The “server” was really an old, failing Windows XP PC...

Computer Whodunit Detective Story – the Conclusion

by | May 13, 2013 | Technology

In part one of our computer detective saga, the story opened with a few users unable to access their emails. Similar to a Hollywood detective story, we followed the clues through several unexpected twists and turns, with each clue answering questions and generating...