Pen tests, also known as penetration testing, are a set of procedures that can diagnose potential security concerns within a company. A pen test usually involves ethical hackers trying whatever possible means they can think of in order to break into a company's computers.
SynchroNet Teaches You How to Spot Phishing Emails
SynchroNews is a service from SynchroNet that aims to keep our clients up-to-date with dispatches from the front lines of information security. One of our most popular SynchroNews series is related to phishing, a cyber security threat that targets business email accounts, and which is estimated to cause millions of dollars in weekly losses around the world.
Everyday Tips To Prevent Being Hacked
The online world can be a dangerous place if you are not careful. There are cyber thieves that are just waiting to steal your information. Fortunately, the following security strategies will help you stay safe online.
Change the Way That You View Looking at the Internet
Many people do not think about all of the hidden risks that are associated with using the internet.
Project Management and Your IT … Do You Need Help?
Do you plan like the Big Boys?
When it comes to project management and your technology infrastructure, an important question arises: At what point do small and midsize businesses adopt the management practices of large enterprises? The answer depends: Will the required investment(s) will be rewarded through a sufficient increase in productivity? Or profit margin to justify the change.
If SynchroNet had Been Around in 1776 – Part 2
This is Part 2 in our Independence Day Celebration ... let's keep thinking about what would have happened if SynchroNet had been around in 1776. (Wait, did you read Part 1? Do that first!)
If SynchroNet had Been Around in 1776
Working with Lafayette
History buffs know how the French aristocrat, Marquis de Lafayette came to the aid of the American revolutionaries with his fortune and military leadership.
If SynchroNet Had Been Around in 1776 – Part 1
Timeline be Darned ... Because this is Going to be Good
On July 4, we’ll celebrate our nation’s birth—241 years ago. As it turned out, declaring independence was the easy part; we still had to fight the Revolutionary War. Sure, we won (ergo, the celebration) but we got to wondering how much more easily things might have gone for the Founding Fathers had they gone The SynchroNet Way.
Do You Have a Plan for Your Digital Estate?
Nothing's Certain Except Death and Taxes, Right?
Let's lighten things up and discuss managing your online affairs after you pass away because having a plan for your digital estate is more important than you think.
Downer though it may be, "digital estate planning" is something that not many people even think about.
Technology as Our 45th President Takes Office
Fair or not, WikiLeaks, "fake news" on social media, government by tweet ... these are byproducts of the computer-driven information age (a brave new technology world) that's widely associated with our incoming president. As a lesson to us all, however, the hacking of emails from Hillary Clinton-campaign workers and supporters (by whomever) should drive home the importance of securing our networks and data files.
As If You Don’t Enough to Be Afraid Of… Introducing Self-coding Computer Viruses
Take just about any fictional monster, and somewhere there's a fictional mad scientist who wants to make it even more dangerous. (Anyone remember Jurassic World?) Well, how about taking oh-so-real malware-nasty strings of code that cripple networks, steal data and generally wreak mayhem on the world ... and imbuing it with artificial intelligence? Welcome to the world of self-replicating computer viruses.
Fearsome Amex Phishing Scam
We know this horror story: A trusted character is not who (or what) others think he is. Typically, movie audiences get to see the creature's eyes glow or go all black when the onscreen victim isn't looking. Devils behind a recent phishing scam that targeted American Express accounts, however, were fiendishly clever about hiding their tell-tale signs of evil.