In the world of cyber-security, you cannot relax your guard, even for a moment. In mid-October 2014, discovery of a phishing scam aimed at obtaining sensitive user account credentials for a number of online services, including banking services, prompted a warning from US-CERT outlining the particulars of this scam. Known as Dyre or Dyreza, this […]
The Basics of an IT Disaster Recovery Plan
What would spell disaster for your business? A powerful storm that takes out a large percentage of your equipment? A fire or flood that renders your facility unusable? Or would the larger disaster being wholly unprepared for a disaster and not having a plan for recovery in place? You may never need to use your […]
Microsoft Security Essentials Alert – Recognizing a Spoof of Microsoft’s Anti-Virus Software
You’re well into your morning routine – coffee in hand, checking your email, reading Facebook – when a security prompt pops up on your computer screen. You’ve never seen this sort of alert before, but right at the top, it says “Microsoft Security Essentials Alert.” Microsoft Security Essentials, or MSE, is Microsoft’s free anti-virus software […]
An Apple ID Phishing Scam
Suppose your Apple ID login led you to another screen that asked you to provide such information as your full name, your credit card number (including expiration date and verification code), date of birth, phone number, and your mother’s maiden name… would you provide that information? I suppose whether you’d share this sort of information […]
Windows 7 vs. Windows 8 – Choosing a Replacement for XP
If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft is set to end support for the wildly popular XP operating system on April 8th. We’ve been talking about this end-of-life date here at Lieberman Technologies for a while now, and we’ve helped a number of businesses make the transition to a new operating system. If you’ve been […]
What is a UPS and How Does it Protect Your Network?
The weather here in the Tri-State can be unpredictable. In fact, some are apt to say, “If you don’t like the weather here, wait five minutes – it’ll change.” At no time is this more accurate than during the warm weather months, where a thunderstorm can appear in the middle of a beautiful, sunny afternoon. […]
