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The issue for network admins is that they are playing a continuous state of "catch-up," as newer exploits are developed by highly sophisticated cyber gangs in order to keep their profitable fraud rings going as soon as earlier exploits are patched. Smart phones and tablets present an even greater challenge, as most of these devices lack the same malware defenses as their more robust cousins, desktops and laptops. All of this has led many businesses to shift to more robust authentication and authorization schemes, such as: Transaction Authentication Simply put, transaction authentication looks for logical flaws when comparing known data about a user with the details of the current transaction. For example, if a user that lives in the U.S. purchases several big ticket items while logged in from an IP address determined to be from a foreign country, this is cause for concern and would require extra verification steps to ensure the purchase is not fraudulent. Biometrics Biom...

A common sense technique When you stay in an hotel, how do you know there is no room pinhole camera? When you travel or take a business trip, and stay in a hotel or a guest house or room you could unknowingly be photographed. You can use this method to check your room: When you enter into the room, turn off the lights, and close the curtains, open your phone camera, do not turn the flash light on.Turn around the room with your cell phone. When a red dot is found, that means that a hidden web camera is installed. If no red dots, the room is ok. Please forward this message to your friends who travels alot or take business trips. Best wishes to you

Among all the mobile tech brands out there, only a few of them are turning in profit. It was on show during the last quarterly financial reports. We saw the likes of Blackberry, Lenovo, Sony, HTC, Microsoft and others more, bleed money. This forced them to take steps to cutting jobs and restructuring. In the case of Sony, they have posted losses consecutively in recent years. Let’s look at the few steps they’re taking to stay profitable. For smartphones business The last report quoted a loss of 60 billion yen for Sony’s smartphone business. This forced CEO, Kazuo Hirai to cut costs, and also dissolve the Sony PC division. There are positive sign with strong sales of video games and image sensors, but the smartphone business is yet to tur “Otherwise, we haven’t eliminated the consideration of alternative options.” “I do have a feeling that a turnaround in our electronics business has shown progress. The result of three years of restructuring are starting to sho...

After experiencing difficulties with his computer, a poor, incognizant user called the system maker's technical support line for assistance... Technician: Hello. How can I help you today? Customer: There's smoke coming from the power supply on my computer... Technician: Looks like you need a new power supply... Customer: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files... Technician: Sir, what you described is a faulty power supply. You need to replace it...