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Kaspersky Lab Files Antitrust Case Against Apple
Kaspersky Lab has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia, arguing that the tech giant forced it to remove two key features from one of its apps just as Apple’s released similar functionality. The issue boils down to Kaspersky Lab’s use of configuration...
Tech company LionOBytes opens headquarters in Princeton
LionOBytes has experienced an increased demand for its IT services and its business automation solution which requires scaling up a centralized team, said company CEO and Founder Arun Upadhyay. The post Tech company LionOBytes opens headquarters in Princeton appeared...
Alex Kipman’s Holographic Tendencies
Microsoft's second-generation mixed reality headset has made a significant leap. But you're probably not going to buy one. That’s according to Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft who is credited with inventing Kinect and HoloLens. Kipman joins the Gadget Lab...
Consumers Donate Data with Recycled Electronics
Consumers Donate Data with Recycled Electronics With the rapid turnover of technology, many consumers willingly trade in, sell or donate their old electronics, often times without ensuring that all of their data has been wiped clean, according to new findings from...
Half of Global Firms Concerned Over Security Skills Gaps
Nearly half (49%) of global organizations feel more exposed to security breaches because of skills shortages, according to a new Trend Micro study. The vendor polled 1125 IT decision makers around the world and found that nearly two-thirds (64%) have experienced an...
Aluminum Giant Norsk Hydro Suffers Major Cyber-Attack
One of the world’s biggest aluminium producers has been hit by a major cyber-attack affecting production systems, according to reports. Norwegian firm, Norsk Hydro, said it had called in national security authorities to help repel the attack, which appears to have...
WorkWave appoints Giannetto as COO
WorkWave said David Giannetto's appointment will enable the company to enhance its customer service experience. The post WorkWave appoints Giannetto as COO appeared first on NJBIZ.
White paper explores how to navigate next gen 911, FirstNet
Princeton-based public safety managed services company IXP Corp. has authored an industry white paper “NG911 & FirstNet – Emergency Communication Centers Provide the Critical Link” to highlight the keys to success for 911 communication centers as they become the...
ID Systems to acquire Pointer Telocation for $140M
Woodcliff Lake-based I.D. Systems, a provider of enterprise asset management and industrial Internet of Things technology, has acquired Pointer Telocation Ltd. for approximately $140 million. The post ID Systems to acquire Pointer Telocation for $140M appeared first...
Greater heft: PEO’s can deliver big benefits to small firms
PEOs — which are essentially the employers of record for a host of businesses — are able to leverage the buying power that comes with a high volume of employees and deliver big-company-sized benefits to smaller firms that they...
Tech tune-up: Digital solutions can relieve stress in human resources departments
Companies that computerize and integrate their payroll, benefits and HR administration are happier places than those that are still paper-reliant, acording to a study by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. But getting firms to commit the time and...
Tracking patients beyond the hospital
Technology from Boston-based CarePort allows Cooper University Health Care to track a patient's progress after discharge from the hospital while at the same time giving payers the ability to recognize how the patient is progressing in a post-acute facility. The post...
NuMSP Expands Minneapolis Footprint with Acquisition of Zero1Zero
Clifton-based NuMSP, a managed service provider (MSP) offering IT and cybersecurity solutions, expands in the Minneapolis market with the acquisition of Zero1Zero, a full-service MSP offering IT solutions for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). “We...
New Jersey Natural Gas Plans to Invest $507M to Strengthen Infrastructure
As a part of its ongoing commitment to provide safe and reliable service for its customers, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) submitted a filing to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to reinforce its natural gas delivery and information technology (IT)...
Commvault adds Falcone as VP
Karen Falcone has joined cloud management company Commvault as vice president of worldwide cloud and service providers. The post Commvault adds Falcone as VP appeared first on NJBIZ.
Panel: When it comes to cybersecurity, mitigate risk and educate employees
On Tuesday, Michael Geraghty, director of cybersecurity and state chief information security officer at the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell, moderated a cybersecurity discussion hosted by NJBIZ featuring panelists from Gibbons PC,...
Golden Nugget Atlantic City launches online, mobile sportsbook
On Thursday, the New Jersey casino announced its online and mobile sportsbook is now accepting bets. The post Golden Nugget Atlantic City launches online, mobile sportsbook appeared first on NJBIZ.
Press Release: powersolution.com Recognized for Excellence in Managed IT Services
Midland Park, NJ, February 19, 2019 – powersolution.com, a Sirius Technology company, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named to its 2019 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in Managed Security Services category. This annual list...
Conduent settles with state of Texas for $235.9M
Florham Park-based Conduent Inc. entered into a settlement agreement with the state of Texas regarding claims related to two previous contracts supporting the state's Medicaid program. The post Conduent settles with state of Texas for $235.9M appeared first on NJBIZ.
While former execs are charged with bribery, Cognizant settles with SEC for $28M
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against two former top Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives, and said the Teaneck-based company will pay to settle a related civil case. The post While former execs are charged with...
Smooth sailing: Mobile app makes navigating hospital halls less stressful
Trying to find a patient room or a certain hospital department, particularly in facilities with many buildings, can be frustrating. So some of the state’s top health systems have turned to GPS technology to help patients and family members navigate...
Denial of Service Attacks
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. 2018, an average number DDoS attacks registered against targets in approximately 80 countries; Over 95% occurred in...
Corcentric has a major week: 2 acquisitions and headquarters move
Corcentric's client base now exceeds 6,000 companies with a 2018 reported revenue of $103 million. The post Corcentric has a major week: 2 acquisitions and headquarters move appeared first on NJBIZ.
58% of cyber attack victims were small businesses – you could be next.
Cybercrime is a big and nasty business. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, small business (organizations with fewer than 250 employees) becomes a prevalent and profitable target: 58% of them were a cyber attack victims in the recent year, and the astounding amount...
Hackensack Meridian Health partners with Microsoft
Using Microsoft Azure, the Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Hackensack Meridian Health will improve efficiency, strengthen security and provide flexibility, allowing team members to offer the highest quality care. The post Hackensack Meridian...
Former Cisco executive joins Commvault
Anthony Faustini has been named vice president of sales for the Americas for Tinton Falls-based Commvault. The post Former Cisco executive joins Commvault appeared first on NJBIZ.
New MacOS vulnerability can give hackers access to all of your stored passwords
A new MacOS vulnerability bug that reveals all of user's stored passwords to malicious apps was discovered by a German 18-year-old Linus Henze. He is not sharing the details with Apple at this time. The bug was verified and reported by Forbes; Apple is not commenting...
FaceTime bug poses privacy threat for individuals and businesses using the app
9to5Mac has discovered a significant bug in FaceTime app, and the news is running virally over social and major media outlets. Reportedly, when users start group FaceTime, they can immediately hear the audio coming from their phone, regardless of the other person...
Will your data be affected by Google’s GDPR flop? Europe leads the way on privacy policy enforcement.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a New Privacy Law, Makes Europe World’s "Tech Police" is a regulation in EU law (2016/679) on data protection and privacy for everyone within the EU. French data protection authority fining Google $57 Million (50 Million...
773 million records of email addresses were breached – Have you been pwned?
Today, one of the largest data breach data sets was released containing roughly 773 million unique records of email addresses and passwords. Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Troy Hunt obtained the original data set, titled ‘Collection #1’ from a hacker forum. The...
Businesses suffer brand damage, loss of productivity, and vicious costs of cyberattacks
Cyberattack cleanups now come with a sticker shock: increase of 52% now brings the estimated amount to $1.1 million, with potential to increase even further, to a staggering $1.67 million, according to a recent Radware’s 2018-2019 Global Application and Network...
Important Alert: NEW Office 365 Phishing Threat
A new phishing attack is using fake non-delivery notification in an attempt to steal users’ Microsoft Office 365 credentials. These credentials will then be used to send messages from the users account, further spreading malicious emails and software. In this case,...
10% of you are compromised by at least one of the passwords from the Top 100 List of 2018
Each year, SplashData., Inc, a leader in password management, analyses leaked passwords to find the top commonly used passwords. In 2018, SplashData, Inc. had five million passwords to work from, most of them from hacks in the US and Europe. According to the...
A New SamSam Ransomware Alert Issued
The United Staes Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a new alert for a ransomware known as SamSam (MSIL/Samas.A.) - just days after two mastermind suspects were charged by US Department of Justice. The...
Common Goals and Objectives of a Information Security Risk Assessment
The Internet of Things (IoT) devices are outnumbering the population of our planet. It is projected that the planet will have 20.5 billion devices just two short years away, in 2020. In the next five years the cybercrime is expected to result in business-related...
Ransomware – Still Alive and Kicking
If not familiar, Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. A computer can become infected with Ransomware in a number of ways; thorough an email, an infected link, or even an infected ad on a...
Is your organization ready to pay Cyber Attack Ransom?
While ransomware attacks have slowed down with cybercriminals shifting their focus to cryptojacking (mining virtual currencies), cyberextortion is still widespread. Here are a few examples of recent cyber extortion attacks: Systems of Onslow Water and Seer Authority...
Beware of Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks: Network Traffic Hijacking
Mass hijackings of network traffic and it's abuse is not new, but with the evolution of technology, so do Man-in-the-Middle type of attacks. A man-in-the-middle attack is an exploit that occurs when an outside attacker intercepts communications between two parties,...
Businesses Should Act on the October 3, 2018 DHS Hacker Warning and Recommended Protective Measures
On October 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a major warning to IT service providers, IT managed services providers (MSPs), and cloud services providers (CSPs) and their customers. The warning came from the National Cybersecurity and...
What SMB Owners Should Know About Patch Management protocol in IT Security
As a small/medium business owner, patch management may be a somewhat foreign topic reserved for your IT personnel. The following provides a summary-level background of patching, which is relevant to business owners in maintaining appropriate security disciplines in...
Google applies modifications to Chrome after major privacy issue
A while ago Google made changes to its Chrome browser, forcing a sign-in to the Chrome itself, by default, once a user engaged with any Google service, such as Youtube or Gmail. As a result, it was possible that users may have assumed that once they'd signed out of...
Sextortion: what you should know of this new email scam
Sextortion, yes that is correct, is a new twist on an old email scam in which the scammer has indicated that they have compromised your computer via malware and recorded you or your family members watching porn. The attacker then threatens to release the video to all...
Sextortion: what you should know of this new email scam
Sextortion, yes that is correct, is a new twist on an old email scam in which the scammer has indicated that they have compromised your computer via malware and recorded you or your family members watching porn. The attacker then threatens to release the video to all...
Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects
Think before you click! KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks, has released statistics on the top 10 phishing email subjects that are opened by end-users. Drum roll please - the top 10 are: Password Check Required...
How Do You Ensure Your Business Email Does Not End Up In The Wrong Hands?
Communication is one of the most important key aspects of any properly functioning company or organization, and businesses today rely on email as a principal method of communicating with staff members, partners, and clients. While your email infrastructure plays a...
How Do You Ensure Your Business Email Does Not End Up In The Wrong Hands?
Communication is one of the most important key aspects of any properly functioning company or organization, and businesses today rely on email as a principal method of communicating with staff members, partners, and clients. While your email infrastructure plays a...
[VPNFilter] Symantec Releases Tool to Check for VPNFilter Infection
On May 23rd researchers at Cisco discovered an advanced malware, named VPNFilter, which targets routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices in order to steal files, information, and examine network traffic as it flows through the device. More details can be...
[VPNFilter] Symantec Releases Tool to Check for VPNFilter Infection
On May 23rd researchers at Cisco discovered an advanced malware, named VPNFilter, which targets routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices in order to steal files, information, and examine network traffic as it flows through the device. More details can be...
Do You Have a Cybersecurity Program for Your Small/Medium Business?
As a small/medium business owner or manager, it is imperative that you have an awareness of cybersecurity related-risks and implement infrastructure and processes to mitigate those risks. According to Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report, 58% of breach...
Update: additional info on advanced malware, named VPNFilter
On May 23rd researchers at Cisco discovered an advanced malware, named VPNFilter, that targets routers and NAS devices in order to steal files, information, and examine network traffic as it flows through the device. More details can be found on the powersolution.com...
[ALERT] 500,000+ Consumer Routers Infected with VPNFilter Malware
Hackers are possibly working for an advanced nation have infected more than 500,000 home and small-office routers around the world with malware that can be used to collect communications, launch attacks on others, and permanently destroy the devices with a single...
Increasing risk of CEO Fraud Emails – What to Know and How to Protect Yourself
Your phone dings or your email client puts up an alert – a message from the CEO. This must be important. You open it, scan it quickly, and there is a note asking to transfer a sum of money. The next decision you make could potentially be costly. What is a CEO fraud...
Information Technology in the Manufacturing Industry
Information technology has impacted the manufacturing industry in a variety of ways. For example, IT has made advancements deep in the infrastructure of factories and it has impacted the relationship between suppliers, equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and their...
Improving your business operations with Solid State Drives (SSD)
Solid state drives (SSD) are the Hard Drive (HD, or HHD) replacement that has had continuous performance gains, price drops, and reliability increases. When computer technology was really taking off all fields of the systems were improving. Processors and RAM were...
How to Make the Most of Your Online Meetings
Technology has changed the way that modern businesses run forever. At one time, meetings were scheduled weeks in advance, and preparations for hosting a meeting were very detailed. Today, with Skype and other video calling tools, meetings can be called more quickly as...
5 reasons why your Healthcare Practice Needs PROFESSIONAL IT Services and not a break-fix guy.
Information technology in the field of modern healthcare plays an increasingly important role, in addition to contributing to the advanced quality and effectiveness of oral health care for patients. There are many forms of IT used in the medical industry, including...
Violating HIPAA regulations is a Crime that Can Lead to Serious Penalties
Attorney generals and district attorneys around the country, are increasingly taking HIPAA violations seriously. Criminal charges for violating HIPAA are serious. You should know that the federal government can bring criminal charges against companies and company...
Small Business Networks: 5 scariest things to worry about
While spam, pop-ups, negligent employees, and cybercriminals are a real threat to any small business network, there are 5 security measures that you should be focusing on FIRST before you do anything else... 1. Email Attachments Viruses and worms are malicious...
So, Your Business Laptop Got Stolen… Now what?
There are 12,000 or so laptops found in US airports each week and 62,000 lost electronic devices recovered from New York’s metropolitan buses, taxis, trains, and stations each year! The bottom line is no matter how careful you are with your laptop, mistakes occur and...
Do You Have a Viable Business Continuity Plan in Place? Here are the 10 Disaster Planning Essentials For SMBs
It doesn’t matter what industry you work in – the great importance of having a viable business continuity and disaster recovery plan in place cannot be overstated. The occasional and inevitable disasters which may befall any business entity come unannounced, and often...