If so, there is a vulnerability that allows people to unlock your computer without a password -AND- gives them ‘superuser’ permissions.
Apple has a temporary fix on their website until the release a patch closing this vulnerability.
In the meantime, do not allow anyone you don’t trust completely to have access to your Mac if you have critical information for your business (or private data for you and your family).
Seagate, a long-time manufacturer of computer hard-drives, has released a new size: 12 Terabytes. For ~$530, Seagate is providing you the storage space on one hard-drive to store 4k video, augmented reality data files, or anything else you, your business, and/or your family wants to store on one drive.
Please remember, every hard-drive ever made WILL fail – it’s not a question of if but a question of when. Backup your data on multiple drives (cloud storage is one option).
If you have any questions about storage devices and ensuring your data and files are backed up, please don’t hesitate to ask us to evaluate your solution for effective risk management.
Microsoft (MSFT) announced today that the new version of Office, to be called Office 2019, will be released in the last half of 2018.
For users of Office 365, this doesn’t affect you.
For business users of Office 2016 or other versions, switching to the new version of Office will provide cloud-based capabilities that you currently are not utilizing natively.
As with all things IT-related, please don’t hesitate to ask us for assistance.
Google has announced they are going to do away with the Google Drive Desktop App. As of March of next year, you will need to use Google’s Backup and Sync Desktop App.
The Backup and Sync Desktop App is not as intuitive nor cleanly designed as Google Drive Desktop App but it gets the job done.
For personal and business users, this change isn’t bad – it’s just different.
If you happened to hear mention of an antivirus software named Kaspersky and the US Federal Government banning it from government computers, it’s because Kaspersky is made in Russia. While the software’s origin doesn’t immediately mean it’s compromised, the US Government feels that the likelihood is too high to take the risk.
What does that mean for your computers? As with any computer, there’s always the >possibility< of your system being compromised. The >probability< is much, much lower however. Having Kaspersky on your system is better than not having any antivirus software. The decision point is whether to have Russian-made software on your computer or software designed somewhere else. Any software has the >possibility< of containing unwanted capabilities. Our job is to reduce the >probability< of compromise.
Eckrich Enterprises stands ready to review your system’s architecture and security. Call us today and let us help you reduce the probability of future problems.
For further information on the Kaspersky issue, please feel free to visit http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/14/technology/kaspersky-software-federal-government-order/index.html .
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