by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 26, 2016 | Security
Many businesses are struggling to combat the increasing sophistication of hackers. However, the key to data security may lie in multifactor authentication. When firms such as Apple are struggling to reduce the threat of hacks which spell disaster for their employees,...
by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 19, 2016 | Security
Phishing scams are well known within technology circles, but this doesn’t mean those in the tech industry are immune as Snapchat discovered in February. Snapchat, for those of you who are not aware, is a social media app which allows users to send each other photos...
by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 12, 2016 | hardware
You can never have enough storage on your PCs, so that’s why Samsung has now released a 16TB solid state drive (SSD) which is being called the biggest ever. Samsung has decided that it’s time to solve all your storage issues with an integral SSD rather than investing...
by Ophtek, LLC | Apr 5, 2016 | Security
Reports of a rise in ransomware trojans have seen further evidence in the form of ‘Locky’ which encrypts user data and demands payment to decrypt it. Gathering data content, be it blog articles or customer databases, is a time consuming affair, so there’s a real sense...
by Ophtek, LLC | Mar 29, 2016 | Security
Compared to Windows PCs, Apple’s Mac computers have always been relatively virus free. However, a recent security attack has proved this is no longer true. March 2016 saw a significant attack on Mac users which involved hijacking the Transmission BitTorrent app in...