Your Computer May Already Be Hacked

In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PCs and switched to typewriters.  What do they know that we don’t? Perhaps it’s Intel NSA inside. ——— For those of you who haven’t kept up, the National Security Agency’s Prism program has been in the news. Prism provides the NSA with […]

Check your router now, before Lex Luthor does

The Department of Homeland security, in conjunction with Rapid7, has issued another warning (Vulnerability Note VU#922681) that everyone using the Internet needs to be aware of. The last warning that broke out of nerdville into the mainstream media involved Java. In that case, simply viewing a web page could result in a computer being infected with a virus. This warning is […]

As of July 16th the Network Solutions’ website is under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.

Network Solutions is a domain name registrar that manages over 6.6 million domains. As of July 16th the Network Solutions’ website is under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Recently Network Solutions has been a target for attackers. In the previous outage, domain name servers were redirected away from their proper IP addresses. This was reported to be a result of a server misconfiguration […]

Google is keeping a history of your +1's, but you don't have to share it with everyone if you don't want to

The latest update to the Google+ Android app doesn’t have the most exciting changelog, but the one feature it adds is a user-facing one that brings up a larger question of the service. With the latest version, the Google+ app will now show content in your “stream” that wasn’t shared directly by someone in your circles, but instead was +1’d by someone. […]

So, You Want to Hide from the NSA? Your Guide to the Nearly Impossible

So, You Want to Hide from the NSA? Your Guide to the Nearly Impossible Complaining about the government is a key part of being American, the first amendment to the Constitution. But it seems like a bit of a trickier proposition these days, with the government listening to everything you say online. In the interest of preserving your freedoms and […]

Identity theft is an unfortunate fact of modern life.

Here at Phenicie Business Management we work with many agency’s that help reduce the affect of identity theft. Helping stop spam or virus intrusion into your network by updating your internal security. 1: Migrate to a modern operating system and hardware platform. 2: Install a comprehensive Security Suite 3: Use a Web Browser with Sandboxing Capabilites. 4: Use a PDF […]