Tech Tidbit – Are Browser Extensions Backdoor FERPA Violations?

There are increasing reports of browser extensions doing deep data collection on browser-based users using the permissions granted to install the browser extension. We are not just talking about browser extensions that have converted from seemingly benign extensions to malicious threats.

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Tech Tidbit – Should you pull the plug?

I keep reading that the State Legislature in Albany is debating legalizing the right to die, assisted suicide. That is heady stuff. In your own network, there are some profound implications to “pulling the plug” on a server, workstation, or network device.

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Tech Tidbit – Chasing Windmills

I don’t want you to get wiped out by the bad guys.   The entire Acture Solutions team works extremely hard to keep our clients safe 24x7x365. However, Acture Solutions, myself, my co-workers, or any other vendor cannot keep you safe on our own.

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Tech Tidbit – Watch The Gap

On Mother’s Day, I put my wife and my 9-year-old daughter on the 6:09 am train out of Southeast to NYC.   They had a special mother/daughter breakfast reservation at 9 am. As I am standing there waiting for the train, I am staring at all the warnings beneath my feet to “watch the gap”. It […]

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Tech Talk May Bonus Edition – Recording Available

So much has happened, and in some cases changed, since our April Tech Talk, that we felt our May webinar should be a Tech Talk Bonus edition. We will have a full cybersecurity update. We’ll say what we can about lessons learned in a new regional security event.

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Tech Tidbit – Warning Fake Captcha Attacks Are Delivering Malware

As you present a better and better network defense, the bad guys continue to get more creative in their attacks. A new attack that has shot out of nowhere to instantly become very prevalent is the “Fake Captcha” attack. It is about two months old. Our partner SOCs report this as the new scam in […]

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Tech Tidbit – The best defense may be a good offense

“The best offense is a good defense.” -Author Unknown “The best defense is to go on offense.” -Scott Quimby If you have been reading our Tech Tidbits over time, you know that a Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that provide 24x7x365 “eyes on glass” over your endpoints, or better still, over your entire network and firewalls, […]

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Acture/CSI’s January Tech Talk – Recording Available

This exciting session will be led by Scott Quimby, CISSP, Senior Technical Advisor at Acture/CSI, and Larry Lanigan, Site Leader at Acture with 17 years of experience as a technology professional. What to Expect: 1. “Tech Tidbits” with Scott Quimby.

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