Reports of hackers infiltrating personal routers for nefarious activities have been in the news lately. Our friends at HowtoGeek recently posted a great article on how to determine if your home router has been compromised and we thought it was something our readers would find informative. Consumer router security is...
8 Ways to Fend off Spyware, Malware and Ransomware
At The Launch Pad we believe the best defense against spyware, malware, and ransomeware infections is education. The more we understand how we are vulnerable, the more we are able to protect ourselves from these costly and time consuming intrusions. Paul Mah wrote a great article for CIO.com and we...
Pretty Soon We Could All be Surfing the Dark Net
Many of us have heard of the mysterious Dark Net, a parallel internet best know as home to a collection of illicit websites that cater to political activists, rogues or for purchasing illegal goods and services. What many people don't know is that the Dark Net is becoming more mainstream...
How to Secure Your Data When Employees Leave
Regardless of the size of the company, most have a process in place when an employee leaves the organization, either voluntarily or through termination. Many conduct an exit interview, collect keys and ID cards and escort the employee from the building. With the proliferation of BYOD and the blurring of...
12 of the Biggest PC Myths That Just Won’t Die – Part 2 – Reposted from How-to-Geek
There is a lot of outdated or false information about PCs floating around. Our friends at How-to-Geek recently posted an article about some of the the biggest misperceptions that seem to linger as truths in many people's minds. Here is part two of that article. Manual Defragmentation and Expensive Defragmentation...