By Tim Conneally, BetaNews
November 6, 2008, 12:26 PM
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is considered a superior encryption protocol to the aged and inherently flawed WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), but it is not without its vulnerability, as one researcher is preparing to demonstrate.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Fifteen_minutes_to_crack_WPA_protocol_says_researcher/1225992365

Posted: November 6th, 2008 under In The News, Security.
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By Stuart J. Johnston
The advent of “in the cloud” medical records services, such as Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health, promises an explosion in the storage of personal health-care information online.

But these services pose sticky privacy questions — unless you know how to protect your personal medical records.

http://windowssecrets.com/2008/09/18/03-Cloud-computing-puts-your-health-data-at-risk

Posted: September 23rd, 2008 under Internet, Security.
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By Tim Conneally, BetaNews

September 12, 2008, 5:30 PM

In a unanimous decision, Virginia’s Supreme Court has agreed with arguments made by lawyers of convicted spammer Jeremy Jaynes that Virginia’s anti-spam law violates the Constitution’s First Amendment free speech protections.

BetaNews | Spammer pokes holes in Virginia anti-spam law, gets set free

Posted: September 17th, 2008 under In The News.
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I came across this article and that it is a great read. This explains how the fake anti-virus and malware warnings do, and how they try and fool people.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/anatomy_of_a_hack/

Posted: August 24th, 2008 under Security.
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Phishing is a type of deception designed to steal your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information.

Con artists might send millions of fraudulent e-mail messages that appear to come from Web sites you trust, like your bank or credit card company, and request that you provide personal information.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/identify.mspx

At the bottom, they make a suggestion for Windows Live! OneCare. The software is ok. If you do not have security software, please consult BTS, for the best possible solution for your comptuer(S)!

Posted: August 15th, 2008 under Security.
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From Microsoft Small BUisness:
https://www.bumptheslump.com/default.aspx

Good luck!!

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Channel 7 in Detroit is going to have something about them at 11pm tonight. I assume they are going to talk about backing up your photos an storing them off-site at 11pm news tonight. www.detnow.com BTS LLC can setup a backup system to backup to a external device and / or online.

Posted: May 12th, 2008 under Backup.
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There are alot of security vulnerabilities lately.

Please get all Windows Critical and Important updates from http://update.microsoft.com

and

Run the free online scanner at http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ to ensure other important software is update and where to get the updates. Media Players, Flash, Java and others have their own vulnerabilities that can put bad things in your system. I suggest following these steps once or twice a month.

Posted: April 27th, 2008 under Security.
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/5/9/55924D6D-9454-4431-8C21-53418CA45FC5/tips_and_tricks_ultimate.pdf

Posted: April 17th, 2008 under Windows Vista.
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This is another fine reason to teach employee’s about safe Internet surfing, keeping your Operating System, Web Browser and Media Players updated with the latest security patchs.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9914896-7.html?tag=nl.e501

Posted: April 12th, 2008 under Security.
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