Hackers and exploits and viruses, oh my!
The recent WannaCry ransomware virus outbreak has a lot of people wondering how to keep themselves safe from hackers. There will be the usual folks who say you should stay away from Windows machines because they are the only ones with vulnerabilities. Or that it's all the NSA's fault ...SureTech Co-Founder Wins SmartCEO's Brava Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SmartCEO Selects Dana Molina for Brava 2016 Award
Dana Molina selected as one of 40 executives who combine their entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community.
New York, NY – July 7, 2016 – Dana Molina, Co-Founder and VP of SureTech, has been ...Is My Email Hacked or Is it "Phishing"?
Email Hacking We are seeing an increase in the number of incidents where criminals are specifically targetting the Finance or HR departments at companies to gain funds or personal data. What to look out for: You receive an email that appears to be from someone senior at your ...Windows 10 is Here..What Should I Do?
Windows 10 is Here
You've probably heard about the new version of Windows about to be released by Microsoft, Windows 10. And you may have even seen a little icon displayed at the bottom right of your screen which allows you to “Get Windows 10”.
SureTech ...Smartphone Apps - Like Dates, Good to Know Where They've Been
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The new HTC Droid security flaw proves that when you download an open-source app, you're inviting the developers into your home, taking off their shoes, and giving them a foot massage (so to speak.)
Defense in Depth
Today I want to talk about the benefits of defense in depth. The term “defense in depth” is used in a variety of ways. I like to think of it as a general term to describe any system where you have multiple layers of protection. If one layer fails, another ...Performance
I am giving a talk in about a week at Pace University on improving performance of applications (where I’m using the term “application” to mean anything that interacts with a user – a program running on an iPhone or Windows computer, a web site, etc.). To help prepare for ...Performance Talk Slides
The slides for my talk on Performance at Pace can be found here - http://imgdr.massmind.com/uploads/suretech/file/Pace Performance talk.pdf
Doing What You Can to Finish
Tuesday of last week I spent much of my day painting walls for a house that our local Habitat for Humanity chapter. It was a lot different than my usual work and it gave me time to think about the parallels between working on the house and shipping software. First, ...Hiding .svn Folders through .htaccess
One way many people use to keep their website updated is through a source control tool such as SVN. We've found it a useful tool to keep track of changes, allow developers or designers to work on files and to make sure the right files end up on the web server ...Virus Removal Guidelines
Virus Removal Guidelines Overview Not all viruses are easily removed Sometimes a machine is infect to the point where a reinstall is necessary A good timeline tool is if it takes more than 1.5 hrs. or 2hrs with scanning it is time to escalate activity to plan ...Great Leadership
I try to keep my non-business interests (such as college basketball and my favorite team winning a national championship) out of this blog but the passing of John Wooden last weekend is something I think trancends sports. John Wooden was not just an amazing college basketball coach (having won twice as ...SureMail Outage - 12-28-09
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. -Abraham Lincoln What a bright guy, that honest Abe... Sadly, sometimes here at SureTech.com we get the most recognition when a system has trouble. Especially business critical system, like email. So, when ...Tombola 2009
In April we helped with the Arts Council of Princeton's Tombola 2009 fund-raiser. We had a fun time creating a rotating display using Flash of all the art work that played while the attendees were milling around and a Tombola countdown for the auction portion of the event to show ...How do I set up my IMAP Email Configuration?
The following are steps to configure your IMAP email account with SureTech.com.
Setting up your IMAP Account with Outlook 2007
1. Open Outlook and Select Tools->Account Settings from the main menu.
2. Select "New" from the "Account Settings" window.
3. In the new "Add New ...Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8
Why we recommend upgrading to IE8 IE8 is faster, more secure and more stable than IE6 or IE7. Many high-profile websites are starting to drop support for IE6 to push people to upgrade to a more modern browser (IE6 is over eight years old). So use of IE6 will soon ...We're Popular, I guess
We had a problem Saturday morning (4/4/09) with all of our websites that use any of our databases. It appears that someone attempted to hack into our site by trying various standard attacks and while, to the best of our knowledge, none of those attacks worked, the number of requests overwhelmed ...If you have access to someone else's Exchange calendar, you can open it in Outlook Web Access. First, go to https://outlook.suretech.com and log in to your SureMail account. Next, type https://outlook.suretech.com/OWA/<user's email address>/?cmd=contents&f=Calendar in the address bar of your browser and their calendar should appear.
Scheduled SureDesk Infrastructure Maintenance
Sunday night, August 9th from 7pm to 9pm our engineers will be performing scheduled maintenance work on elements of our SureDesk™ Network Infrastructure as part of our ongoing efforts to increase the capacity and redundancy of the services we provide. Although redundant systems are in place throughout our network we will ...Why Too Many Choices Can Be Bad
My cell phone provider lost a sale yesterday because they gave me too many choices (and not enough information at their store). Luckily for them, I’m not about to switch cell phone providers, but it is an example of how providing your customers choices without information about why they’d choose ...
