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Archive for August, 2016

Many Android Phones May Be Vulnerable To QuadRoot Hack

Security researchers from Check Point have unearthed a new vulnerability dubbed QuadRoot that leaves potentially 900 million or more Android-based smartphones vulnerable. The attack manifests when a user unwittingly installs specially designed ...

Frequent Password Changes May Compromise Security

By now, it’s a familiar story. Conventional wisdom holds that you want to use a different password on every site or service you log into and that you want to change your ...

Ransom Hackers Are Targeting iPhone Users

Ransomware has made some inroads into the realm of smart devices, but until quite recently, Android devices were the target of choice. That seems to be changing now. Increasingly, we’re seeing iPhone ...

Your Microsoft Account Credentials May Be Vulnerable

In fact, your Microsoft Account Credentials are almost certainly vulnerable, but until the rise in popularity of Windows 10, it hasn’t been nearly as big an issue as it is today. The ...

Don’t Plug In That USB Drive!

USB drives. They’re ubiquitous. They’re everywhere. You probably have several floating around your office, or nearby. We tend to use them so often that we don’t even think about it, and that’s ...

Yahoo User Information Breached: 200 Million Accounts Affected

If you have a Yahoo email account, you’re not alone. The company is one of the largest free email account providers on the internet, which unfortunately means that when they suffer a ...

Millions Of Banner Health Members Affected By Latest Security Breach

Banner Health, based in Phoenix, AZ, has the dubious honor as having been the recipient of the largest healthcare related data breach so far in 2016. The cyberattack was launched on June ...

Create An Email Policy For Your Employees To Protect Your Business

Does your company currently have a formal email policy? If you don’t, you need one, and sooner, rather than later. As the first “killer app” in the world of computing, email is, ...

A Number of Popular Wireless Keyboards Can Be Easily Hacked

In recent months, we’ve seen an upsurge in the number of attacks that have been executed by exploiting wireless peripherals attached to computers. Hackers can even intercept signals sent to your PC ...

Be Wary Of Open Public WiFi

Public WiFi is ubiquitous. Pretty much anywhere you go these days, you’re going to find a free network you can connect to. Stop in to grab some coffee, free WiFi. Grab lunch ...

WJP Technology Consultants
Houston (HQ)
4200 Research Forest Dr. Suite 140
The Woodlands, TX 77381
713-230-8550

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Since 1986, WJP Technology Consultants has been a leading provider of IT support and consulting, focusing on small and medium sized businesses nationwide. We have helped hundreds of businesses increase productivity and profitability by making IT a streamlined part of operations. We equip our clients with customized technology solutions for greater operational value and to reduce risk.