by Protek Support | Mar 2, 2017 | Tech Weekly
On Tuesday this week AWS (Amazon Web Services) suffered an outage that left several websites and services down for hours. This was not the work of hackers or a DDoS attack though, it looks like the S3 service took a nose dive on the east coast which caused even...
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by Protek Support | Jul 29, 2016 | Security, Tech Weekly
When Edward Snowden met with reporters in a Hong Kong hotel room to reveal NSA secrets, he famously asked them to put their phones in the fridge to block any radio signals that might be used to secretly activate the devices microphones or cameras. It’s fitting then...
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by Protek Support | Jul 12, 2016 | Tech Weekly
It’s easy to see change as a negative, especially if that change effects something close to you. And in today’s world what’s closer to you than your smartphone? Ask anyone and likely they would be hesitant to let you change anything on their phone, even a seemingly...
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by Protek Support | Jun 16, 2016 | Tech Weekly
The ways criminals gain access to your personal information and passwords are ever changing. But a timeless staple has been the keylogger, a low maintenance, hard to detect alternative way into your machine. These devices do exactly what it sounds like, they log and...
![Facebook Is Back In Court Over Privacy Violations]()
by Protek Support | May 23, 2016 | Business, Tech Weekly
Facebook has found itself back in court surrounding allegations of violating federal privacy laws by scanning private messages. According to the class action lawsuit filed last Wednesday in North California District court. The allegations center around Facebook’s...
![Hackers Selling 117 Million LinkedIn Passwords]()
by Protek Support | May 23, 2016 | Security, Tech Weekly
LinkedIn experienced a massive hacking four years ago, what initially seemed to be a theft of 6.5 million passwords has revealed itself to be a breach of nearly 117 million. Last Wednesday the professional social network revealed that the massive compromise of login...
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