Besides looking like an early version of Cyclops from The X-Men, what’s with all the hype on virtual reality? How much of a difference can be made by slipping ourselves into a three-dimensional world? For businesses, operating with the same routine day in and day out can be quite monotonous for employees.

by Robert Westervelt on January 22, 2015, 4:00 pm EST

Adobe Systems issued an update to address a Flash Player zero-day vulnerability being used in widespread attacks delivered through an automated toolkit and warned of another possible zero-day threat.

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued a recent advisory warning that cybercriminals will very likely attempt to use the Philippines Typhoon disaster as part of email scams and phishing campaigns.

Phishing attacks attempt to use high-profile events, including natural disasters in their subject line, to get victims to open an email and click on links contained in the message.

Virtual Density has identified an issue that may impact your IT systems. We are actively working on the issue and will provide updates as further information becomes available.

Potential Business Impact

Use extreme caution when opening .TIFF files and when visiting unknown websites.

Cybercriminals pushing rogue antivirus software now have a better chance of infecting systems with malware, following detection of their use of stolen digital certificates.

Source: Westfair Communications westfaironline.com
By: Patrick Gallagher

Nick Sparaco, Jennifer Morandi and Christopher Furey of Virtual Density L.L.C. Photo by Patrick Gallagher

In business, redundancy is generally synonymous with waste — with one notable exception.

Summary: Public clouds have the edge over their internal counterparts in security, reliability, and elasticity, according to the author of a new book on enterprise architecture.

By Joe McKendrick for Service Oriented

To see many of the advantages of cloud computing without its risks, many enterprises are turning to private clouds, which are service layers contained within their firewalls that look and feel like public clouds.

Summary: Public clouds have the edge over their internal counterparts in security, reliability, and elasticity, according to the author of a new book on enterprise architecture.

By Joe McKendrick for Service Oriented

To see many of the advantages of cloud computing without its risks, many enterprises are turning to private clouds, which are service layers contained within their firewalls that look and feel like public clouds.

You wouldn't believe it if a stranger walked up to you and said they'd just deposited money into your account, would you?  So, why on earth would you fall for the email below?

Instead of opening that attachment you should check with your bank directly to see if a wire transfer has been credited to your account.

I sent a client an email the other day asking her to update the credit card that her company uses to pay for services.  In the email I offered two options:  call me or fill out the form I'd attached and fax it back to me.  A few moments later I got an email from her.