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Philip Tang

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The Text Message That Crashes iPhones

Posted by Philip Tang on Fri, May 29, 2015

A certain string containing Arabic characters has been found to crash iPhones went received in the Messages appImagine being able to crash someone's iPhone easily, remotely and at your own convenience. Sounds impossible, right? Or at the very least, improbable. But the internet always finds a way. A malicious method to crash others' iPhones has appeared on Reddit, unleashed into the wild.

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Topics: Data Security

NSA Planned to Exploit Google App Store, Slip Malware into Smartphones

Posted by Philip Tang on Fri, May 22, 2015

Operation_Irritant_HornNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is at it again. A top-secret document obtained by him has been jointly published by CBC news and The Intercept.  The document details surveillance strategies that the NSA and its allies were working on. One of these strategies involved exploiting the Google App store to inject malware into smartphones of people they wished to spy on.

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Topics: Data Security

Google Investigates Security-threatening Ad Injectors

Posted by Philip Tang on Fri, May 15, 2015

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Online advertisements are annoying enough as they are in their natural state. Gaudy pop-ups, incessant flashing and obnoxiously loud auto-playing videos are only the tip of the iceberg. 

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Topics: Data Security

Webroot Provides Powerful Internet Security and Malware Removal

Posted by Philip Tang on Fri, May 08, 2015

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NSK Inc. has recently switched to Webroot for handling client internet security. The data security software, which works across PC, Mac, Android and iOS, minimizes the risks incurred when roaming the internet, a place both wondrous and hazardous.  Of course, this is in addition to its antivirus and malware removal features.

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Topics: Managed Services, Data Security

Spiceworks Surveys IT Experts, Outputs 2015 Budget Report

Posted by Philip Tang on Fri, May 01, 2015

Spiceworks_2015_IT_Budget_ReportSpiceworks, a professional network linking together over 6 million IT experts and 3,000 tech vendors, recently released their 2015 IT Budget Report.  The report is comprised of survey results obtained from over 600 IT experts in Spiceworks community. Heeding the collected data could serve as excellent background knowledge for future IT project management going forward.  

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Topics: IT Project Management, IT Services