Today we will discuss two antivirus services made within the last 5 years that use cloud solutions to constantly update and improve their respective products. Is this the direction that future technology is heading in? It seems as if that is what the tech news outlets believe since both of these programs were featured in the past month.

NFC Technology: Near-Field-Communications is a set of short-range wireless technologies, typically requiring a distance of 4cm or less. NFC operates at 13.56 MHz and at rates ranging from 106 kbit/s to 848 kbit/s.

All of your life you’ve learned that in order to prevent yourself from being hacked, your password should be more than 6 characters long, with at least one number in your password. Along with that, most websites even require a security question to surpass the password when you log in on an unfamiliar computer. You would think that through this process that your account and information would be protected and that you have nothing to worry about. People have believed this for years but now their beliefs have changed thanks to Mat Honan, whose digital life was destroyed by hackers due to Apple and Amazon’s security flaws.

Social media and technology play a big role in our lives by keeping us entertained and well-connected with our clients, co-workers, friends and family. It has become a part of our daily lives and something we cannot go without. Technology and social media has also become increasingly important in the political arena, use of online social media for political activism is used through blogs, video and social networking sites and has become a key for political debate – so much so that it has provoked a counter-response from some repressed countries.   During 2011 blogging, video-sharing and tweeting were crucial in political events in the Middle East and North Africa. (https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1904319 )

If you thought viruses were scary, wait until you encounter Stuxnet and Flame. Well, let’s hope you don’t encounter them. What is Stuxnet and Flame you might wonder? Stuxnet is a computer worm that originated from the “Olympic Games,” a code name for a series of cyber attacks that were secretly launched on Iranian computers by President Obama. The worm was found traveling from computer to computer in different parts of the world and was powerful enough to take down between 1,000-5,000 centrifuges that Iran was using for its uranium. Stuxnet is the first cyber weapon ever used to cripple another country’s foundation.