Shopping online during the holiday season has become a popular option over the past few years. In 2021, consumers spent approximately $10.7 billion during Cyber Monday alone. Online shopping can take a lot of the stress out of the holiday shopping process, however it is important to stay safe. Unfortunately, cybercriminals don’t take this time...
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, according to a report from the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow for remote code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could be able to install programs;...
As we near the end of another year, IT trends have become more important than ever. “It’s been a long time coming, and I believe the pandemic gave CIO’s a bit of a boost, but the efforts to bring the back office to the front are materializing at a significantly higher rate,” said Eric Valdes,...
WYCKOFF, NJ, JULY 2022 — TNTMAX, a leading New Jersey-based managed technology service and cyber security consulting company, welcomes Eric Valdes as Chief Operating Officer. Valdes was the Vice President of Technology at FIRST for five years, where he served as their first internal IT hire. He brings 15 years of technology experience to TNTMAX. “We...
If you’re wondering whether you really need to install an antivirus software, the answer is yes. Antivirus is a type of software used to prevent, scan, detect, and delete viruses from a computer, per a report from Verizon. Once installed, most programs run in the background of a device to protect against virus attacks automatically....
Social media may seem like harmless fun, but sharing even the smallest details with the wrong audience can lead to a hack. “Be careful what you share and with whom you share it,” said TNTMAX President Frederic Farcy. “We love to see friends’ vacation photos or read about their latest family news on social media,...
Passwords may soon become a thing of the past. Tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced that they have committed to building support for passwordless sign-in across all of the mobile, desktop, and browser platforms that they control in the coming year, reported The Verge (May 5). The functionality is being made possible by a...
You may want to stop ignoring the software update popups on your devices. Here’s why: WHY UPDATING IS IMPORTANT In today’s cybersecurity landscape, it is imperative that devices are running the latest versions of software and security patches are installed to keep them up to date, according to TNTMAX President Frederic Farcy. “While this alone...
Are you in the cloud? Here’s why you might want to be: WHAT IS THE CLOUD? To put it simply, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”), according to Azure. If you use an online service to send email, edit documents, or...
Online privacy protections are gaining traction with the tech industry. Congressional leaders are negotiating on stalled consumer-privacy legislation, raising the prospect that a bipartisan bill could become reality after years of false starts, reported The Wall Street Journal (April 26). Congress is under pressure following recent disclosures of content potentially harmful to young people on...
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