Going Smishing
Fun, but very important, fact: your smartphone is not immune to the various hazards that attack computers. You’ve heard of phishing, which typically works through email. Smishing is similar, but it relies ...
Examples of Phishing Emails and How Not to Get Infected
Wombat Security Technologies recently released their “State of the Phish 2018” report. This report found that 76% of companies surveyed experienced phishing attacks in 2017. What is a phishing attack? Phishing is ...
Click Fraud: When Clicks on your Advertisements are Bad Things
If you’re running a small business, you’re probably interested in the revenue that comes from successful advertising. Unfortunately, there’s this pesky thing called click fraud, which causes you to overpay for advertising. ...
Types of Malware and How to Beat Them: Part 2
This is the second part of a multipart series on common types of malware and other computer hazards. For those who have managed services with Micro Visions, we’re keeping an eye on ...
Oh My Gs: A Brief History of Prehistoric G, 3G, LTE, and 5G
The latest cellular technology that mobile phone companies are touting is 5G, due for release in the next year or two. If you're wondering what that means and why it's going to ...
Cryptocurrency and You: What Is It, and Why Do You Care?
Cryptocurrency: online currency based on a peer-to-peer network (as opposed to any central entity, like a bank for traditional currency). The system is decentralized, so no single entity controls exchanges. To prevent ...
CPU Security Flaw Update
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you may have heard about Spectre and Meltdown, which exploit vulnerabilities in the processor chips in both devices and cloud infrastructure. These vulnerabilities almost certainly apply to you. They are in modern ...
Firefox Quantum: Quantum like Physics, but Way More Fun
For those who have been following Micro Visions blogs for a while, you may be familiar with some of my adventures in jacking up my browser. If not, see this experiment and that ...
Merry Techmas: 10 Gifts under $150
Not sure what to get for the technology lover on your list? Here are 10 gift ideas under $150.
Net Neutrality: What it Means for Small Businesses
Regardless of politics, the proposed repeal of net neutrality is making everybody with an Internet presence pretty crabby. However, in the interest of spreading knowledge, I’ve gone and sorted through the hysteria and ...
