Atlanta’s City Systems Succumbs to Ransomware Hit

City of Atlanta Struggling Post-Ransomware Infection Officials have confirmed, Atlanta’s municipal government has been brought to its knees by a ransomware attack — one of the most sustained and consequential cyber-attacks reported against a major American city to date. It is believed the City of Atlanta’s systems were infected with the same ransomware variant, SamSam, that Read more about Atlanta’s City Systems Succumbs to Ransomware Hit[…]

Fix Outlook Setup for iCloud error

How to correct  “Setup can’t continue because Outlook isn’t configured to have default profile.” message when setting up iCloud for Windows. You may have run into a problem with Apple iCloud for Windows application – when I click the checkbox “Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks With Outlook”, you get the following error messages: “Setup can’t continue Read more about Fix Outlook Setup for iCloud error[…]

Allentown crippled by security breach

City of Allentown, PA forks out $185,000 for malware attack remediation The city of Allentown reported a malware breach was detected on Tuesday 02.13.2018 and it continues to work on the fix. Per city Communications Director Mike Moore their IT department determined the problem was “beyond its capabilities” and the city contracted Microsoft to come Read more about Allentown crippled by security breach[…]

How to improve and optimize Internet connection speeds

Improve your PING speeds   Here’s a list of steps you can take to quickly improve the quality of your Internet connections Select the optimal DNS server for name resolution By default, you’re likely to going to get DNS servers provided by your ISP. While in most cases these provide adequate speed for name resolution Read more about How to improve and optimize Internet connection speeds[…]