With the End-Of-Life date coming soon for Windows 7, It's inevitable that the beloved Windows Operating System is dying. It has that all too familiar terminal illness called End-of-Life. Microsoft has announced that it is pulling the plug January 14, 2020 on the version of Windows that most of us … Read More
Don’t Get Phished!
There has been a lot of local news and buzz lately about phishing activities and not the ones where you catch dinner! Emails, websites, and even telephone calls can be phishing expeditions by the less than trustworthy. We've all heard of folks hit by identity theft. And, yes, sometimes that comes … Read More
Security Alert – Microsoft warns of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Windows Defender
Microsoft is urging users of Windows 10 to update immediately. The flaw lies in Internet Explorer and allows an attacker to potentially install software, modify/view/delete data or even create new accounts. The vulnerability was found by a security engineer with Google's Threat Analysis Group. The … Read More
Ultimate Google Search Tips and Tricks Cheat Sheet
We've done a few posts in the past regarding tips and tricks using Google, such as "5 Google Search Tricks You May Not Know", but as you know, there are hundreds of things that Google can do. We would like to share some of our top Google Search Tips and Tricks in this "Cheat Sheet". Please note … Read More
What is WordPress?
Do you ever wonder "How is this website built?" or "What software is this site running on?" If you're like most people, you've probably never given it any thought. Your favorite websites are there when you need it and it just works as expected. In this article, we'll cover one of the most popular … Read More
What is patch management for 3rd party software?
What are patches? Patches can be seen as some type of hotfix. Everyday exploits, bugs, and security risks are found within programs, and these are what the patches would fix. A bug in the software could be a failure or fault that could cause it to behave in unintended ways. If you think of an … Read More
Vulnerability in popular tool WinRAR is being used to install malware
"Earlier this month Check Point Research reported discovery of a 19 year old code execution vulnerability in the wildly popular WinRAR compression tool. Rarlab reports that there are over 500 million users of this program. While a patched version, 5.70, was released on February 26, attackers are … Read More
Newly Discovered Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in Google Chrome
In order to stay secure using Google Chrome, you need to update your browser immediately. There is a security vulnerability in the FileReader component of Chrome that could allow remote attacker to access memory and execute code to take unauthorized control of your machine. Here's the … Read More
SandStorm IT Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet
In this post, we'll keep an ongoing list of keyboard shortcuts from posts that have been listed in previous blog posts like "6 Keyboard Shortcuts You May Not Know" and "6 More Keyboard Shortcuts You May Not Know". In this "Cheat Sheet", we'll have all of them listed, but with more concise … Read More
How can software licensing affect my business?
One of the biggest, and sometimes costliest mistakes that we see businesses make today is failing to consider the cost of software licensing when purchasing new hardware or software for completing business tasks. These days licensing costs, for many, are a cost of doing business. But what is … Read More
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