Chicago Social Media Feud Turns Physical The expansion of Facebook and Twitter has been a fun ride for many, but the growing number of younger kids on these websites means social media use has become an issue for classroom management. Read More
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Mobile Malware Nothing To Mess With As fans of the groundbreaking hip-hop group can tell you, the Wu-Tang Clan is nothing to ... well, mess with. Neither is mobile malware, according to a recent Dark Reading article. Read More
New Cyberthreat Comes Via Text Message You love getting text messages, but when you hear the exciting sound go off on your phone and see a number you don't recognize, it's best to take a moment before clicking on that link. Read More
Do You Have A ‘Social Media Will’? What happens to your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Last.fm and other social networking accounts after you die? Read More
Guarding Against Social Engineering Do you know who's reading the information you post on your Facebook page? Read More
Conficker Virus Not Going Away Anytime Soon Layered security is important for any computer or network, but it becomes especially important once you realize just how stubborn some viruses are. InformationWeek said one virus, the Conficker, is "obstinate" and has continued to survive and thrive in corporate networks across the world. Read More
Java Issue Affects Macs And PCs We've got some more info for you related to the Mac Flashback malware we posted on yesterday. A word of warning: It's not great news. Read More
Delete All Pictures In All Worksheets Imagine an excel file with over 180 worksheets in it. As it grew over time it got filled with different brand images for your company—different sizes, outdated logos, etc. How can you get rid of all those ugly and outdated images in the entire workbook, but keep the smaller icons intact? The solution is quite simple. Read More
Don’t Delete Your Friends, Just Unsubscribe From Them! At least once in your Facebook lifespan, you have probably toyed with the idea of deleting a friend. If it’s someone you see on a somewhat regular basis, it can get awkward - what if they find out? There is a solution! Read More
Myths Of Green Computing You want to live in a more sustainable way? Great! You know that PC power management is part of a green lifestyle? Terrific! But are you actually following good rules when it comes to keeping technology green? Read More
School District Blocking Websites On Student Laptops Many school districts have wondered how to handle classroomcomputer management. Now, public high schools in Portland, the biggest city in the state, are looking to block websites such as Facebook and Twitter on school computers, even while they are being used by students at home. Read More
Top 5 IdentiFile Requests in April Every time an unknown file tries to launch on your computer, Anti-Executable prompts a dialog with a link to the file’s information page on IdentiFile. Here’s a list of the most popular files that people checked using IdentiFile in April: Read More
Do I Really Need An Anti-Malware Solution? I’m sure IT Administrators always ask these questions: Do I really need an Anti-Malware solution? Is there a real value in investing in an Anti-Malware solution for personal or business use? What does a Malware seek to accomplish? What are the real dangers of Malware infecting my computer or network? Read More
Finally A Real Facebook Gift Card The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Finally there will be real gift certificates posted on Facebook from retailers like the Gap, Sephora, and H&M. Read More
Ugly Meter App: Used For Entertainment Or Cruelty? There’s an iPhone app which rates your ugliness on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the ugliest). Sounds ludicrous, right? Apparently not. Read More
Facebook Adds Organ Donor Status Facebook is trying to make it easier for those in need of a life-saving organ transplant, to connect with an organ donor. Read More
May The Fourth Be With You To political enthusiasts May the Fourth may mean one thing, but today is about something bigger than politics. Today is Star Wars Day! Read More
Mac Malware Makes Money Unlike most malware, which typically requires users to click on a malicious link or open a compromised attachment to get infected, Flashback downloaded itself onto its victims’ machines when they visited hijacked Websites, often compromised WordPress blogs. Read More
Would You Hand Over Your Passwords To A Stranger Online? 13% In The UK Say Yes We recently conducted a survey in the UK to uncover how open – or not – people are when it comes to divulging their personal information via social media channels. Would you hand over your Facebook password to a future employer? If someone solicited your work login over LinkedIn, would you offer it up no questions asked? Read More
New Dangers Of Online Banking Let’s face it: most of us are online bankers. Thanks to banking trojans like Zeus, phishing, and keyloggers, online banking information can be stolen including log-ins and passwords. Read More
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar [...] Read More
[Webinar] It’s Risky Business: 2012’s Top Social Media Threats Social media has become a powerful business tool today. With over 800 million Facebook users worldwide, it makes sense that businesses want to join the conversation. Social media has also become big business for cybercrime. One third of all SMB network infections were initiated by malware originating in social media sites. While social networking poses [...] Read More
[Webinar] 5 Things Your AV Won’t Stop Every day the news is filled with headlines of malware, data loss and breaches. It’s obvious the trend is on the rise. With over 60,000 unique malware samples discovered each day blacklisting technology like your Anti-Virus can’t keep up. Read More
[Webinar] Managing Insider Threats: 4 Risks You Need to Mitigate Event Date: Thursday, November 3rd at 10am PT / 1pm ET Organizations are investing in IT security solutions to protect their networks. CIOs are creating organization-wide policies to protect workstations and company data alike. And within these policies lies a usage component for acceptable employee behaviors. It’s always a struggle to strike a balance between [...] Read More
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment Faronics earned top honors from PG&E in the schools market category for saving its education customers more than 1.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity last year. Read More
Chicago Social Media Feud Turns Physical The expansion of Facebook and Twitter has been a fun ride for many, but the growing number of younger kids on these websites means social media use has become an issue for classroom management. Read More
Mobile Malware Nothing To Mess With As fans of the groundbreaking hip-hop group can tell you, the Wu-Tang Clan is nothing to ... well, mess with. Neither is mobile malware, according to a recent Dark Reading article. Read More
New Cyberthreat Comes Via Text Message You love getting text messages, but when you hear the exciting sound go off on your phone and see a number you don't recognize, it's best to take a moment before clicking on that link. Read More
Do You Have A ‘Social Media Will’? What happens to your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Last.fm and other social networking accounts after you die? Read More
Guarding Against Social Engineering Do you know who's reading the information you post on your Facebook page? Read More
EDUCAUSE 2012 Join Faronics at EDUCAUSE 2012 for the best thinking in higher education IT. Representatives from all 50 states and over 51 different countries participated either online or at the face-to-face [...]
ISTE 2012 ISTE's 33rd annual conference and exposition will return to "America’s Finest City," and Faronics will be there once again. The event provides professional development and networking [...]
Faronics Blog Selected as a Finalist in Info Security’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards SAN RAMON, CA, January 20, 2011 — Faronics announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Faronics Blog as a finalist of the 2012 Global Product Excellence Awards in the IT Blog category. These prestigious global awards recognize IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and [...]
Faronics Earns Energy Savings Award, Helps Customers Trim Costs and Protect the Environment SAN RAMON, CA, September 30th, 2011 — Faronics, a global leader in PC power management software, has received a 2010 Energy Savings award from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its innovative solution that allow end users to manage PC energy consumption and pare costs. Faronics Power Save software significantly reduces workstation power usage [...]
Classroom Collaboration Has Never Been Easier Thanks to Faronics Insight 7.6 SAN RAMON, CA, August 30th, 2011 — Faronics announced today the release of Faronics Insight 7.6. The latest version of the popular classroom management software features strengthened teacher control and administration, enhanced student monitoring, and improved support for assorted technology platforms including Ubuntu Linux, Multipoint Server 2011, and Vernier LabQuest. Instructors can now monitor students [...]
Faronics Innovative Solutions Solve Ever-Evolving Security Issues Others Don’t SAN RAMON, CA, August 16th, 2011 — Research shows the world’s top five security software vendors are losing significant market share to other industry players, including Faronics, whose innovative solutions target ever-changing threats that some security software might miss. Market share for the top five vendors dropped to 44.3 percent in 2010 from 60 percent [...]
Faronics’ Deep Freeze Selected as Finalist for the 2010 CODiE Awards SAN RAMON, CA, March 9th, 2010 — The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced that Faronics Deep Freeze has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Awards in the Best Security Solution category. Deep Freeze automatically restores workstation configurations with every reboot, reducing support incidents up to 63%. All products that [...]
