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RedOrum Celebrates 5 Years with American Internet Services
As an IT consulting and managed service company in San Diego, it’s important to use a data center with a successful reputation. RedOrum LLC provides IT consulting, hosting, networks and design services for a wide variety of clients from Los Angeles to Mexico. We...
5 Ways to Secure Your WiFi
WiFi connections are all around and at any given time in a busy city you will see a long list of connections. This list will also have the majority of the connections secure. Using an unsecure network for your home or office is dangerous to all users and can be...
How Do I Know If I Am On a Secure Site?
In this day and age internet security is extremely important to users. Because there are many ways for your information to be stolen, secure websites are the only way to safely submit information online. A secure website facilitates a safe connection between a website...
Transitioning from SHA-1 to SHA-2
The transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm) is coming soon. On November 7th, 2014, Google Chrome will stop displaying the security indicators such as the green padlock and/or green address bar for any certificates using the now outdated SHA-1 algorithm....
So Long Old Friend…Windows 7 Discontinued
Say goodbye to Windows 7. Microsoft discontinued selling consumer versions of Windows 7 Home, Basic, Premium, and Ultimate as of late last week. Once the current supply of Windows 7 copies run out you will no longer be able to purchase a computer with that version of...
Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft OLE: KB 3010060
Microsoft recently announced Microsoft Security Advisory 3010060. Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in all supported releases of Microsoft Windows which could allow your entire system to be taken over if a user opens any specifically designed Microsoft Office file...