Computer Repair Experts in Phoenix, Arizona. my PC Techs Presents:

From ComputerWorld: “More than 9 out of every 10 Windows users are vulnerable to the Flash zero-day vulnerability that Adobe won’t patch until Thursday, Danish security company Secunia says. According to Secunia, 92% of the 900,000 users who have recently run the company’s Personal Software Inspector (PSI) utility have Flash Player 10 on their PCs, while 31% have Flash Player 9. (The total exceeds 100% because some users have installed both.) The most-current versions of Flash Player — 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87) — are vulnerable to hackers conducting drive-by attacks hosted on malicious and legitimate-but-compromised sites. Antivirus vendors have reported hundreds, in some cases thousands, of sites launching drive-bys against Flash.”

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135937/Almost_all_Windows_users_vulnerable_to_Flash_zero_day_attacks
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/1412255/92-of-Windows-PCs-Vulnerable-To-Zero-Day-Attacks-On-Flash

Translation: Be very careful for the next week, don’t visit any website that you don’t trust 100%. Once the patch for Adobe Flash has been released, download and apply it as soon as possible.

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my PC Techs provided the following small business technology tips:

Monitoring, scanning and updating the anti-virus software on your computer will keep your important information safe from theft and loss.

Building a website for your business is a great idea, but of little value if your customers cant find you. When you do a search on Google for the name of your business, are you first on the list? Do you rank high in the list when searching for keywords related to your products and services? If not, consider SEO and website promotion to increase your online presence.

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10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=878

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An interesting write-up describing how the recent hack of private Twitter data intersects with the notion of secure computing in the cloud. http://tjantunen.com/2009/07/15/the-twitter-hack-and-the-cloud/

Google’s Microsoft Moment

I’m not sure Google’s new Chrome OS announcement is that big a deal, or that the eventual product that gets released will actually have that much impact, but it’s a useful milestone in marking Google’s evolution towards becoming an older company with a distinctly different culture than they used to have.

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