It’s 2023 – Stop falling for fake Microsoft emails!

It’s 2023 and we’re still seeing clients fall for this type of scam email designed to have you click that “View Secured Document” link. There’s several giveaways from the fact that “SharedPoint” is NOT “SharePoint”, to the origin email which is from Japan instead of a Microsoft domain.Another big clue is when you hover over the “View Secured Document” link, …

And the winner of our Kindle Fire tablet computer giveaway is…………..

The winner of the Kindle Fire is: Jason Kneese, manager of Outman’s Cigar & Martini Bar here in Greenville! Out of 9459 entries into our #LeapIntoIT Kindle Fire giveaway, Jason had only a couple, but his retweet of our post was the lucky one that did it. I would like to thank everyone who took part in the fun and …

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Did you know Homeland Secure IT is a Microsoft Authorized Education Reseller? #Greenville #Upstate

If you are needing Microsoft products for your school in the Greenville / Upstate SC area, Homeland Secure IT may  be able to save you money… We are able to offer academic priced software through Microsoft Academic FPP, Open Agreement and School Subscription. The discounts can be substantial when compared to retail pricing! To find out if your organization is qualified, or for …

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Cisco IOS patch delayed until September

Cisco announced an update to their IOS operating system that was scheduled for March 23rd, unfortunately, due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Cisco has stated that we will all have to wait until the next scheduled disclosure destined to take place in September. Cisco revealed over 10 vulnerabilities since the last update back in September of 2010 that …

Xperience Greenville review by Pamela Hoyt @PamelaHoyt #XperienceGVL #Greenville

Xperience Greenville as reviewed by Pamela Hoyt After a very full day at TEDx Greenville, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with Xperience Greenville that followed.  TED x proved to be an incredibly fast paced adventure that far outweighed my expectations.  TED meaning Technology, Entertainment, and Design was certainly carried through in Xperience Greenville as well.  The “X”perience was …

Secure IT Alert: Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases & AutoRun Advisory

Homeland Secure IT Alert for Thursday, February 23, 2011 Microsoft has released Security Advisory 967940, titled “Update for Windows Autorun”, and it covers an issue that has long plagued Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. When you insert a USB flash drive, or USB hard drive, Windows has attempted to treat them like CD/DVD material and perform an autorun on it. While …

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Happy Birthday Pamela Hoyt! @pamelahoyt @bigjonevans #youbrandme #4head4rent #greenville

So it’s your wife’s birthday… What in the world do you get the woman who apparently has everything? I mean seriously, she does. She’s got great kids, a super-duper husband, outstanding wardrobe, jewelry, etc… Hard to top all that, but I think I may have done it!  I got her a Big Jon Evans!!!!!   (@BigJonEvans on Twitter) Okay, I …

Secure IT Alert: Potential Microsoft Windows SMB vulnerability discovered

Homeland Secure IT Alert for Thursday, February 17, 2011 I’m posting this verbatim from the WatchGuard security blog… — Yesterday, a gray hat going by the alias Cupidon-3005 posted details about a zero day Windows SMB vulnerability that could potentially allow attackers to gain control of fully patched Windows Server 2003 and XP computers. Microsoft is currently investigating this surprise …