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01/22/2022

Have you ever wondered what all the different certification labels mean on the bottles in your health foods stores? Our new Pulse article. "Quality Control Certified, What does that really mean for a Contract Manufacturer of Private Label Supplements." helps explain some of the different certifications.

Ever feel overwhelmed by the number of supplements available in the aisle of your local Pharmacy or health foods store? Ever wonder what all the different certification labels mean on the bottles? For a retail supplement provider looking to contract with a private label supplement manufacturer, unde

09/18/2018

Publisher strengthens commitment to academic integrity by offering proctored exams in all courses.

06/21/2017

Our Client, Caduceus International Publishing announces a new accredited online course available for the 2017 fall term

Caduceus International Publishing, a leading provider of interactive health science curriculum and online medical terminology courses to Universities, professional schools, and...

05/05/2017

Wednesday, May 3rd, there was a massive phishing attack coming from valid Google Gmail accounts that hit people's inboxes worldwide. It was a simple email asking people to click on a link to open up an online Google Doc that the sender was sharing with them. Later in the day Google came out with a statement saying that it was estimated that there could be upwards of 1 million victims from this attack.

We received one of these emails at about 1:30 pm central time and were notified by numerous people across a range of locations and businesses that they had also received a similar email.

After analyzing a few of these emails it was clear it was some type of malicious phishing attempt. We would later understand that it was also a sophisticated OAUTH attack ... read more

https://www.slickrockweb.com/google-phishing-oauth-attack-pawn-storm.php

08/06/2016

"Pokémon Go Turns the World into a Playground, Dangers and All" is our new article exploring some of the unintended consequences of the new augmented reality video game called Pokemon Go that is sweeping across the globe. Cartoon creatures pop up on a player’s screen as if they were in the same real-world location as the player and lead players into outside areas that may have more than just 2-dimensional dangers.

The world is a playground…at least that is what Pokémon Go players experience as they venture into unfamiliar places in their real world to capture virtual creatures.

04/11/2016

SlickRockWeb has a new article out titled "Mossack Fonseca, overseeing trillions in off-shore tax havens, lets a $7 software plugin take down at least one President and produce the Panama Papers".

This is the largest data leak in history, at 2.6 terabytes, and the fallout will be felt for numerous world leaders for many months to come. The Icelandic President has already been forced to resign because of the . What is even more fascinating to us was just how bad the online security for this law firm, Mossack Fonseca, was. Keep in mind they handled over $2 trillion dollars in assets through their shell companies and tax havens but apparently they were unable to pay $7 dollars to update a vulnerability in a software plugin on their website. This vulnerability appears to have led to their company being hacked and the eventual leak of 11.5 million documents.
http://www.slickrockweb.com/mossack-fonseca-and-panama-papers.php

It is hard to believe that a law firm managing trillions of dollars in offshore tax havens would have security so lax that a $7 dollar software plugin contributed to the largest data leak in history. But that appears to be exactly what happened with the leak of millions of confidential documents and…

07/28/2015

One of the best things about my job is learning about about a new client, what they do, why it is important and how best to help them. For example, you might think learning about dust fans and dust control solutions would seem rather dry ... until you read about families that have lost family members in tragic seemingly unexplained industrial explosions. Check out the Energy Solutions of Texas Google+ page where we posted a MythBusters video demonstrating the explosive power of combustible dust or in this case non-dairy creamer: https://plus.google.com/118140026552832857976/posts/YwhyMzrjUb6

Then read this article about a mill fire in Canada that now appears to have been because of a dust explosion. http://www.interior-news.com/breaking_news/317549981.html

Mythbusters test the explosiveness of non-dairy creamer dispersed in the air and confined in a small area in the presence of an ignition source. It is the… - Energy Solutions of Texas - Google+

07/25/2015

This morning a very successful retired business owner gave me a small framed picture of a lion and a gazelle with the below caption on it. She said it was front and center on her desk and she thought I would appreciate it ... especially since I have been to Africa a few times. It is now front an center on my desk.

"The Essence of Survival"

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed ... every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death."

"It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle ... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

I did some Googling to see where this quote and image came from and it appears the earliest instance of the quote was from a reference in the Economist magazine in 1985 in an article titled “Lions or gazelles?”. The words were credited to a securities analyst named Dan Montano. I could not find any author attribution information for this image. If any of you have additional information about either the quote or the image feel free to post in the comments section.

06/30/2015

If you see either of these occur (sharp decrease in search traffic or the absence of your website in a Google search) .... I can almost guarantee that your website has been hacked and subsequently delisted by Google. We are seeing a lot of this and helping a number of new clients get their websites cleaned up and then relisted in the Google search engine.

05/15/2014

SlickRockWeb has a new article out titled "On Net Neutrality, NSTIC, and SEO" http://www.slickrockweb.com/net-neutrality-nstic-and-seo.php

A lot of ink has been used lately covering all the facets of the “Net Neutrality” debate. In particular, everyone from small time bloggers to major news organizations are covering the FCC and whether or not the Internet is going to become more of a pay to play service. But while catch-phrases like…

12/31/2013

Check out our new article on the Rap Genius fiasco and what happens when you run afoul of Google's search algorithm.
http://www.slickrockweb.com/rap-genius-smackdown.php