Phishing on Facebook – Angler Phishing

Cyber-criminals are masquerading as customer service sites on Facebook, luring disgruntled customers to their Facebook page in order to trick them into divulging their user name, password, and other personal information.  This is called “angler phishing.”

The way this usually works is this.  Let’s say you have a bad experience with your bank.  Then you write and post a negative comment on Facebook or Twitter about bad service you received at your bank, for example.  A cyber-crime crew will be searching ...

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cybersecurity, Facebook, Identity Theft, passwords, Phishing, social engineering, social networks

Protect Your Business from Cyber-Scams

Two weeks ago we reported on the most common cyber-scams targeting individuals like you and me.  But businesses are also in the cross-hairs of scammers.  A recent effort by the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau has created some resources to help small business owners and managers learn how to protect themselves from these scams.

It is important to ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, social engineering

WordPress JetPack Exploit Hijacks Websites for Tech-Support Scam

Bad actors are using compromised WordPress.com accounts and the popular Jetpack plugin to add a malicious plug-in of their own that turns compromised websites into a vehicle for perpetrating a fake tech support scam.  Attackers are using stolen user names and passwords from other breaches and trying these credentials on WordPress.com to find accounts.  They are even searching whois records for website domain names registered with the same email account as the stolen user name.

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cybersecurity, Security, Software vulnerability, Trojan, Web Design, WordPress

How to Block Malware on Small Business Networks

Most of the small business clients I work with do not have a huge budget for a cybersecurity program, and something like a managed security service program (MSSP) is beyond their reach.  They have money for a firewall, and endpoint security, but that is about it.  Sound like your business?  Then read  on.

There are eight simple, free or low-cost things that small business IT professionals or IT support providers can ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, malware, Security

Happy Independence Day

I am taking a break from my normal publishing routine to celebrate the founding of our country by the scruffy band of traitors, insurgents, and terrorists, led by rich, white slaveholders, that put their lives at stake to create this great nation.

As far as the English Crown was concerned, they were a bunch of traitors and rabble-rousers.   One man’s terrorist is ...

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News and politics

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