Email account hijacking is a serious, growing problem. It has become the number one way that cyber-criminals make money. What makes it so insidious is the ease with which the hijacker can impersonate the owner of the email account.
What this means to you is this – that email you got from your boss, a close friend, a coworker, a supplier or customer may ...
Saw this display at a computer conference. These are all memory modules or different ways to move and store information.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Apple Releases Security Updates
09/25/2017 08:08 PM EDT Original release date: September 25, 2017
Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple security pages for ...
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Happy Friday the 13th. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and this week’s theme is Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everyone’s Business. Often it is the simple things that work the best. Running automatic Windows and Microsoft updates, and applying updates and patches for Adobe, Apple, Android, and other products often are the best way to close the door on a new exploit ...
There is more bad news for WordPress website owners and developers. WordFence has found more instances of popular plug-ins being modified to contain malicious software. The three most recent discoveries are:
WordFence had reported earlier about another ...
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and this week’s theme is Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everyone’s Business.
Has anyone from your company’s IT department asked you to join the cybersecurity staff? No? Well consider yourself invited.
Cybersecurity has become an critically important part of computer and network operations, but frankly, no company can afford to hire all the information security professionals that it needs. And that is if they can find anyone ...
Continue Reading →We have complained about the total lack of security and uncessary data gathering by smart devices for a while. Why does a light bulb need to know my location? It’s great when these tech-nerd issues show up in the mainstream media. A big thanks to Sherman’s Lagoon.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.09/12/2017 05:26 PM EDT Original release date: September 12, 2017
US-CERT is aware of a collection of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, known as BlueBorne, potentially affecting millions of unpatched mobile phones, computers, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A remote attacker could exploit several of these vulnerabilities to take ...
Continue Reading →There is a new twist on an old tax scam appearing in email inboxes recently. The new phishing exploit uses both IRS and FBI emblems to scare recipients into provide personal information on a downloadable questionnaire. You can read the official warning here.
I like to remind people that the IRS only communicates with taxpayers by postal mail. Sometimes they might send a US Marshal. And the FBI certainly would not be sending an email when they can ...
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Piriform’s CCleaner is a popular computer cleaning and optimizing product that many people use. I have my doubts about the real effectiveness of these utilities, but many of my clients swear by it. I have used CCleaner myself several times as one of the tools I used to clean up a malware infection.
Recently, the CCleaner software code was modified to include a malicious backdoor. This warning was published earlier in ...
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