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Use Of Bots Has Increased Fake Account Creations
The ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report 2017 is out, and is a troubling read for anyone who has anything to do with data security. As a fraud prevention company protecting nearly a billion and a half users...
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Mac Computers Battling New Malware For Hijacking DNS
It's official, the first macOS malware of 2018 is here. Discovered by an independent security researcher and dubbed "OSX/MaMi," the code is functionally similar to DNSChanger malware. The researcher...
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2 Million Credit Cards Stolen From Popular Sandwich Shop
By now, we've seen enough large-scale Point of Sale (POS) credit card thefts that patterns are beginning to emerge. Some companies follow the general arc of the narrative better than others, and...
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Blizzard Games Vulnerability Could Leave Gamers Open To Hacking
Do you play Blizzard online computer games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Hearthstone, Starcraft II, or Overwatch? If so, there's a potential problem you need to be aware of. Tavis Ormandy, a...
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Windows 10 Privacy Becoming More Transparent In Next Version
All companies collect data on their customers, but some are better than others when it comes to being upfront about what kinds of data are collected. Over the past year, Microsoft has made many moves...
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Performance Issues Plague PC’s Updated With Spectre Patch
Recently a critical flaw was found inside every Intel chip made during the last decade. The flaw makes two different exploits possible. These exploits have been dubbed "Meltdown" and "Spectre." The...
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Electronic Health Record Company “Allscripts” Hit By Ransomware
Another day, another high-profile ransomware attack. This time, the victim was Allscripts, an EHR (Electronic Health Record) company that hospitals, pharmacies, and ambulatory centers around the...
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iPhone Throttling Issue To Be Addressed In Upcoming Update
Recently, Apple found itself in hot water with its normally adoring user base. This happened when it became known that the company was intentionally throttling (slowing down) the speed of older...
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700,000 Potentially Malicious Apps Removed From Google Last Year
Google recently released their Play Store stats for 2017. The results are both encouraging and disheartening. Overall, Google caught and removed more than 700,000 malicious apps from the Play Store,...
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Fitness Trackers Could Be A National Security Risk
If ever there were two phrases that didn't seem to go together, they would probably be "Fitness trackers" and "National Security Risk." The very idea that a simple fitness tracker could pose such a...
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If your Point Of Sale Uses Oracle, Update Now
Oracle is currently the third-largest provider of POS (Point of Sale) software on the market today, which means that there's a fairly good chance you're using an Oracle POS system. If you are, there's...
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Malware Makers Testing Vulnerability Of Meltdown And Spectre
Security researchers from around the web are reporting finding an increasing number of instances of proof of concept (PoC) code that incorporates the recently discovered Spectre and Meltdown...
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Microsoft is Adding Much Needed Feature To Windows Defender
Microsoft is getting tough on so-called "registry cleaners", and it's about time. The company recently announced a planned change to Windows Defender (the anti-malware program that comes standard with...
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Ransomware Affected Over 50 Percent Of Surveyed Companies
Sophos has released the results of their annual "State of Endpoint Security Today", and it doesn't paint a pretty picture. A full 54% of companies surveyed reported having been hit by a ransomware...
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FBI Advises Users To Reboot Their Routers
Cisco's Talos Security Team has identified a new threat, and it's a nasty one impacting more than half a million consumer-grade routers in the US. According to the Talos Team's report, the new malware...
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Apple Users Are Getting Group Facetime
Apple's Legions of users love FaceTime, but there's a problem with the highly popular app. It only allows you to see and talk to one person at a time. Apple fans have been clamoring for Group...
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Embedded Sound Waves Could Damage Your Computer
It seems like a new attack vector emerges on a weekly basis, and this week is no exception. The latest threat: Emails containing specialized audio files whose acoustic vibrations can damage your...
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Microsoft Purchases GitHub – What Does This Mean For Open Source?
Microsoft just made a big, significant purchase that has raised more than a few eyebrows. They just acquired GitHub for a hefty $7.5 billion. What makes the purchase interesting and potentially...
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Study Shows Employee Satisfaction Is Higher With Technology Improvements
A new study recently published by HPE Aruba called "The Right Technologies Unlock The Potential Of The Digital Workplace," reveals some interesting details about technology in the workplace that's...
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TicketFly Customer Information May Have Been Hacked
Another week, another high-profile data breach, but this one can be filed under "Missed Opportunity." The site in question is "TicketFly," which is a web-based event ticket sales website owned by a...
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