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Attackers Targeting Job Seekers Via Listings And Recruitment
Cyber-criminals around the world are increasingly focusing their attention on job seekers. According to the security firm Flashpoint, there has been a notable uptick in ploys involving phony job...
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Microsoft Ending Forum Support For Older Operating Systems
Big changes are coming from Microsoft starting in July (exact date unknown), and it has potentially dire implications if you're using some of the company's older technology. Microsoft announced...
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New InvisiMole Malware Turns Your System Into A Video Camera
Another week, another new threat. This time, in the form of a new strain of malware that researchers are calling InvisiMole. The new threat was discovered by researchers at ESET, who found it on a...
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Some Private Posts On Facebook May Have Been Exposed
Facebook is in hot water again. Recently, the company admitted that while testing a new feature on the site, they inadvertently made public the posts of more than fourteen million users. The incident...
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Yahoo Messenger Will Shut Down In July
It's the end of the line for Yahoo Messenger. As of July, it will be no more, marking the end of an era. The announcement comes just six months after AIM (the old AOL messaging program) was shut down....
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The U.S. Is The Most At Risk Nation For Cyber Attacks
Being "number 1" isn't always a good thing. Rapid7 has just published their third annual "National Exposure Index," and unfortunately, the United States has the dubious honor of being the nation most...
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Another Vulnerability Found In Intel CPU’s
More bad news for Intel. Yet another security flaw has been identified in the processors the company makes. This one is so newly discovered that the full technical details have yet to be released....
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Google Cracking Down On 3rd Party Browser Extension Installs
Malicious code can wind up on your PC or phone by any number of roads. Companies do their best to guard the digital passes, but invariably, things get missed and the hackers find a way in. It's a...
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Majority Of Web Apps Found To Have Security Vulnerabilities
How many web apps do you have on your phone? Probably a ton. Here's something you likely didn't know. Based on the latest research from Positive Technologies, nearly half of them (48 percent) are...
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New Trick Lets Hackers Bypass Office 365 Email Security
What's old is new again. Hackers have recently begun re-deploying a decade-old trick called 'ZeroFont' to get around Microsoft's security filters and deliver phishing and spam emails to Office 365...
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Study Shows People Prefer Alternatives Over Passwords
File this one away under "confirming things we already knew." A recent study conducted jointly by Blink and Trusona confirmed that people just don't like passwords very much. Their study tracked the...
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Turn Cortana Off At Lock Screen To Avoid Potential Hack
Do you use Cortana? It's a handy virtual assistant (like Siri) built into Windows 10. Unfortunately, as useful as she is, there's a problem. Even if you don't use Cortana yourself, take heed:...
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Vulnerability In Mac OS Went Unnoticed For Years
Researchers at Okta Security have stumbled across something big. Recently, they discovered a flaw in Apple's OS that would have allowed hackers to completely undermine Apple's code signing process....
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Watch Out For Rise In Microsoft Office Attacks
Menlo Security has recently published a new report that will probably dismay you if you're a business owner. Microsoft Office has been named as the attack vector of choice for hackers around the world....
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New SSD Drive Can Hold 8TB of Storage
Good news for the business world in general, and the owners of data centers, in particular. Mass storage is about to get vastly more efficient thanks to Samsung's recently launched solid state drive,...
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Mobile Users Gain Privacy Protection In Supreme Court Ruling
There's some good news from a recent Supreme Court ruling where privacy is concerned, but take it with a grain of salt. In a recent 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement agencies...
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Microsoft Edge Mobile Browser Blocks Android And iOS Ads
As most people know, Microsoft Edge was the company's "reboot." After trying for years to patch and update their beleaguered Internet Explorer, Microsoft ultimately decided to scrap it and start...
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Apple Extends Warranty For Certain Malfunctioning Macbook Keyboards
If you own a Macbook or a Macbook Pro and your keyboard has "butterfly switches," you may have noticed some strange things with the way it operates. Users have been talking about the issue on forums...
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LTE Networks May Be Vulnerable To Hacking
Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and New York University in Abu Dhabi have discovered serious security flaws in 4G LTE networks that allow hackers to spy on, listen in on, intercept, and...
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Bug In Facebook May Have Unblocked People You Blocked
Facebook recently announced a site bug that impacted the privacy settings of more than 800,000 of its users. If you're one of the unfortunate souls who has been affected, then people you had formerly...
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