CoronaVirus Scare Is Being Used By Scammers To Trick People
There is no low that hackers and scammers won't stoop to. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning about a worldwide scam in progress relating to fears surrounding the CoronaVirus....
View ArticleDangerous New Trojan Can Infect Systems Through Wifi
If you're not already familiar with the Emotet trojan, it deserves a special spot on your radar. It's one of the most dangerous forms of malware in the world today. Their success is thanks to the fact...
View ArticleWindows 10X Will Assist With Folding Screens And Dual Monitors
A lot of people raise a curious eyebrow when they hear the term Windows 10X for the first time. It's a bit of a niche product, but it is interesting. In recent years, several smartphone manufacturers...
View ArticleMalware And Viruses On Apple/Mac Systems Are On The Rise
For most of Apple's history, the company has been able to cast itself as a safer alternative to Windows-based computers.Hackers tended to focus the bulk of their efforts on Wintel boxes (Windows...
View ArticleOld School Virus Called KBOT Is Hitting Networks
There was a day when worms were once common, terrifying threats on the internet. In the early days of the world wide web, there were a number of famous attacks that were considered highly advanced for...
View ArticleDashlane Password Manager Removed From Google For Privacy Issues
Do you use the Dashlane Chrome web extension to help you manage your passwords? If so, you're not alone. The extension has more than three million users based on download stats. Unfortunately, Google...
View ArticleNew Dangerous Malware Is Disguising Itself As Fortnite Launcher
LokiBot burst onto the scene in 2015, and has earned a reputation as being a powerful. This fearsome trojan is being distributed in a new way that poses a very real threat to targets of all shapes and...
View ArticleGoogle Docs Gets Smarter With Smart Compose Feature
Google continues to increase the versatility and usefulness of the G-Suite. This time they are adding the much anticipated Smart Compose feature to Google Docs, and it is now available to all G-Suite...
View ArticleMandatory Two Factor Authentication Coming To Ring Devices
Finally, a smart device manufacturer is taking device security seriously, and that's great news indeed. You may recall reading about a serious issue with Ring security systems recently. The news was...
View ArticleMobile Flash Storage Getting Faster To Accommodate 5G Rollout
Are you ready for the world of 5G? Even if you are, the available storage you have on your favorite devices may not be as robust as you'd like it to be. Anticipating this problem, Western Digital has...
View ArticleThe New Microsoft Office App Looks Like A Winner
In November of 2019, Microsoft made an announcement and gave users an early look at a new unified Office app designed specifically for Android and iOS devices. The purpose, of course, was to provide...
View ArticleTax Information Theft Is On The Rise This Year
It's tax season, and if you're like many people, you make use of one of the numerous e-file platforms offered by TurboTax, TaxAct, and similar companies. Unfortunately, tax season also presents a...
View ArticleNew Edge Browser Coming To Windows 10 Through Updates
Microsoft Edge has been changed and improved many times. It is now Chromium-based, and is one important step closer to widespread release. At present, the new browser is available to Windows 10...
View ArticleEmails Pretending To Be Secret Admirers Could Be Ransomware
Nemty Ransomware isn't an especially well-known threat, but it's dangerous and should not be discounted. Recently, researchers have discovered an ongoing spam-email driven campaign that's attempting to...
View ArticleGoogle Translate Adds More Languages To Assist Communication
Every kid who grew up watching sci-fi has dreamed of the day when a Universal Translator would be available, making seamless communication possible and eliminating the language barrier entirely. That...
View ArticleFacial Recognition Company Hacked, Leaking Billions Of Photos
Photos are a new kind of currency, and gaining in value. Clearview AI is a facial recognition startup used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies around the country. The company was hacked, giving the...
View ArticleMobile Internet Usage Continues To Rise According To Study
A few years ago, the people who track such things announced that the PC had been dethroned. They said a slight majority of people were turning to their phones as their primary means of accessing the...
View ArticleNew Android Malware Can Get Past Two-Factor Authentication
Since 2010, Google has been doing its part to help keep its massive user base safe. They introduced a small but critical service called Google Authenticator, which is used by a number of online...
View ArticleJCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed
Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential...
View ArticleFacebook Is Fighting Back Against Spam Accounts
Unless you're plugged into the world of social media, you may not realize it. There's a war on, and until recently, it was a war that Facebook was losing. The war is being fought with billions of fake...
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