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New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials
Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year...
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Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise
For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly...
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T-Mobile Is The Latest To Get Hit By Data Breach
Are you a T-Mobile customer? If so, be advised, the company recently published a Notice of Data Breach on their website to inform all clients that an email vendor they utilize was hacked. The notice...
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The Web Browser Wars Have A Clear Winner In 2020
It's notoriously difficult to get reliable statistics on web browser usage. While there are sites that purport to track such things such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare, the numbers coming from these...
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Recent Data Breach Affects Some Walgreens Mobile App Users
Are you a Walgreens customer? Do you make use of the company's mobile app, available for both Android and iOS devices? If so, be advised that the company recently disclosed a serious flaw in the app...
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Certain RAM Modules Continue To Have Security Vulnerabilities
Remember the Rowhammer vulnerability that made headlines around the world last year? 2019 saw all sorts of unusual threats, so if you're struggling to recall the details of that one in particular,...
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Google Chrome Guest Mode Is Great For Shared Computers
Google has recently rolled out a small but important change to its Chrome browser for Windows, Linux and macOS users. The most recent update adds a 'Default to Guest mode' to the browser that can be...
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Intel Graphics Get Update To Address Security Issues
If you have a personal computer that uses Intel technology, you're not going to want to miss the update released in March's Patch Tuesday. The latest update addresses a total of 27 vulnerabilities. Ten...
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Malware Is Targeting Cookies On Android Devices To Gain Access
There's a new malware threat to be aware of, called "CookieThief," which is an apt name that describes what the malware does. Honestly though, the Hackers missed the mark here. "CookieMonster" would...
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Paradise Ransomware Using Internet Query Files To Deliver Payload
The Paradise ransomware is like a bad penny; it just keeps turning up. The strain first appeared back in 2017, when it was spread far and wide via phishing emails. Then it seemed to fall out of favor...
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Over 1 Billion Android Devices No Longer Get Security Updates
According to the latest statistics, there are more than 2.5 billion Android devices in use around the world. That's a lot of devices by any reckoning. According to statistics gathered by Consumer...
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Another Week Another New Ransomware To Be Concerned About
There's a new strain of ransomware to put on your radar. This latest one was discovered by researchers working from SentinelLabs and it has been dubbed Nefilim. Based on the initial research, it seems...
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Hackers Targeting People Seeking Coronavirus Information On Health Sites
Some people just want to watch the world burn. That seems to be the reason behind the recent attacks on the US Health and Human Services Department website, which serves as a clearinghouse for...
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Coronavirus Health Notifications Being Used To Carry Malicious Threats
A Pakistani-based hacking group that goes by a variety of names, including "Transparent Tribe," "APT36," "Mythic Leopard" and others has been discovered to be behind a particularly nasty attack...
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New Google Translate Feature Rolled Out For Android Users
Google Translate is one of the company's most popular services, and most of the people who use it dream of the day when it's a full blown Universal Translator. While that's obviously still quite some...
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Financial Institution Worker Put User Information At Risk
Noam Rotem, a researcher for vpnMentor, recently made a startling discovery. A database connected to a now defunct app called MCA Wizard was found unsecured on the web. It contained a staggering 425 GB...
View ArticleWhat is your business strategy during a pandemic?
During this pandemic many companies are sending their staff home to work remotely. While this is a great way to continue business processes and keep the company running, there are a few things to...
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Computers Might Be Able To Smell In The Near Future
Word has recently leaked out about an interesting project that's ongoing at Intel's research labs. The company has apparently built an algorithm that mirrors the brain's activity to detect and identify...
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Windows 10 Announces One Billion Active Devices
Windows 10 is on a lot of devices around the world. In part, that's because it's a significantly better and more modern operating system than its predecessors. In addition, it's partly because...
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Apple Update Blocks Safari Third Party Cookies By Default
In May of 2019, a Google blog post encouraged all web browsers to adopt the approach of blocking third-party cookies by default. Google announced their own plans to do so, outlining a development...
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