Microsoft Asks Customers To Replace Internet Explorer With Edge Browser
Internet Explorer is proving to be a very difficult web browser to kill, and it's not for lack of trying on Microsoft's part. Back in August of this year (2020), the company mapped out a path to the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams Has Added Several New Features
Since the start of the pandemic, Microsoft has been working at a furious pace to add new features to Teams. It has become one of the company's most widely used services, allowing remote employees to...
View ArticleAdrozek Is A New Malware Strain With Big Plans
Microsoft recently issued a warning about an ongoing malware campaign they discovered. It seeks to install a new browser hijacking, credential stealing malware strain called Adrozek onto as many PCs as...
View ArticleCyber Attacks On Schools Are Increasing According To Recent Warning
With the pandemic still raging, many schools around the world are still shuttered as tens of millions of school age children take to learning from home via remote or distance learning technologies. It...
View ArticleIncreased Speed Coming To Microsoft Edge With New Feature
Microsoft has really struggled in recent years to make a browser that could compete with the most popular offerings on the market today. Internet Explorer was the early standard, but was quickly...
View ArticleOlder Free Versions Of WinZip May Have Security Vulnerabilities
Hackers have found yet another possible inroad they can use to infect the machines of unsuspecting users. This time, they're infecting older versions of WinZip. If there's one utility that's nearly as...
View ArticleThe New Year Brings End For Adobe Flash Player
We're drawing close to the end of an era. The writing has been on the wall for Adobe's Flash player for quite some time, and the company has set a firm date of January 12th, 2012 as its official end of...
View ArticleFake Gift Card Balance Checking Sites May Steal Your Money
Scammers have a new way of ripping people off this year. If you're not mindful of it, it could literally cost you. Gift cards have always been fairly popular, but this year, they seem to be more...
View ArticleAI Will Help Lower Background Noise In Microsoft Teams
Are you working from home right now? If so, you've got plenty of company. Since the pandemic began, tens of millions of American workers have started doing exactly that, but there's a problem. While...
View ArticleMillions Downloaded Malware Infected Chrome And Edge Extensions
Avast are the makers of popular antivirus software. Their researchers, recently found a total of twenty-eight different Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions that were laced with malware. Worse,...
View ArticleUpdate WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin Immediately For Security
Is your company's website built around WordPress? If so, you're certainly not alone. WordPress is, to this day, the simplest way to get a site up and running quickly. It's easy to use, has an intuitive...
View ArticleLatest iPhone iOS 14.3 Update Makes Privacy A Priority
If you have a smartphone, and these days, almost everyone has at least one, you're incredibly easy to track. That's especially true if you have more than a handful of apps on your phone, because apps...
View ArticleNew Malware Targeting Windows And Other Operating Systems
Researchers on the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky Lab have recently discovered a new malware strain dubbed PyMICROPSIA, currently being used by a group tracked as AridViper....
View ArticleGoogle Storage Was The Cause Of Their Recent Global Outage
If you make extensive use of Google's products, you almost certainly noticed the worldwide outage of Google's services. As details continue to emerge about the outage, it's increasingly clear that...
View ArticleMillions Of Windows 7 Users Remain Despite Support Ending
One year ago, Microsoft officially ended support for the venerable Windows 7 operating system. No new security patches have been issued, which means that anyone running a Windows 7 machine at this...
View ArticleAppliance Maker Whirlpool Suffers Ransomware Attack
In 2020, hackers around the world have increasingly gravitated to ransomware as their preferred method of attack. This year, there have been dozens of high-profile, successful attacks on companies...
View ArticleKawasaki Is The Latest Company To Endure Data Breach
Japanese juggernaut Kawasaki Heavy Industries is the latest company to fall victim to a security breach. The company, which employs more than 35,000 people and has offices all over the globe recently...
View ArticleBe Careful Your Home Security Cameras Can Be Hacked
Various hackers around the world have found a new hobby. Recently, there has been a rise in "Swatting Attacks", which have seen hackers take advantage of the notoriously weak or nonexistent security in...
View ArticleSecurity Incident Exposes Some T-Mobile Customer Data
In 2020, there have been a number of high-profile data breaches, and as we move closer to the end of the year, we have yet another to report. This time, cellular carrier T-Mobile is the victim, having...
View ArticleWeak Passwords Are Making Easy Work For This New Malware
There's a new worm making the rounds on Windows and Linux-based servers that you should be aware of. This nasty bit of code has been spreading rapidly, using simple brute-force methods to break into...
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