Threat: Several Netgear routers are vulnerable to remote hacking. Real World Scenarios: A hacker can take over your router and use it for other nefarious purposes. While compromised the router would most likely perform poorly affecting your Internet Access. Mitigation: Here's what you can do - Check for updates for your router [...]
Threat: Google security experts have reported a critical security flaw in Adobe and Windows products. The Windows flaw is confirmed by Microsoft not to have a patch yet. A flaw without a patch is called a Zero-Day flaw. Microsoft promises one in the monthly release this Tuesday Nov. 8'th. Google says, [...]
Don’t Plug in that strange flash drive! Worse than containing Malware it may be wired to destroy your device We’ve warned about plugging in USB flash drives, from unknown sources, to your devices in before. This is because of the Malware they may contain. But there are also USB drives out [...]
Don't open another picture on your iPhone until you apply the latest update to the device. From the security notice accompanying the 10.1 update - "Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted JPEG file may lead to arbitrary code execution" http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207271 Plain English - Potentially, any image you view on your phone through: Facebook, Snapchat, [...]
Google has released a new version of their popular Chrome browser. The new release, version 53, includes fixes for several critical security flaws. We recommend updating Google Chrome as soon as possible. To do so: Open Google Chrome. Click the 3 vertically-aligned dots under the X in the upper right hand corner. [...]
91% of successful data breaches started with a spear-phishing attack. The Hackers get an A! I'll bet, less than 60% of your co-workers know what a spear-phishing attack is. (Spear Phishing Definition) Despite all the money your company may have invested in: Firewalls, Antivirus, Antimalware, Antispam, VPN's, 2-Factor Authentication - [...]
Today we are pleased to announce the launching of our: Cyber Security Awareness Training Program Cyber Security Ignorance No one wants to be the person that: clicks on a link that encrypts all the data on the company servers until a hefty ransom is paid, wires thousands of dollars to a [...]
Threat: Google Security Experts have found a security flaw in Symantec AV products. The flaw affects all their AV software from the Norton Home version to their Enterprise Endpoint Protection software. They are quoted as saying, "It's as bad as it gets!" Risk: Hackers can take advantage of the flaw [...]
Back in 2012, we warned our friends and clients that a data breach occurred at LinkedIN.com and 6 million accounts and passwords where stolen. It turns out that actually 117 Million credentials were stolen! A hacker has posted the information for sale on a Dark Web marketplace, 'The Real Deal", for [...]
PROBLEM: 2 critical new flaws were found in Apple's Quicktime video player. While Apple knows about these 2 new bugs it is no longer issuing security updates for Quicktime for Windows. This warning does not apply to Apple's Quicktime on Mac systems. It is not known why Apple is still [...]
On the eve of April Fools consider this: 30% of people have never backed up 113 Phones are lost or stolen every minute 29% of disasters are caused by accident 1 in 10 computers is infected with viruses each month. 9 in 10 businesses have not reviewed their backup plan in [...]
Windows 10 upgrades are available as a free update thru 07/29/2016 - Test before upgrading! The latest version of Windows, Windows 10, can be deployed as a free Windows Update to licensed Windows 7 and 8.1 devices. It has been available since July 29th, 2015. The update will remain free [...]
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