Earlier this week (8/17), mobile telecom provider T-Mobile announced they were breached. The incident allegedly involved data from 100 million customers, Vice reports, though T-Mobile points to a 40 million figure — mostly involving former and prospective customers. Here is a recap of events: Sunday, August 15: Vice reports [...]
It can happen to anyone. Last year, $16.9 billion was lost as a result of identity fraud, according to the 2020 Identity Fraud Study from research and advisory firm Javelin. In the first half of 2020 alone, 571,188 identity theft reports were made to the Federal Trade Commission, and people [...]
Having your Facebook account hacked is a nightmare. If you become a victim of compromise, there is no customer support at the social media giant - no phone number, no email. Your only option is to report the hacked account through Facebook's website. Frustrations have become so high, some [...]
Microsoft recently revealed it had identified a severe vulnerability in its operating system that could let hackers delete data on your PC, install programs, or even create new user accounts with full control permissions for themselves. The flaw, dubbed PrintNightmare, affects the Windows Print Spooler service, which is what [...]
Do you know how to properly sign off your PC? This important task is often not done correctly. Learn why it is important to sign off your computer each day, and how to do so properly...in just under 2 minutes! Be sure to check back for future 2-minute tech [...]
As you have likely heard, this past Friday a flood of ransomware hit hundreds of companies around the world. The victims all had something in common: a key piece of network management and remote control software developed by U.S. technology firm Kaseya. We wanted to reassure you we were not one of the [...]
Watch What You're Doing During Your Next Workout! Welcome to the world of patching your Peloton Bike. Security firm McAfee says it recently found a security vulnerability in the Peloton Bike + that could allow hackers to access its microphone and camera by installing malware in a USB port. [...]
Attacks Erase Western Digital Network-Attached Storage Drives Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malicious software. In some cases, this compromise has led to a factory reset that appears to erase all data on the device. According to Western Digital, attackers directly [...]
*Microsoft recently announced Windows 11 is due out later in 2021 and will be delivered over several months. The rollout of the upgrade to Windows 10 devices already in use today will begin in 2022 through the first half of that year. Microsoft announced the launch date of Windows [...]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently warned that scammers are now posing as construction companies in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. BEC scammers use various tactics (including social engineering and phishing) to compromise or impersonate business email accounts with the end goal of redirecting pending or future payments to bank [...]
Now more than ever, adopting everyday practices to secure your workstation should be a priority. Users should sign out of workstations when finished with their work day and reboot computers at the end of the work week. Our tech support team often finds a computer reboot to be the [...]
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia could contribute to the delay in the global chip shortage A recent wave of Covid-19 in Asia is creating new bottlenecks in the global supply chain, threatening to push up prices and weigh on the post-pandemic recovery. An outbreak at one of the world’s [...]
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