Act now if you want to keep your old Google accounts. Starting this week (12/1), Google will start deleting inactive Google accounts, it said, and all their contents, including Gmail messages, Photos, Calendar appointments, Contacts records, YouTube videos and Drive documents. If an account hasn't been used or signed [...]
The FBI has recently issued an advisory about the increasing threat of callback phishing, a sophisticated cyberattack tactic. Unlike traditional phishing, callback phishing doesn't include a malicious link in the email. Instead, callback phishing features a prominent phone number, urging the recipient to call for an urgent matter. The [...]
Business Machine Technologies, Inc. (BMT) is proud to announce we have earned the top spot on the 2023 NJBIZ Reader Rankings list of New Jersey’s Leading Cybersecurity Companies. The designation comes as part of the business journal’s annual Reader Rankings, which are decided by nominations from readers. BMT also earned the #1 position [...]
Microsoft! Phishing continues to lead the pack when it comes to online threats, with the FBI reporting more than 300,000 attacks last year alone. How are these attacks still so successful, despite better security tools and an increase in security awareness training? This is partially a result of cybercriminals knowing what may prompt [...]
What is the 'Say Yes' phone scam? The "Say Yes" phone scam is a type of fraud where a person receives a call from an unknown number. If they answer it, the robocaller on the other end of the line will ask a question that prompts the victim to say "yes." [...]
Like the real thing, computer viruses replicate themselves, spreading through your operating system and network. At the same time, the virus is wreaking havoc: it can damage programs, delete files, and make devastating changes to your hard drive, all of which can result in reduced performance. Some viruses will even crash [...]
October is a great month for many reasons, but at BMT we especially like this time of the year as it celebrates something that should be an important part of any business culture, cybersecurity awareness. While usually an afterthought until it happens, cyberattacks are increasing at a significant pace. [...]
Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. If you haven't done so already, we encourage you to update your Chrome browser ASAP. CVE-2023-5217 exists in the wild and this flaw could have allow criminals to sneakily install spyware [...]
Adobe's Patch Tuesday update for September 2023 comes with a patch for a critical actively exploited security flaw in Acrobat and Reader that could permit an attacker to execute malicious code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-26369, is rated 7.8 for severity on the CVSS scoring system and impacts [...]
As a follow up to our previous post, we are providing more direction on how you can remove your personal information from Google. Here is a short YouTube video on how to use this new tool: How Can You Remove Personal Information from Google Start With a Google [...]
Coming soon, Google notify will its users if their contact information shows up in search results so they can more easily flag content for removal. Users can also use the tool to request that Google remove those pages from search results. For complete details, visit the Results About You [...]
This month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes two zero-day vulnerabilities, with both exploited in attacks and one of them publicly disclosed. Identified Vulnerabilities The first zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Search component. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to send a [...]
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