Apple has abandoned its once-famous commitment to security and privacy. The next version of iOS will contain software that scans users’ photos and messages. Under pressure from U.S. law enforcement, Apple has put a backdoor into their encryption system. Sign the EFF petition and tell Apple to stop its plan to scan our phones. Users […]
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Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers
“At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure. Step One: Turn off phone. Step Two: Turn it back on. That’s it. At a time of widespread digital insecurity it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is — […]
Is your printer tracking you?
The tracking is almost invisible but contain a hidden code. These “microdots” are well known to security researchers and civil liberties campaigners. Many color printers add them to documents without people ever knowing they’re there. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has a no longer updated list of printers. It is referenced in the article. Article: […]
Tired of robocalls on your mobile phone?
The new FCC STIR/SHAKE framework is effective on 06/30/2021. The FCC is forcing providers to authenticate and verify each call. This standard framework will help with spoofed called by authenticating each caller ID. This will significantly reduce/eliminate the robocalls and illegally spoofed calls. If your service does not comply, then the calls would be […]
Western Digital Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet
Western Digital is urging users their MyBook Live brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet. They are warning of malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives by a previously unknown critical flaw that can be activated by anyone who knows the IP address of an affected device. On June 24, the […]
Don’t be the next victim.
Cybersecurity cannot be an after thought. Ransomware attacks costs money. Don’t let a malicious e-mail take your business down. Being proactive about security is your key to your business’ success … we can take you there.#cybersecurity
Be aware of these phishing e-mails!
This e-mail example contained a malicious PDF file which contained ransomware. With our advanced e-mail security, we can help mitigate these threats by adding layered protection guards against targeted attacks from ransomware, and other zero-day malware leveraging machine learning, file and URL analysis, and exploit detection engines. Don’t be a victim of ransomware! Being proactive […]
PayPal Use Warning
We ran into an interesting case this month relating to a PayPal account and a user being permanently banned. A couple weeks prior, the client noticed some strange charges on their account. They disputed these PayPal specific charges with their credit card company. Because of these credit card charge disputes, PayPal chose to permanently ban […]
Zoom Outage
The outage caused chaos as millions of children and teachers attempted to start the school year online. Updates listed on the link below. Read more here
Two dozen Android apps caught stealing your data
Consider this your umpteenth reminder that for as much as Google keeps improving or promising it’s improved the company’s proprietary app marketplace, sketchy app developers will never stop coming and never stop trying to sneak into the Google Play Store — past all the company’s defenses — to put its apps into the mix and […]