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Over 5 Million Marriott Customers Vulnerable In Latest Data Breach

Are you a frequent guest at Marriott hotels? If so, be advised that the company has recently reported a massive

April 15, 2020

Huge Increase In Phishing And Malware Attacks Using Coronavirus

Around the world, hundreds of millions of people are terrified of the current pandemic that’s raging. Most of those are

April 14, 2020

Google Data Shows Impacts Of Covid-19 Shelter In Place Precaution

Google is using the massive footprint in the smartphone ecosystem to help people understand the impacts that social distancing is

April 13, 2020

Crowded WiFi Networks Could Get Better Pending FCC Vote

Wireless connectivity is becoming a victim of its own success. Every year, the appetite for bandwidth grows, but of course,

April 11, 2020

Office 365 Making Changes To Accommodate Millions Working From Home

Recently, Netflix announced that it was scaling back its streaming speeds to better handle the increased load brought on by

April 10, 2020

Some HP Devices May Fail After 30,000 Hours Of Use

Late last year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) issued a warning about some of the Solid State Drives they manufacture. The

April 9, 2020

How To Quickly Shift To A Work-From-Home Business Model To Maximize Productivity In Today’s Coronavirus Environment

As a business owner today, you are now facing unprecedented challenges to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. You are

April 8, 2020

Cybercriminals Are Counting On You Letting Your Guard Down During This Global Pandemic – Here’s How To Stop Them

The world is slowing down during this COVID-19 pandemic. Wall Street is being hit hard. People are no longer going

April 8, 2020

5 Steps To Rise Above The Fear Of COVID-19 And Focus On Growing Your Business

In a matter of just a few short weeks, we have gone from living how we’ve always lived to changing

April 8, 2020

iOS Update Includes iPhone And iPad Features And Fixes

If you don’t normally prioritize updating your iPhone and iPad OS, you’re probably going to want to shift gears and

April 8, 2020

Employees Working From Home Turn To VPN During COVID

It’s no secret that the global pandemic we’re all living through has changed a great many things about both work

April 7, 2020

Be On The Lookout As Astaroth Malware Makes A Comeback

Are you familiar with Astaroth? If you’re a data security professional, you’ve probably at least heard the name. The group

April 6, 2020

Apple Update Blocks Safari Third Party Cookies By Default

In May of 2019, a Google blog post encouraged all web browsers to adopt the approach of blocking third-party cookies

April 4, 2020

Windows 10 Announces One Billion Active Devices

Windows 10 is on a lot of devices around the world. In part, that’s because it’s a significantly better and

April 3, 2020

Computers Might Be Able To Smell In The Near Future

Word has recently leaked out about an interesting project that’s ongoing at Intel’s research labs. The company has apparently built

April 2, 2020

Financial Institution Worker Put User Information At Risk

Noam Rotem, a researcher for vpnMentor, recently made a startling discovery. A database connected to a now defunct app called

April 1, 2020

New Google Translate Feature Rolled Out For Android Users

Google Translate is one of the company’s most popular services, and most of the people who use it dream of

March 31, 2020

Coronavirus Health Notifications Being Used To Carry Malicious Threats

A Pakistani-based hacking group that goes by a variety of names, including “Transparent Tribe,” “APT36,” “Mythic Leopard” and others has

March 30, 2020

Hackers Targeting People Seeking Coronavirus Information On Health Sites

Some people just want to watch the world burn. That seems to be the reason behind the recent attacks on

March 28, 2020

Another Week Another New Ransomware To Be Concerned About

There’s a new strain of ransomware to put on your radar. This latest one was discovered by researchers working from

March 27, 2020

Over 1 Billion Android Devices No Longer Get Security Updates

According to the latest statistics, there are more than 2.5 billion Android devices in use around the world. That’s a

March 26, 2020

Paradise Ransomware Using Internet Query Files To Deliver Payload

The Paradise ransomware is like a bad penny; it just keeps turning up. The strain first appeared back in 2017,

March 25, 2020

Malware Is Targeting Cookies On Android Devices To Gain Access

There’s a new malware threat to be aware of, called “CookieThief,” which is an apt name that describes what the

March 24, 2020

Intel Graphics Get Update To Address Security Issues

If you have a personal computer that uses Intel technology, you’re not going to want to miss the update released

March 23, 2020

Google Chrome Guest Mode Is Great For Shared Computers

Google has recently rolled out a small but important change to its Chrome browser for Windows, Linux and macOS users.

March 21, 2020

Certain RAM Modules Continue To Have Security Vulnerabilities

Remember the Rowhammer vulnerability that made headlines around the world last year? 2019 saw all sorts of unusual threats, so

March 20, 2020

Recent Data Breach Affects Some Walgreens Mobile App Users

Are you a Walgreens customer? Do you make use of the company’s mobile app, available for both Android and iOS

March 19, 2020

The Web Browser Wars Have A Clear Winner In 2020

It’s notoriously difficult to get reliable statistics on web browser usage. While there are sites that purport to track such

March 18, 2020

T-Mobile Is The Latest To Get Hit By Data Breach

Are you a T-Mobile customer? If so, be advised, the company recently published a Notice of Data Breach on their

March 17, 2020

Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise

For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails

March 16, 2020

New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials

Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing

March 14, 2020

JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed

Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime

March 12, 2020

New Android Malware Can Get Past Two-Factor Authentication

Since 2010, Google has been doing its part to help keep its massive user base safe. They introduced a small

March 11, 2020

Facial Recognition Company Hacked, Leaking Billions Of Photos

Photos are a new kind of currency, and gaining in value. Clearview AI is a facial recognition startup used by

March 9, 2020

Google Translate Adds More Languages To Assist Communication

Every kid who grew up watching sci-fi has dreamed of the day when a Universal Translator would be available, making

March 7, 2020

Emails Pretending To Be Secret Admirers Could Be Ransomware

Nemty Ransomware isn’t an especially well-known threat, but it’s dangerous and should not be discounted. Recently, researchers have discovered an

March 6, 2020

New Edge Browser Coming To Windows 10 Through Updates

Microsoft Edge has been changed and improved many times. It is now Chromium-based, and is one important step closer to

March 5, 2020

Tax Information Theft Is On The Rise This Year

It’s tax season, and if you’re like many people, you make use of one of the numerous e-file platforms offered

March 4, 2020

The New Microsoft Office App Looks Like A Winner

In November of 2019, Microsoft made an announcement and gave users an early look at a new unified Office app

March 3, 2020

Mobile Flash Storage Getting Faster To Accommodate 5G Rollout

Are you ready for the world of 5G? Even if you are, the available storage you have on your favorite

March 2, 2020

Mandatory Two Factor Authentication Coming To Ring Devices

Finally, a smart device manufacturer is taking device security seriously, and that’s great news indeed. You may recall reading about

February 29, 2020

Google Docs Gets Smarter With Smart Compose Feature

Google continues to increase the versatility and usefulness of the G-Suite. This time they are adding the much anticipated Smart

February 28, 2020

New Dangerous Malware Is Disguising Itself As Fortnite Launcher

LokiBot burst onto the scene in 2015, and has earned a reputation as being a powerful. This fearsome trojan is

February 27, 2020

Dashlane Password Manager Removed From Google For Privacy Issues

Do you use the Dashlane Chrome web extension to help you manage your passwords? If so, you’re not alone. The

February 26, 2020

Old School Virus Called KBOT Is Hitting Networks

There was a day when worms were once common, terrifying threats on the internet. In the early days of the

February 25, 2020

Malware And Viruses On Apple/Mac Systems Are On The Rise

For most of Apple’s history, the company has been able to cast itself as a safer alternative to Windows-based computers.Hackers

February 24, 2020

Windows 10X Will Assist With Folding Screens And Dual Monitors

A lot of people raise a curious eyebrow when they hear the term Windows 10X for the first time. It’s

February 22, 2020

Dangerous New Trojan Can Infect Systems Through Wifi

If you’re not already familiar with the Emotet trojan, it deserves a special spot on your radar. It’s one of

February 21, 2020

CoronaVirus Scare Is Being Used By Scammers To Trick People

There is no low that hackers and scammers won’t stoop to. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a

February 20, 2020

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

All Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), but not all MFA is 2FA. Multi-Factor Authentication works on the principle

January 14, 2020

What Happens When Support for Windows 7 Ends?

We’ve already had ample warning that Windows 7 and derivatives are reaching the end of life, but what is actually going to

December 31, 2019

Maximizing Cloud Relationships with Your MSP

by Joseph Landes Businesses of all sizes are looking to move their IT infrastructure to the cloud and the most

October 9, 2019

The End of Life for Windows 7 and Server 2008 (R2)

The end of life for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is coming January 15, 2020. This

September 19, 2019

How to Secure Your Business Against API Exploits

MSPs large and small are systematically being targeted over and over in the news. It’s almost weekly a new article

September 18, 2019