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Update This WordPress Plugin Immediately To Prevent Security Risks

March 4, 2022

Do you have a WordPress site?  Do you use the PHP Everywhere plugin? If so, you’re not alone.  More than 30,000 site owners have installed it.  It’s an excellent plugin […]

Puma Sportswear Recently Impacted By A Data Breach

March 3, 2022

We have recently learned that Puma Sportswear was impacted by a data breach in the waning days of 2021. It’s important to note that Puma’s networks were not attacked directly.  […]

Microsoft Teams Gets Optimizations To Use Less Resources

March 2, 2022

Do you use Microsoft Teams and do you have an older PC that struggles with Teams video meetings?  If so there’s good news.  Microsoft has recently upgraded Teams and halved […]

Medusa Android Banking Trojan Steals Sensitive User Information

March 1, 2022

There are two new forms of malware spreading rapidly among people with Android devices according to researchers at ThreatFabric. This latest campaign involves the FluBot malware (also known as Cabassous) […]

Malware Disguised As Windows 11 Upgrade Targets Windows 10 Users

February 28, 2022

According to researchers at HP, there’s a new threat to worry about.  Hackers have recently begun disguising malware as Windows 11 upgrades and are using them to target Windows 10 […]

The San Francisco 49ers Recently Hit With Ransomware Attack

February 26, 2022

Hackers will attack absolutely anybody.  No one is safe and nothing is sacred.  Not even football is safe. The most recent high-profile attack was made against the San Francisco 49ers […]

iPhone Sales Edging Out Android In The US

February 25, 2022

It’s no secret that supply chain issues have impacted a variety of different industries.  Apple has been somewhat less impacted than others. Leveraging this and their massive infrastructure and marketing […]

Hackers Are Using NFT Excitement To Trick Users

February 24, 2022

Researchers from Fortinet are warning of a new threat to be on the lookout for. Right now, NFTs are all the rage.  Everyone is talking about them, and many are […]

Hackers Are Breaking Into Microsoft Teams And Dropping Malware

February 23, 2022

Researchers at Avanan are a Check Point subsidiary. They have recently issued a warning that anyone who uses Microsoft Teams should be aware of. According to the latest statistics, more […]

Hackers Are Setting Their Sights On Linux Systems

February 22, 2022

For most of the history of the internet Linux has been able to stay below the radar of hackers around the world. While there have been some attacks that specifically […]

New Malware Is Using CSV Files To Infect Users

February 21, 2022

Researchers have spotted a new phishing campaign you should be aware of. What sets this one apart is that the hackers are using a lowly but specially crafted CSV file […]

Last Year Microsoft Blocked More Than 25 Billion Hacker Attacks

February 19, 2022

Individual users often don’t have a good sense of the scope and scale of hacking attacks around the world.  The numbers may shock you. According to Microsoft, in 2021 the […]

More Scammers Are Using Social Media To Target Victims

February 18, 2022

An increasing number of scammers are using social media to target victims and relying on social engineering tricks to convince people to part with their personal information or money.  The […]

Microsoft Defender Adds Cross Platform Mobile Protections

February 17, 2022

Microsoft recently announced an important upgrade to Microsoft Defender. It now supports vulnerability management for both Android and iOS. The company’s announcement reads in part as follows: “With this new […]

Mac Malware Is Becoming A Bigger Threat For Users

February 16, 2022

In late 2020 a new strain of malware called UpdateAgent appeared and began infecting Mac users. Initially the strain wasn’t all that worrisome.  It stole system information but it was […]

Additional Security Recently Added To Office 365

February 15, 2022

Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a […]

New Android Malware Steals Data And Factory Resets Phones

February 14, 2022

BRATA malware was first spotted in the wilds by Kaspersky back in 2019. Its earliest incarnation saw it targeting e-banking users and it was designed to steal banking and login […]

Suspicious Files Get New Warnings In Google Drive

February 12, 2022

If you have Google Drive, there’s good news.  The company has recently announced that soon they’ll be rolling out a new feature to help alert users to the presence of […]

High Profile Instagram Accounts Being Held For Ransom By Hackers

February 11, 2022

Hackers have recently hit upon a new money-making scheme.  Some groups have started breaking into Instagram accounts belonging to people with high numbers of followers. They are then holding those […]

Dark Herring Subscription Scam Affected Millions Of Android Users

February 10, 2022

Google partner Zimperium zLabs has recently discovered a sophisticated scam targeting more than 100 million Android users. The scam has been in operation right under Google’s nose for nearly two […]