Attacks on Health Organizations Increasing At Alarming Rate

March 24th, 2018

It used to be the case that credit card companies and retail outlets were the primary targets of hackers around the world.  Make no mistake, they still get attacked with regularity, but the hackers have found a new and even more lucrative target:  Health Organizations.

Beware Fake Craigslist Email Could Contain Ransomware

March 23rd, 2018

If you post ads on Craigslist for short term employment, be aware that there's a new malspam campaign that aims to distribute Sigma ransomware on the computers of unwary users.

By all outward appearances, the emails seem to come from Craigslist in response to ads posted in Craigslist's "Gigs" section for short term employment.

Biometric Authentication Seeing Wide Adoption In Businesses

March 22nd, 2018

According to a new report published by Spiceworks, nearly 90 percent of businesses will use some type of biometric technology for authentication by the year 2020.  In fact, some 62 percent of companies already use biometrics in some form, with another 24 percent stating their intention to do so within the next two years.

Windows Media Player May Be Replaced By Microsoft App

March 21st, 2018

A Reddit user named "Noam_ha" recently posted a screenshot displaying a popup message when users open the venerable Windows Media Player (WMP), asking users if they would instead like to open the video file with the company's more modern Movies and TV app.

New And Potentially More Dangerous Intel Vulnerability Discovered

March 20th, 2018

The "Spectre" vulnerability that impacts literally every Intel chip made over the last decade keeps finding new ways to make the news.  In this instance, researchers at Ohio State University have discovered a new variant of the vulnerability that they have dubbed "SGX Spectre.

Netflix To Release More Parental Controls To Help Parents

March 19th, 2018

If you have a Netflix account and children living at home, there's a reason to cheer about the company's most recent announcement.  They're rolling out some robust new parental control features that will allow you to exert much more control over what your children are watching.

Microsoft To Help Intel With Security Issues

March 17th, 2018

By now, you've almost certainly heard of the "Spectre" and "Meltdown" security flaws that affect every Intel chip produced in the last decade.  Users have been waiting for a fix for both of these since January, when the issues were first discovered.

Trustico CEO Leaks HTTPS Certificate Keys Through Email

March 16th, 2018

The CEO of Trustico, a TLS certificate reseller based in the United Kingdom, finds himself at the center of a controversy that raises a number of disturbing questions about browser-trusted security certificates.

The email in question was sent to Jeremy Rowley, an executive Vice President at DigiCert.

Another 2.4 Million Users Hacked In Equifax Breach

March 15th, 2018

It looks like it's going to be another bad month for Equifax.  The company just can't seem to get out of its own way.

In 2017, the company announced a massive data breach that (it initially claimed) impacted some 140 million users.  Several months after the official announcement, the company was forced to revise the number of impacted users upward, as the forensic investigation into the breach continued.

New Android OS To Improve Lower End Phones

March 14th, 2018

Google has another new product out.  A slimmed down, streamlined version of the Android OS called "Go."  Unfortunately, it's release didn't gather as much press as you'd expect when a new OS is released.  The reason for that is simple.  The new, slimmer, sleeker Android Go was designed for low-end phones with limited storage capacity, which don't typically get much press either.