If you use a Mac, and you have a Skype account, you could be at risk. A previously undiscovered backdoor was recently found by researchers at SpiderLabs that would allow any moderately skilled hacker to take control of the app and use it to gain access to a variety of information, including:

• Any contact information the user has entered into Skype
• Call audio
• Chat sessions
• Incoming messages

All it takes is for the hacker to change the contents of a single line of code in the “Skype Dashbd Wdgt Plugin,” and they can gain control.

Do you use Instagram as part of your company’s marketing efforts, or to keep tabs on the competition? If so, the company has rolled out an exciting new feature you’re sure to love: the ability to save user posts for later viewing.

If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is.

There’s a new phishing email making the rounds that your firm needs to be aware of if you deal with protected health information (PHI) in any way and are subject to HIPAA rules and regulations.

The email is quite good, appearing for all intents and purposes to be an official communication from the Department of Health and Human Services, signed by its Directory, Joycelyn Samuels.

Cybercrime is growing up. Increasingly, on the Dark Web, customers can find a wide variety of hacking activities offered as a “service.” There is everything from DDOS attacks launched by massive ‘botnets to carefully orchestrated phishing campaigns to ransomware attacks.

If you use Sony cameras to secure your business, you could be at risk.

Security researchers have recently discovered a pair of devastating security flaws in as many as 80 different models of Sony cameras.

The first of these appears to be a debug mode that was inadvertently left in place by Sony engineers.

It’s official – Bluetooth 5 is out, and that means good things for the Internet of Things. The new version brings lots of changes and improvements, but there are two that are particularly noteworthy.

The first of these is the matter of range.

There’s an unfortunate new ransomware variant making the rounds on the internet. As with all other forms of the software, once it infects your system, it locks all the files on your computer, then gives you instructions on how to unlock them.

This, of course, involves sending a payment in BitCoins to the hackers in exchange for the decryption key, but here’s the twist: The latest variant, called “Popcorn Time,” gives infected users a second option.

A recently fired Expedia IT Specialist used his position to access the emails of company executives and make more than $300,000 in an insider trading stock scheme, according to investigators.

While the facts of the case are both interesting and alarming, the real story, and lesson to all business owners, is the danger that your employees, both current and former pose.

The FCC is mulling over some new rules that could add a wrinkle to any travel plans you might be making.

The new rule would require that airlines inform customers up front, before a ticket purchase is made, if they allow Wi-Fi phone calls onboard the plane.

If you own a Mac AirPort Wireless Router, then it will probably be your last one. The company has recently pulled the plug on further development of their router line, and will stop the manufacture and sale of them going forward.

This is hardly bad news, nor a sign that the company is any sort of trouble.