Buy Now! SSD Prices To Rise Soon Due To Demand

December 17th, 2016

If you’re looking to buy an SSD to replace your older, slower, spinning disk bulk storage, now is the time to buy.

In recent months, the price of SSD technology has been falling, which has caused more widespread adoption, especially in laptops.

Medical Devices Found To Have Major Security Risks

December 16th, 2016

It’s official. The almost complete lack of security in the Internet of Things can kill you.

Researchers operating out of the University of Birmingham working in cooperation with fellow researchers in Belgium have recently published the results of an intensive study which revealed critical vulnerabilities in ten different “smart” medical devices so far, all of which can be potentially life-threatening.

Latest Chrome Update Prefers HTML5 to Flash

December 15th, 2016

Chrome 55 has officially been released, and with its roll-out, the aging, security-ridden Flash Player takes another step closer to the dust bin of history.

The internet unquestionably benefited greatly from Flash back in the early days. It was a transformative technology that allowed websites to display graphics more effectively, and gave WebMasters the ability to implement complex effects, both of which were pivotal to the internet’s early development.

AirDroid App Found To Have Major Security Issue

December 14th, 2016

If you haven’t heard of AirDroid, you should check into it, because it’s an amazing app. You may want to wait a couple of weeks before actually installing it, however, because security firm Zimperium has found a number of critical vulnerabilities in the app that puts anyone who uses it at risk.

More Than 80 Million Accounts Compromised At DailyMotion

December 13th, 2016

Do you use DailyMotion to help get the word out about your company’s brand? It’s a wildly popular video sharing site, and unfortunately, it’s the latest victim in a long list of high-profile hacks in 2016.

LeakedSource, a company that tracks hacks and data breaches across the web, recently acquired more than 80 million DailyMotion usernames and passwords from contacts on the Dark Web.

New USB Device Can Hack A Locked Computer

December 12th, 2016

Internet Security Researcher and Programmer Samy Kamkar has some seriously bad news for you and your company. He recently released a devastating proof of concept attack that can target pretty much every device on the web today and take a high degree of control over them.

New Kangaroo Ransomware Just Another Reason To Backup Your Systems

December 10th, 2016

There’s a new form of ransomware making its way through the internet ecosystem called Kangaroo. The software shows traces of having been developed by the same group of hackers responsible for other malware titles such as “Apocalypse Ransomware,” “Esmeralda,” and “Fabiansomware,” but it uses a different attack vector.

Another Organization Gets Hit With Massive HIPAA Fine

December 9th, 2016

The University of Massachusetts’ Amherst campus just learned a hard and incredibly expensive lesson about how serious the Department of Health and Human Services is about cracking down on HIPAA noncompliance.

In the 13th high profile fine of the year, the university was hit with a staggering $650,000 fine.

Watch Out For SVG in Facebook Messenger To Avoid Ransomware

December 8th, 2016

By now, you’re probably familiar with the ransomware known as “Locky.” It’s an insidious form of malware that completely locks down your computer and encrypts all your files. Once it has taken root in your system, you’ve only got two choices, neither of them good.

San Francisco Public Transportation System Hacked

December 7th, 2016

Last week, San Francisco’s Municipal Railway became the latest in a long line of ransomware victims. Hackers locked their entire system down and made it impossible for them to collect fares, or even function for a time.

They demanded payment of 100 BitCoins to unlock the servers and restore functionality.