New Fake Antivirus Tech Support Scam Tricking Users

October 31st, 2018

McAfee has long been a popular target of scammers, but recently, they've changed the nature of their game.

In years past, they'd display a webpage informing you that any McAfee products on your computer are out of date and provide a link to the company's virtual storefront where you could renew.

Uninstall Fake App Called “The Album by Google Photos”

October 30th, 2018

If you take a lot of photos with your Android device, you're probably constantly on the lookout for a better way to organize them and access them.  That's exactly what the authors of the malicious app called "The Album, by Google Photos" are hoping for.

Malicious Messages In PlayStation Can Cause It To Crash

October 23rd, 2018

Gamers take the games they play seriously.  So seriously, in fact, that they're not above resorting to dirty tricks to score a win.

Recently, social media has been abuzz with reports of a messaging app bug on Sony's PlayStation devices.  Specifically, there's a bug in both the Android and iOS messaging apps that allow malicious gamers to send a poisoned character via group chat that will brick your gaming console.

How Long Before You Experience A Cyber Attack?

October 6th, 2018

According to this year's Traveler's Risk Index, published by The Traveler's Indemnity Company, a majority of business owners have a somewhat fatalistic view of hacking and data breaches.

The index includes 52 percent of survey respondents indicating that they believe a cyber-attack is inevitable.

Malware Reports Continue To Rise 

September 25th, 2018

We've known for some time now that the next big crisis the internet will have to come to grips with is the dramatic rise of the Internet of Things (IOT).

The problem isn't with the devices themselves, which are enormously helpful and rapidly growing in their popularity.

Your Business Email Is Highly Targeted For Attacks

September 24th, 2018

There's a new report out, authored by ProofPoint, and its findings for business are grim.

It's no secret that businesses of all shapes and sizes are coming under increasing fire from hackers around the world.

Now we have hard data that shows us exactly how big of an increase we're seeing.

New Versions Of Ransomware Continue To Wreak Havoc

September 11th, 2018

2017 was "The Year of Ransomware." It saw an incredible number of ransomware attacks and infections, paired with a tremendous number of innovations.

Although 2018 hasn't seen quite the same level of ransomware activity, it's still a major threat with one company coming under attack about every ten minutes.

Hackers Make More Money Than Is Spent On Cybersecurity

September 4th, 2018

Quick question - how much do the world's cyber criminals make every sixty seconds?

If you guessed a quarter of a million dollars, you'd be wrong. If you doubled that value, you'd be wrong again.

According to research conducted by RiskIQ, cybercriminals are raking in a cool million dollars per minute, compared with businesses spending $171,233 per minute on security measures.

Android Malware Could Access Your Pictures And Calls

August 31st, 2018

Android users have a new threat to contend with, according to a sixteen-page whitepaper outlining a new malware strain.

The paper was published by a group of security researchers working for Bitdefender. They identified a robust new strain of malware called "Triout.

Macs Can Be Hacked With Synthetic Dismissal On Warning Boxes

August 24th, 2018

Depending on the lens you view him through, Patrick Wardle (former hacker for the NSA and macOS security expert) is either your best friend or your worst nightmare.

Most people (whether fans of Apple or not) will readily concede that the company works hard to make their products as secure as possible.