Americans Want Local Governments To Spend More On Cyber Security

July 14th, 2018

While a significant percentage of Americans are suspicious of government spending beyond the essentials, there's at least one notable exception, according to a recent survey conducted by SecurityFirst.

A majority (74 percent) of Americans want their local governments to spend more money on cybersecurity.

Apps In Gmail Have Full Access To Read Your Emails

July 13th, 2018

File this one away under "watch your permissions."  It's recently come to light that an unknown number of third party apps have access to read emails sitting in your Gmail account.

While the practice is not new, things like this are coming under increased scrutiny in the wake of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica incident.

Bug In Facebook May Have Unblocked People You Blocked

July 11th, 2018

Facebook recently announced a site bug that impacted the privacy settings of more than 800,000 of its users.  If you're one of the unfortunate souls who has been affected, then people you had formerly blocked may have become unblocked, and can now see your posts.

LTE Networks May Be Vulnerable To Hacking

July 10th, 2018

Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and New York University in Abu Dhabi have discovered serious security flaws in 4G LTE networks that allow hackers to spy on, listen in on, intercept, and disrupt phone calls and text messages.

Given that billions of people rely on 4G LTE networks for cellphone communications, it's a serious issue, and there are no easy fixes.

Watch Out For Rise In Microsoft Office Attacks 

July 4th, 2018

Menlo Security has recently published a new report that will probably dismay you if you're a business owner.

Microsoft Office has been named as the attack vector of choice for hackers around the world. The most common form of the attack is a malicious Word document or other office document attached to an innocent looking email.

Vulnerability In Mac OS Went Unnoticed For Years

July 3rd, 2018

Researchers at Okta Security have stumbled across something big.  Recently, they discovered a flaw in Apple's OS that would have allowed hackers to completely undermine Apple's code signing process.

While at first glance that doesn't sound so bad, the implications are terrifying.

Turn Cortana Off At Lock Screen To Avoid Potential Hack

July 2nd, 2018

Do you use Cortana?  It's a handy virtual assistant (like Siri) built into Windows 10.  Unfortunately, as useful as she is, there's a problem. Even if you don't use Cortana yourself, take heed:  Microsoft has recently issued a security update based on findings by McAfee researchers.

Study Shows People Prefer Alternatives Over Passwords

June 30th, 2018

File this one away under "confirming things we already knew."  A recent study conducted jointly by Blink and Trusona confirmed that people just don't like passwords very much.

Their study tracked the login behavior of 148 participants over a three-week period.

New Trick Lets Hackers Bypass Office 365 Email Security

June 29th, 2018

What's old is new again.

Hackers have recently begun re-deploying a decade-old trick called 'ZeroFont' to get around Microsoft's security filters and deliver phishing and spam emails to Office 365 email accounts.  The gimmick?  Zero-point fonts.