Destructive Trojan Arrives Pre-Installed on Budget Smartphones
It’s very difficult to determine if a device is pre-infected when it’s out of the box. Another supply chain incident found that...
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Second Largest Ransomware Related Breach in Healthcare Exposes 300,000 Records
It’s the second largest ransomware-related data breach in the healthcare industry that has ever been reported to federal...
Relentless Spammers Phish Office 365 Users
Lately, it seems the spammers trying to fish for your login credentials for your Office 365 account are working overtime. A...
New Malware Hides In Apps In Plain Sight
Hiding malicious code in legitimate apps found in the actual app stores for various devices is not a new concept. In fact...
ITRC Predicts Grim Year For Data Breaches
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has been tracking security breaches for over a decade; since 2005 to be precise. It has...
Data From Inside You May Now Be Used Against You In A Court Of Law
A case of electronic data vs. criminality came before the courts last month and some may consider it the most private of data. It...
Your Email Message Could Be The Front Page News
Throughout history, politicians and others have learned the hard way not to put anything in writing. After all, it could and...
Phishing Getting Even Better At Fooling Us With Replies
If you are a busy person, as we all are, it might be worth a little bit of time to study your email replies before clicking on...
Adobe Releases Critical Security Patches You Need to Apply Now!
The developers at Adobe Systems have been hard at work recently. They just released a boatload (80) of patches for several of...
Malware Mimics Famous WannaCry Virus To Worm Its Way Into Your Life
WannaCry and NotPetya are living in infamy. While there are no recent outbreaks of either of those making the news, one that...
Even Cybercriminals Can Be Victims Of Their Own Weak Passwords
Even criminals use bad passwords. Those still using easy-to-guess passwords and phrases for online accounts are putting...
Research Confirms What We Already Know; Popups Are Overwhelming
Are you overwhelmed with warnings when you are browsing the Web? If so, you are definitely not alone. UC Berkeley researchers...