November 23, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Congress finally passed the bill to address Internet data breaches and cybersecurity, after years of delay and false starts. The Senate has been debating the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S.754), or CISA, and finally, on October the 27th, had all the votes it needed to pass. The CISA bill, which claims the leg
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October 20, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
According to an appeals court ruling, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has the right to take action against any company that fails to protect customer data. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the FTC’s 2012 lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide, a hotel and time-share operator. Three data breaches in 2
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September 4, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
The Washington Post is reporting several administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity that the Obama administration is making unprecedented economic sanctions against China over online spying. The Post reported that the sanctions would be “against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited
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August 11, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
There’s no question that data breaches can be a very costly thing, just ask Sony Pictures. Remember when the movie company was breached last November allowing hackers to scour the company’s networks and have access to pretty much every facet of Sony’s data? Well, Sony remembers, mainly because the breach had estimated
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July 21, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Hacking Team, a spyware company, was recently compromised, leading to the leaking of 400GB of internal files, emails, and source code that was made available for anyone to download on torrent sites. Some software flaws have been uncovered and leaked, along with some embarrassing communications. Some source code contain
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June 17, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Ballard Spahr LLP, a law firm that helps companies with cyber-crime compliance issues and litigation, as well as other things, released information of the lawsuit on a major hack within a university’s networks. The press release was of Pennsylvania judge’s dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against the Universit
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April 21, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Despite being obsolete for a long time but still widely utilized, the cryptographic protocol SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) 3.0 has just been revealed to have a gaping security flaw by Google’s Security Team. According to Bodo Möller, “This vulnerability allows the plaintext of secure connections to be calculated by a netw
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April 9, 2015 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Yahoo recently introduced a new mechanism that is supposed to allow users to log in with temporary passwords that are sent to their smartphones. According to Yahoo, this is an attempt to simplify authentication for its services. Now this seems like this is a standard two-factor authentication system, the type where you
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You can be as careful as you want on the internet, and sometimes it just isn’t enough. You should always have some type of antivirus software on your computer. Right now we are going to look at the best software to protect yourself in no particular order. And always remember that Mac computers are NOT
Read more →January 30, 2015 · Computer Repair
A Virus Filled World Out There Today’s Top Threat W32.Tempedreve.C!inf The Tempedreve worm creates a host of files on your PC, and creates a fake invoice document to try to get you to pay for the removal of the virus. The worm will connect to other network devices including jump drives and network drives.
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November 21, 2014 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Firewalls are easily considered one of the most essential features of security for your computer. A firewall is a network security system that controls the incoming and outgoing network traffic based on applied rule set. A firewall establishes a barrier between a trusted, secure internal network and another network (e.
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October 31, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Sponsored By ComputerServiceNow.com–A Brand By Rentacomputer.com For those of us who have to work behind a computer all day long, we tend to rely solely on our devices to get our work done. We save most, if not all, of our work onto our desktops at work or at home. Once we leave these machines,
Read more →October 16, 2014 · Cybersecurity & Malware
When you surf the web, you’re doing a bunch of different things at the same time that you might not be aware of. You’re sending and receiving massive amounts of data between multiple servers. That means that the same thing is happening whether you’re surfing for business or pleasure. This can be a scary thought
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September 22, 2014 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Apple’s reputation was completely crushed recently when the internet, and the world alike, were given access to arguably the largest breach of personal privacy to date. I’m talking, of course, about all the private nude photos of some of Hollywood’s most elite celebrities that were leaked online by an anonymous hacker.
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September 9, 2014 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Thousands of people have been receiving emails with what has become known as the “Peter Pan Virus”. It is a scam email that claims that you have booked tickets to see a pantomime in Bournemouth at Christmas time. A warning has now been issued about this, as it has become a really big deal. It
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