Tax Time Brings Out the Hackers
It's tax season once again! That, among other things, means that hackers and scammers are out in force, so beware! As in years past, the primary vehicle hackers and scammers use to ...
Hackers Seeking Big Ransomware Payday By Attacking Acer Computers
Taiwanese tech giant Acer is the latest company to fall victim to relentless hackers. What makes the Acer breach especially noteworthy is the fact that the group behind the attack is demanding ...
New Malware Takes Aim At Apple Developers
If you don't spend much time in the Apple ecosystem, you may not realize that Xcode is a completely legitimate tool used in macOS for developing a wide range of software and ...
Massive Security Camera Hack Hits Some Corporate Businesses
A large US hacker collective claimed credit for something you may not have heard of yet called "#OperationPanopticon." According to the group behind the attack, they compromised a high level administrator account ...
HTTPS Becomes Default For Google Chrome For Added Security
For the last month or so, Google has been testing the notion of using HTTPS as the default protocol for all URLs a user types into the address bar. Those who have ...
Facebook Adding Physical Security Key Support For Mobile Devices
Many industry insiders consider physical security keys used in the context of two-factor authentication login schemes to be the final word in digital security. That is because even if your password is ...
Be Careful Downloading Clubhouse App On Android
Clubhouse has taken the internet by storm. Or rather, it has taken the iOS ecosystem by storm, since the company has yet to release an Android version of their increasingly popular app. ...
Another Malware Evolves To Gain Access To More Systems
One of the more disturbing trends this year is that worms are becoming popular among the hackers of the world again. We've seen a handful of new malware strains introduced in recent ...
Internet Browsers Blocking Some Ports Due To Security Vulnerabilities
If you rely on TCP port 554, you'll probably want to do a bit of reconfiguration. Last year, security researchers discovered a new version of the NAT Slipstream vulnerability that allowed hackers ...
Now Hackers Are Attacking Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
In early January of this year (2021), Microsoft informed security expert Brian Krebs that the company found four zero-day security flaws in their Exchange Server. Those flaws were actively being exploited by ...
