Scammers Portray IRS in Latest Phishing Scam Earlier this week, the IRS issued a warning to tax payers regarding a fraudulent email that has been impersonating the agency. The email includes tax transcripts, in an attempt to get the users to click on the documents, which contain malware. The biggest risk would be employees clicking […]
IRS Issues Warning – Watch Out For Fraudulent Tax Emails Read More »
Florida Town of Jupiter Suffers Ransomware Attack The Town of Jupiter has been able to restore their networks, and gain full functionality after an unknown ransomware variant encrypted their internal files earlier this month. The exact ransom demand remains unknown, but town officials did state the ransom payment was not made. Instead, IT professionals were able
Florida Town Avoids Paying Ransom After Hackers Attacked Network Read More »
Yet Another Facebook Bug Leads to Leaked Information Some of us have done it — uploaded a picture to Facebook, and then decided not to hit “Post”. What we don’t know is that the social media platform keeps a copy of that picture. What they do with it, or why they need it remains unclear. However,
Facebook Bug Exposes 6.8M Users’ Unsaved Photos Read More »
Microsoft Launches New Anti-Malware Initiative Microsoft has just kicked off their latest cyber security initiative. The company is offering up a $25,000 award for data scientists who can correctly predict which Windows PCs are more likely to fall victim to malware attacks. So far, over 80 teams have joined the challenge. The data scientists will
Predicting Vulnerable PCs – Microsoft Kicks Off New Initiative Read More »
Pay Bitcoin Demands Or Else… Hackers have taken malicious scams to an entirely new level by sending a wave of threatening emails to businesses, schools, and public municipalities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The hacker’s ransom note demands a payment of $20,000 in bitcoin by the end of the day. They also claim, if the
Hackers Threaten to Detonate Bombs if Victims Don’t Pay Up Read More »
Thousands of Patient Records Exposed Post-Ransomware Attack Mind and Motion Developmental Centers of Georgia was a victim of ransomware in September 2018. Not only did the hackers infect the system with and unknown ransomware variant, but they also installed various other forms of malware that breached the security of approximately 16,000 patient files. The data
16K Medical Records Left Exposed After Ransomware Infected Network Read More »
Antivirus companies have been the target of scammers for quite some time now. The primary reason being, customers trust their security solution vendor. Therefore, if you call, who you think is your antivirus solution, and they want remote access to your PC, you’ll likely give it to them. Big mistake. How are they doing this?
No, That’s Not Your Antivirus – Exposing Tech Support Scams Read More »
Another Medical Facility Targeted By Cyber Criminals The University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS) suffered a malware attack over the weekend. According to officials, the cyber criminals executed the attack during the early hours of December 9, 2018. Within hours of the malware being installed on the network, employees identified the malicious activity and took systems
Cyber Criminals Target University of Maryland Medical Systems Read More »
City Networks Riddled with Ransomware An unknown ransomware variant hit the City of North Bend a mere weeks ago. The cyber attack originally targeted the North Bend police department; however, since the city’s networks are intertwined, the malicious software spread beyond its initial target. The ransom note demanded a payment of $50,000 and was addressed
Ransomware Attack Targeted North Bend Police Department Read More »
Firefox Leaves Security Gap Open for Hackers… One of the top used browsers, Firefox, has left a security gap open which hackers and scammers continue to exploit. These cyber criminals are embedding an iframe into various malicious website’s source code, which can be exploited on each browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox). However, it is how the
Scammers Exploit 11 Year-Old Firefox Vulnerability Read More »