Never Ending Support Scam Window There you are, surfing the web and BOOM. You get the dreaded support scam scheme. Some may know what I’m referencing, some may not. For those who are unfamiliar, it is the pop up screen stating you must call “customer service” for technical support to get your computer “fixed”. However, […]
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IBM Unknowingly Sends Malware Infected USB Flash Drives IBM has released a statement disclosing a number of infected USB sticks have been sent into the public. The USB flash drives were shipped to include Storwize flash. It is the Storwize flash that included the malicious code. According to Hack Read, the infected models include drives that
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Virginia State Police Department Offline After Malware Strikes As of Wednesday night, at 8 p.m. the Virginia State Police Department was forced offline, unable to use their email communications what so ever. This cease in online communication was due to a malware attack that brought down the email communication networks. By noon on Thursday, the
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130,000 Spyware Customer Records Leaked According to Motherboard, two companies that sell spyware to direct customers, Retina-X and FlexiSpy, have suffered a major breach. Between the two companies, it is believed over 130,000 records were compromised. Along with customer records, company records were allegedly exposed, as well as photos and text messages acquired by Retina-X.
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Investigation into Chipotle Breach Continues On April 25, 2017, Chipotle made a public statement explaining their payment systems had been breached. Since it is early into the investigation, the entire impact of the breach remains unknown. According to WTKR News, this is what had been confirmed, Unauthorized activity was found within the restaurant’s network, which
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Microsoft Patched Exploits There has been a lot of news swirling around, claiming the published exploits stolen from the NSA can be used against current Microsoft products. According to ArsTechnica, that is not the case. Instead, Microsoft patched the exploits a month prior to the exploits being published. However, this is causing major speculation. Did
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PC Matic recently conducted a survey regarding backing up your data. It was found that 11% of respondents did not back up their data, largely in part to not knowing how. To address this, here are the various ways PC users can back up their data. 3 Backup Methods to Keep Your Data Secure Within your
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USPS Phishing Attack Spreading Like Wildfire A new phishing attack is spreading around the nation. Graham Cluley reported, the email being distributed is a fake USPS email which claims the victims have a package that needs to be picked up. The email states they must review the “shipping label” and schedule a pick-up time by
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Recently, PC Matic asked for readers to partake in a survey regarding their data backup practices. They found, 11% of respondents do not back up their data, in large part due to their uncertainty how to do so. Majority of users back up their data, but do they do it correctly? Out of the 89%
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Dallas Emergency Alert Systems Hacked Late last Friday night, Dallas, Texas got a disturbing the wake-up call. Thanks to the handy-work of a hacker, or two, every single tornado siren was going off just before midnight. The sirens ran for just over an hour and a half before officials finally shut them down. In order
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