Twitter Hacked Leaving Nazism Messages Today, dozens of Twitter accounts were hacked impacting various individuals from the European Parliament, UNICEF USA and BBC North America. It is believed the attacks originated due to a diplomatic spat between Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands. According to MSN, the Germans and Dutch barred Turkish ministers from campaigning in […]
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PCs come with their own default apps already in place. For instance, a brand new Windows 10 PC will have Edge as its default browser. For some users, they may want to change this to their “go-to” browser such as Chrome or Firefox. But how do you do that? Follow the step-by-step guide below, which
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Home Depot – The Aftermath of 2014 Breach In 2014, Home Depot experienced one of the largest security breaches in history. The company is still working out settlements to clear up the matter, but have made a step in the right direction. Fortune recently disclosed Home Depot settled with dozens of banking institutions for 25 million
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Canadian Revenue Agency Uses Precautionary Measures On March 10, 2017 the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) took their operations offline after discovering a potential security vulnerability. After 90 minutes, they were back online; however, by mid afternoon on Friday, they took their site offline again. The CRA assured users this was simply a precautionary measure, and
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34 Smart Phone Models Infected With Pre-Loaded Malware According to Beta News, 34 different smart phone models have been distributed with pre-loaded malware infections. The infections were not installed by the manufacturer, but by the third-party sellers of the devices. If you bought your phone from a legitimate phone supplier, such as AT&T you’re likely
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Connecticut Schools Hit Hard By Phishing Attacks Glastonbury Public Schools in Connecticut was the recent victim of a phishing attack. The phishing attack resulted in 1,600 W-2s being compromised. The school district is uncertain who exactly had their information exposed. However, they did report the food service personnel do not need to be concerned about
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CyberEdge Group Releases Cyberthreat Defense Report CyberEdge Group, a research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, shared the results of its fourth-annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. Key findings suggest, the security industry may be going insane. CyberEdge group CEO, Steve Piper states, “If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and
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Payment Processing Giant Breached Verifone, a major player in the payment processing industry, recently suffered a data breach. The breach took place in January of 2017. In initial reports, the company stated the impact of the breach was minimal, and effected internal company systems only. Meaning none of their Point of Sales (PoS) systems were
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Registry Cleaning Tool Removed From PC Matic Default Effective immediately, PC Matic will be removing the registry cleaning from the default version of its security software. The option will remain within PC Matic; however, in order to use it, subscribers will need to enable the feature. Step-by-step instructions on how to do so, are provided at
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Companies Are Prepping to Pay Cyber Criminals According to Coin Telegraph, many corporations are preparing for ransomware attacks by increasing their supply of the non-traceable currency, bitcoins. Since bitcoins are not traceable, it is typically the currency of choice by hackers. Am I the only one who thinks this is absolutely absurd? Malware attacks of
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