Some people believe ignorance is bliss. Which may be true, under certain circumstances. However, I can assure you, one of those circumstances is not computer security. 19.63% Of PC Users Choose Not To Use Security Programs In a recent survey conducted by PC Matic, 19.63% of respondents stated they were not using an anti-virus solution. […]
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Phishing Attack Hits Bloomington Public Schools – Minnesota Star Tribune reported an estimated 2,800 current and former Bloomington Public School employees has their private information stolen after a malicious email scam tricked a school employee to send the information to hackers. The phishing scam requested for all of the 2016 W-2s to be sent to a specific
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Uber Online Lottery Scam The Uber Online Lottery scam is making its way across the nation, claiming recipients have one $1.5 million dollars. They just need your banking information to “deposit” the funds. Below is the image that will populate within the scam email. There is not any content that comes within the email, just this
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Good Thing Google Has Deep Pockets… The search engine tycoon, Google, was recently ordered to pay $20 million after the courts found they infringed on four different anti-malware patents. The infringement involved the development of the company’s popular web browser, Chrome. According to The Next Web, the suit originated in 2013 after Alfonso Cioffi and,
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The Fight Against Cyber Crime As of January 1, 2017, the state of California began enforcing a law which treats ransomware as a form of extortion. Wyoming also has a similar law, and Maryland is considering adopting a law specific for the growing cyber crime, ransomware. Prior to these laws, if a ransomware developer or
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Malvertising Takes Advanced Approach Malvertising, or malicious software that is distributed through advertisements, is taking an advanced approach. According to Lifars, the cyber criminal group AdGholas, have sophisticated their attack approach leaps and bounds. First, their malicious ad does not infect your PC right away. It is designed to start obtaining data that they can
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You may have heard about the recent security breach that impacted fast food giant, Arby’s. The hackers were able to gain access to Arby’s systems and obtain an estimated 350,000 credit card numbers from customers who visited the restaurant chain from October 2016 to January 2017. Last year, Wendy’s, another major fast food chain, was hit with a breach
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Keyboard Shortcuts Every Computer User Should Know Some people love them, others maybe not so much. What exactly are we referencing? Keyboard shortcuts. Sometimes it may seem like it’s just as easy to use the mouse to highlight, copy and paste, etc. For some users, it may be. However, once you start using shortcuts, you
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PC Pitstop Avoids CEO Fraud Jodi Pierce, an accountant for PC Pitstop, received an email on February 8, 2017 with the following request: Jodi was initially suspicious of the email, stating, “When I received an email from Rob Cheng, our company CEO, asking me to transfer money to a beneficiary, I was immediately suspicious. While I do
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There always seems to be a new breach or security gap being reported. Most recently, Fox News confirmed 12 hotels experienced a credit card breach. Other breaches include leaked passwords, usernames, and email addresses. But how does this impact you? Companies Hacked – Were You Impacted? It depends on the breach. If your credit card information
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