We just received a robo call on our cell phones warning us that “the IRS is preparing legal action against us and to learn more about it, call 636-628-5993 immediately”. It’s a scam, of course and we hung up after listening to it for research purposes. If you receive such a call, hang up immediately […]
65% of doctors unknowingly share patient data via their mobile devices. The healthcare industry needs to increase their security.
BAE Systems warns that a modified strain of the Qbot malware has already infected over 54,000 PCs worldwide with 85% of infections occurring in the U.S. The modified version is network-aware and designed to harvest credentials from a target’s computer systems. Here are the stats: Qbot uses a “domain generation algorithm” that gives it the […]
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PowerWare is targeting tax program files. Tax Preparers beware. This ransomware variant specifically hunts down and encrypts tax files.
The bad guys have done it again! They’ve perfected ransomware that encrypts system files, breaking your Operating System.
Cyberspace can be scary to navigate haphazardly. Taking a few, well-thought out precautions can dramatically increase your security. Here’s a few you should keep in mind: Do your online shopping from your own device and network. Don’t trust the security of unfamiliar systems. Never enter credit card or any financial details on unsecured sites. URLs for secure sites start with “HTTPS” […]
Criminals launched a new and improved brand of ransomware called TeslaCrypt 4.0. As the name implies, it is the fourth iteration that includes new improvements making it a great cash-cow for criminals and a giant headache to the rest of us. Here’s a few of the “improvements” that criminals have made: TeslaDecoder no longer works […]
Trustwave, a respected cyber-security firm has announced on its SpiderLab blog that it has detected upwards of 4 million SPAM emails in the last 7 days. These emails carry an infected attachment that when clicked, will download the Locky Ransomware virus. The emails attempt to trick victims into opening attachments to supposedly view invoices. Once […]
