Why People Get Hacked – Overheard
Overheard at a local eatery recently: “Now the phone will tell you that you need to update, but never do that. Those updates just take up more space and slow it down every time you do it.” And we wonder … Continued
Linked – Simply viewing this malicious ad will infect your computer with ransomware
And this is why we stay up to date on security updates, and also a big part of why I use and ad blocker. A new malvertising campaign from the AdGholas hacker group infects victims with ransomware, even if the … Continued
Linked – The Beginner’s Guide to PC Backup
I’ve written plenty of times about the importance of backups, multiple backups even. If you know you need to backup, but aren’t sure where to begin, you could do worse that take a look at the options here and start … Continued
Linked – Holiday Inn Cops to Massive Credit Card Data Breach
And another one…. It seems like every day there’s news of another significant data breach, so here’s today’s: An internal investigation by the InterContinental Hotel Group, which owns Holiday Inn, has revealed that guests at more than a thousand of … Continued
Linked – Easily Remove Aggressive Malware With These 7 Tools
Not for the faint of heart, or the faint of technical skills, but these tools might be a good thing to keep in your techie back pocket to try and clean up someone’s malware problems! http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/remove-aggressive-malware-tools/ Image by Visual Content … Continued
Linked – Your New Phone Compromised at the Factory (or on the Supply Chain) by the Bad Guys
This is bad, bad news…. “A Naked Security story reports that Checkpoint analyzed Android devices owned by two large companies, and found malware infections in 36 of them. The users hadn’t downloaded the malware – they arrived with the devices, … Continued
Fake News From the Washington Post and Shared All Over
Since we are all in a tizzy about fake news, and Russian hacking, here’s one for you. I’ve seen this headline shared all over the place for the last couple of days: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility This sounds … Continued