E-Mail Is A Big Threat To Your Organization
Mimecast’s 2018 “State of Email Security” report is out, and although it’s contents are hardly a surprise, the news it contains is mostly bad. For starters, it confirms what most […]
Bluetooth Vulnerability Allows Hackers To Access Devices
There’s a new Bluetooth security vulnerability to be aware of, tracked as CVE-2018-5383, and it’s a nasty one. It’s a cryptographic vulnerability that affects firmware or operating system software drivers […]
New Report Shows 32 Percent Increase In Cyber Attacks
Positive Technologies has just released a new report that paints a grim picture for IT professionals. If your sense is that the number of cyberattacks are increasing, you’re not wrong. […]
World Cup Avoided Nearly 25 Million Cyber Attacks This Year
According to the Kremlin, Russia prevented almost twenty five million cyber-attacks during the World Cup this year. President Vladimir Putin praised the nation’s digital security forces by saying the following: […]
Thermal Imaging Could Help Thieves Steal Your Passwords
As if there weren’t enough ways for hackers to steal your passwords, now, there’s thermal imaging. If that sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie, think again. […]
Massive Breach Affects 21 Million Users Of Timehop App
Do you use Timehop? If you’re not sure what that is, it’s a popular, clever little app that reminds social media users about posts they’ve made in the past. It […]
Adobe Releases Massive Update To Patch Its Products
There’s a lot to like about the contents of Adobe’s most recent “Patch Tuesday” update. It’s well worth downloading and installing, even if you normally take a pass on all […]
Open Database Exposes Info Of 340 Million People
Internet security researcher Vinny Trola recently made a huge and disturbing discovery. A marketing firm called Exactis had left a massive database unsecured, allowing anyone who stumbled across it to […]
Apps In Gmail Have Full Access To Read Your Emails
File this one away under “watch your permissions.” It’s recently come to light that an unknown number of third party apps have access to read emails sitting in your Gmail […]
Shopped At Adidas Website? Your Info May Have Been Compromised
Another week, another high-profile data breach. This time, Adidas and their online store was the target. The company became aware of the incident on June 26th, and immediately began notifying […]
LTE Networks May Be Vulnerable To Hacking
Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and New York University in Abu Dhabi have discovered serious security flaws in 4G LTE networks that allow hackers to spy on, listen in on, intercept, […]
Microsoft Edge Mobile Browser Blocks Android And iOS Ads
As most people know, Microsoft Edge was the company’s “reboot.” After trying for years to patch and update their beleaguered Internet Explorer, Microsoft ultimately decided to scrap it and start […]