What do natural disasters and holidays have in common? That is when criminals love to scam people using social engineering tactics. Why? Because people are vulnerable at those times. We don’t know when the next natural disaster will strike, but we do know when the holidays will be upon us. The winter holiday season is…
As our online lives expand, the average user has gone from having just a few passwords to nowmanaging upwards of 100. That’s 100 unique passwords to remember, if you’re using strongpassword habits. Password managers can save users the trouble of having to remember multiplepasswords and make accounts safer by recommending strong, unique passwords and storing…
Apple has released an urgent update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-30807 and affects iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. This vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption issue in the IOMobileFrameBuffer component, a kernel extension for managing the screen framebuffer. It allows…
With so many people working remotely now I thought I would share some more tips I have learned by trial and error. I have used Zoom for many years now and below are some tips you might want to consider when having meeting. Enable Waiting Rooms: Control who can join the meeting. Users wait in a virtual…
It looks like the Feds might not need a backdoor to your iphone because the apps you have on your phone might already provide a backdoor for hackers. Risk assessment: we’re not even safe in the air anymore. Every time you log into a device and have it connected to the space we call the…
What is the Problem? Microsoft has informed us of a potentially catastrophic vulnerability in all versions of Windows. What is being done? The issue has to do with Secure Web Browsing, which is not so secure unless you install a patch that was released Tuesday. Who is affected? Everyone running the Windows Operating System. Don’t…
Adobe and Microsoft today each issued security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in their software. Microsoft pushed 14 patches to address problems in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and .NET, among other products. Separately, Adobe issued an update for its Flash Player software that corrects at least 18 security issues. Microsoft announced 16 bulletins, but curiously two…
It appears that consumers are certainly becoming more proactive about protecting themselves from identity theft. But small business owners don’t seem to share their concern. According to a recent survey, small business owners are victims of fraud at a rate of 15 percent more than the general population. In 2010, small business owners lost about…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Week One: Social Networking – Parents & Kids Social networking is no longer a new phenomenon. While previous generations often became members of social networks as an adult, the upcoming generation will be joining these sites while in elementary, middle or high school – if not earlier. Take…
Recent hacks involving several high-profile social networking accounts once again highlight the potential vulnerability of social media. The sheer volume of users and the information that gets posted on social media sites create plenty of opportunity for an attacker to use social engineering or other methods to gain access to the accounts of individuals and…
