Archive for Virus
New hack in Honda keyfob
Jimmy Pezzone posted a story on TechSpot about vulnerability in Honda’s keyless entry system. It appears that at least 10 popular models were identified. Read more about the RowlingPWN exploit here. (https://www.techspot.com/news/95239-hackers-discover-vulnerability-allowing-remote-starts-unlocks-popular.html} Don’t forget it is Amazon PrimeDay please visit our affiliate store and see some of the items we added to our Prime Day […]
Backup to protect before major OS upgrades.
Type of backups Local Local backup is simply a backup kept on a local device that you maintain control of. Usually and external hard drive or memory stick. Memory sticks have gotten so large many users have begun to use these instead of drives. External drives can be mechanical – HDD or solid-state – SSD […]
Idiots point of view on the Colonial pipeline shutdown
I am not an expert in the movement of Fuel in the US, but in the tech industry we always are supposed to have backup plans. The issue I see here is a failure to think. The company computers were hacked causing a shutdown on their transportation business. So in good planning what would be […]
FB hacked again
533 Million Users It appears that FB was hacked and users phone data has been released. This data includes Phone Numbers, Facebook IDs, Full Names, Locations, Birthdates, Bios and possible eMail Addresses. This is according to an article in MarketWatch https://www.marketwatch.com/story/533-million-facebook-users-phone-numbers-and-personal-data-reported-leaked-online-11617475820?mod=mw_more_headlines. They also breakdown the exposure of 533 Million: 32 million US 11 million UK […]
Do you feel like your company security is good.
Workers are not convinced companies are secured from virus attacks…
Social Engineers hack Disney Plus days after it starts streaming.
How long does it take to get an account attacked in new streaming service? It seems the answer would be only a few hours after launch. In reviewing news over the weekend ZDNet published a story about the latest hacks. With almost 10 Million users in a few hours or so it is no wonder […]
IOT secure or not? I think not
Imagine that your refrigerator and its companions can work against you in coordinated effort. Great now that I got your attention I want to reiterate an ongoing theme device on the internet pose a security threat. At this time I believe now and forever or at least a really long time. Over and over again […]
New Locky Strain Evades Machine Learning Security Software
…“That’s why even machine learning is not sufficient in making these kind of detections,” he continued. “Complex solutions are needed to run the script dynamically, download actual payload, and perform malware analysis to conclude that it is phishing.”…
WanaCry and Microsoft EOL what versions are affected?
WanaCryptor Virus WanaCry appeared this past weekend 5/12/2017. In early news reports Microsoft reports that the virus used an exploit found in XP. They even put out a message shaming companies for using old versions of the software. Yet If you look on Microsoft’s website for End Of Life you will see that extended life […]
Careless Licking Gets A Nasty Ransomware Phishing Infection: 1,000+ Machines Down
More than 1,000 government computer systems shut down.
