Beware of Bogus QR Codes
The FBI has issued a warning about scammers posting bogus QR codes using a variety of different methods from printing them on a piece of paper to including the bogus codes in an application. Learn more: Audio Video
Security News for the Week Ending January 16, 2022
Here is the security news for the week ending January 16, 2022: January 16, 2022 Gettr, the Alt-Tech, Uses Trackers, Features from Facebook and Google Chrome to Limit Access to Private Networks (via browser, finally) Remotely Executable NetUSB Bug Puts Millions of Devices at Risk Ivanti Updates Log4j Security Advisory for Multiple Products NYDFS Delays…
Banking Social Engineering Scams are Alive and Well
The easiest way for hackers to steal your money is to get you to help them do it. We are seeing attacks where the victim gets a text message supposedly from their bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction and asking the victim if it is legitimate. If the victim answers, the hacker goes into high…
Security News for the Week Ending January 9th, 2022
This week’s security news includes: Son of Log4j rears its ugly head; Model warns women to check your belongings after being tracked by Apple AirTag; AMD releases new chip with Microsoft’s Pluton processor; New consumer protection laws in 2022; SonicWall is the most recent vendor to have Y2K22 bug; Over 1,200 man-in-the-middle toolkits available to…
Log4j – The Bug That Keeps on Giving
Log4j is a bug in a software library used by millions of programs that seems to defy being fixed. Even though the developers have patched it 4 times in the matter of a week or two, the bugs keep coming. And now we are finding derivatives of the original bug in other pieces of unrelated…
Security News for the Week Ending January 2, 2022
This week’s security news includes: On-premise Microsoft Exchange emergency files for Y2K problem in 2022 Christmas gifts bring security headaches Some users of LastPass password manager receive warning about login attempts The 5 layers of effective endpoint security Duck, Duck Go Log4j patch of the day New York man pleads guilty to $20 million SIM…
New State Privacy Laws Mean More Work for Businesses
In the absence of any meaningful federal privacy law that covers the general population, states are implementing their own privacy laws and they are covering residents of their states without regard to where the data collecting business is. Each state is different, which means more work for businesses as they try to figure out what…
Do You Have the Right Backups?
In light of recent events here in Colorado, now would be a good time to make sure you are backing up all of your information. In the case in Colorado, the Marshall fire destroyed over a thousand homes and damaged several hundred others in the middle of suburbia in less than a day. None of…