You may have heard that you should always have a backup plan in place and that if you have one, you have none; nevertheless, not everyone takes these maxims as seriously as they ought to. Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of the necessity of a backup or the requirement for more than one copy. Data…
Businesses and consumers are preparing for the holiday shopping and gift-giving rush. Prices are falling, but cybersecurity hygiene is also falling. As inboxes fill with markdowns, opportunistic cybercriminals ramp up their holiday frauds. This post discusses why seasonal retail is targeted by cybercriminals, five holiday season scams, and what businesses and buyers can do to…
Your Data: It’s valuable to you. Imagine arranging your wedding for months only to discover your complete set of plans vanished when you wake up one morning. This is the unfortunate reality for the unprepared. Imagine putting ten years of effort into your family’s genealogy just to lose everything you’ve accomplished due to a hard…
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, tech journalists were excited by the prospect of smart home automation, which is set to have its breakthrough year in 2017. If you have thought about welcoming smart appliances and other devices into your Apple Valley home, 2017 would be a good starting point; nonetheless, you…
Online retail activity tends to be higher during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but this does not stop millions of Americans from extending their internet shopping throughout December. The holiday shopping season is highly anticipated not just by consumers but also by cybercrime groups who specialize in identity theft. If you suspect that your desktop,…
Information security analysts monitoring the situation ahead of the midterm elections in the United States have determined that hackers working on behalf of the Kremlin intend to continue interfering with the American democratic process, and one of their proven strategies involves taking advantage of unsecured home networks. For the most part, cyber attacks perpetrated by…
If your Windows 10 desktop, laptop or tablet automatically installs the KB4100347 security update, there is a chance that you may end up with a frozen operating system after the device reboots. The security update in question is related to the Spectre and Foreshadow vulnerabilities discovered by security researchers last year; these security issues affect…
A great portion of malware, the malicious software applications coded by hackers and unethical developers, consists of adware and spyware, which in turn are malicious applications coded that seek to take advantage of internet browsers. [su_note note_color=”#F4f4f4″]Quite a few malware applications are coded to target Google Chrome, the most popular browser in the world; fortunately,…
In computer security circles, there is a growing consensus about the growing complexity of modern exploits and vectors of attack. There was a time when IT security experts could easily determine or detect if someone had tampered with a laptop; however, the sophisticated threats in use these days make this determination more difficult, particularly in…
