Industry Updates

Security Is Top Priority In Latest Chrome Build

Back in February, Google began experimenting with a new feature that defaulted all URLs to use “https:” rather than the less secure “http:.” While defaulting to the secure socket layer […]

Hackers Are Using Legitimate Google Services To Wreak Havoc

The Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team recently issued a dire warning that every IT professional should take seriously. They’ve discovered an emerging threat in the form of hackers utilizing […]

Watch Out For Vaccine Survey Phishing Emails

Scammers have found a new way to take advantage of people, so be on your guard. The U.S. Department of Justice has recently issued an alert warning people of fake […]

Cryptomining Worm Botnet Seeking And Attacking Vulnerable Devices

There’s a new cryptomining worm threat to be aware of, and it’s making the lives of IT Administrators who manage Windows and Linux environments nightmarish. This news comes from a […]

The New Realities of a Cybersecurity Response Plan for MSPs

A March 2021 report found that 31 billion data records were compromised in 2020, a number that dwarfs the total of the past 15 years combined. As tactics from phishing […]

Gamers Targeted By Hackers Through Code And Cheat Downloads

Gamers tend to be surprisingly tech savvy, and as such, they’re a bit harder to trick with social engineering than many other groups. Gamers do have a weakness, and it’s […]

New Malware Appears To Be Android App For Free Netflix

If you have an Android device and you’re something of an app fanatic, you may have been tempted by an app called FlixOnline, which was available on the Google Play […]

Details On Massive Facebook Data Leak Hack

As you’re probably aware, recently a vast trove of Facebook profiles totaling 533 million in all, wound up on a hacker forum. The company was initially silent about the issue, […]

Firmware Attacks May Be The Next Big Security Issue

Most businesses are getting better at guarding against malware attacks. We still hear about successful attacks far too often, but companies are undeniably getting better at defending against them. Unfortunately, […]

What Businesses Can Do To Minimize Phishing Emails

If you had to guess, worldwide, how many phishing emails would you estimate are sent out every day, what would you say? If you guessed anything less than three billion, […]

Tax Time Brings Out the Hackers

It’s tax season once again! That, among other things, means that hackers and scammers are out in force, so beware! As in years past, the primary vehicle hackers and scammers […]

Study Shows Working From Home Could Be Here To Stay

It goes without saying that the pandemic has changed a great many things about life, as well as the world we live and work in. One significant change on the […]