Japanese juggernaut Kawasaki Heavy Industries is the latest company to fall victim to a security breach. The company, which employs more than 35,000 people and has offices all over the globe recently disclosed the breach to its customers. The company discovered that one or more unauthorized parties accessed a company server in Japan from an office in Thailand on June...
In 2020, hackers around the world have increasingly gravitated to ransomware as their preferred method of attack. This year, there have been dozens of high-profile, successful attacks on companies around the world. Whirlpool, one of the largest home appliance manufacturers in the world, is the latest company to fall victim to this type of attack. The company is truly one...
One year ago, Microsoft officially ended support for the venerable Windows 7 operating system. No new security patches have been issued, which means that anyone running a Windows 7 machine at this point is taking a tremendous security risk. That is especially true if that machine is connected to a corporate network. It would be all too easy for even...
If you make extensive use of Google's products, you almost certainly noticed the worldwide outage of Google's services. As details continue to emerge about the outage, it's increasingly clear that Google has some egg on its face and that the outage was an entirely self-inflicted wound. The failure was ultimately caused by the company's Identity Management System, which failed after...
Researchers on the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky Lab have recently discovered a new malware strain dubbed PyMICROPSIA, currently being used by a group tracked as AridViper. AridViper operates primarily in the Middle East, focusing mainly on Palestine, Egypt, and Turkey. Their malware was designed specifically to attack Windows-based machines. The group hasn't been terribly active, having...
Is your company's website built around WordPress? If so, you're certainly not alone. WordPress is, to this day, the simplest way to get a site up and running quickly. It's easy to use, has an intuitive interface and there are thousands of great plugins that extend its capabilities. Unfortunately, hackers are all too aware of these facts, which sometimes makes...
Avast are the makers of popular antivirus software. Their researchers, recently found a total of twenty-eight different Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions that were laced with malware. Worse, they found the extensions have been downloaded by more than 3 million users around the world. All of the extensions were designed to help facilitate the download of pictures and video...
Are you working from home right now? If so, you've got plenty of company. Since the pandemic began, tens of millions of American workers have started doing exactly that, but there's a problem. While working from home has its upsides, it also tends to be a bit noisier, especially if you have children, neighbors, or pets. Much of the time,...
Scammers have a new way of ripping people off this year. If you're not mindful of it, it could literally cost you. Gift cards have always been fairly popular, but this year, they seem to be more popular than ever. According to the online fraud prevention company, Bolster, thieves have been hard at work setting up bogus 'gift card balance'...
We're drawing close to the end of an era. The writing has been on the wall for Adobe's Flash player for quite some time, and the company has set a firm date of January 12th, 2012 as its official end of life. Recently, they took another important step closer by releasing what will be their final Flash Player update. With...
