Apple AirTags are handy. They're an incredibly convenient way to help keep track of your stuff. If you lose something that has been tagged you can easily locate it using the "Find My" app, which will point the way to whatever it is that you have tagged. The only problem is AirTags can be misused as well. It didn't take...
Recently, Skype announced a change to its 911 calling feature. Previously the feature was only useable in the UK, Finland, Denmark, and Australia. Now, the company has unlocked it for the United States as well and will even allow the software to share the location of the caller with emergency services. It's a welcome change and one that's long overdue...
If you're a Mac user and you also use Zoom be sure to check to see what version of Zoom you're running. Recently a bug in the Mac version of the software was found that could cause your computer's microphone to remain on even after leaving a meeting. Mac Zoom users have been complaining about the issue since December of...
Recently, Microsoft announced that they were adding support for Android Apps to Windows 11. The company first began testing that new functionality back in October of last year (2021). Now, the public preview has been unveiled in the US, allowing users to run some Android apps acquired from the Amazon store right from their Windows 11 desktop. For the most...
Do you have a WordPress site? Do you use the PHP Everywhere plugin? If so, you're not alone. More than 30,000 site owners have installed it. It's an excellent plugin that dramatically enhances websites using it, because it allows webmasters to place PHP pretty much anywhere on the page to display dynamic web content. Wordfence is a global team of WordPress...
We have recently learned that Puma Sportswear was impacted by a data breach in the waning days of 2021. It's important to note that Puma's networks were not attacked directly. The attack was made against Kronos which is one of the company's North American workforce management service providers. In a recently filed data breach notification it was disclosed that the...
Do you use Microsoft Teams and do you have an older PC that struggles with Teams video meetings? If so there's good news. Microsoft has recently upgraded Teams and halved the power used by Teams video meetings to make life easier on people with older hardware. Of course, even if you've got newer hardware this is still very good news...
There are two new forms of malware spreading rapidly among people with Android devices according to researchers at ThreatFabric. This latest campaign involves the FluBot malware (also known as Cabassous) and the Android banking trojan called Medusa. What's disturbing about this most recent spate of attacks is that both forms of malware share the same basic infection tactics and delivery...
According to researchers at HP, there's a new threat to worry about. Hackers have recently begun disguising malware as Windows 11 upgrades and are using them to target Windows 10 users who are anxious to move to Microsoft's latest OS. This new campaign begins like many others with an email informing the recipient that if they click the link provided...
Hackers will attack absolutely anybody. No one is safe and nothing is sacred. Not even football is safe. The most recent high-profile attack was made against the San Francisco 49ers according to BleepingComputer which got confirmation from the 49ers. According to the information disclosed by the 49ers they are in the process of recovering from an attack by the BlackByte...
