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Data Breach Announced At Popular Photo Site Shutterfly

Data Breach Announced At Popular Photo Site Shutterfly

April 8, 2022BlogNo Comments »

Online photography platform Shutterfly is the latest high-profile company to fall victim to a hacking attack.  The company recently disclosed that in December of last year (2021) they were targeted by the Conti gang, who successfully breached their system and initiated a ransomware attack. The company's breach notification statement was sent to impacted users and filed with the California Attorney...

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Fake Work From Home Opportunities Are Phishing For Data

Fake Work From Home Opportunities Are Phishing For Data

April 7, 2022BlogNo Comments »

It's no secret that the pandemic changed the way much of the world works.  Tens of millions of people are now working from home with millions more eyeing that as a very real possibility. Unfortunately, the pandemic also changed what kinds of opportunities hackers and scammers are targeting. It shouldn't come as a great shock that they've begun targeting work...

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Google Play Store Is Seeing More Trojan Style Malware

Google Play Store Is Seeing More Trojan Style Malware

April 5, 2022BlogNo Comments »

A security researcher who goes by the name "Dr. Web" has been tracking a suspicious increase in Trojan infiltration emanating from the Google Play Store. It is not currently known whether a single organized and determined group of hackers is responsible for the surge or if several groups just happen to be focused on the Play Store at around the...

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Automotive Part Maker Denso Is Latest To Have Data Breached

Automotive Part Maker Denso Is Latest To Have Data Breached

April 4, 2022BlogNo Comments »

The automotive parts giant named DENSO is the latest corporation to fall victim to a hacking attack.  The company has offices all over the world and supplies parts to brands including General Motors, Fiat, Volvo, Toyota, and others. Collectively the company and its subsidiaries employ more than 160,000 people and boasts revenues of more than $44 billion USD (in 2021)....

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Secure Your SQL Server To Avoid This Malware Infection

Secure Your SQL Server To Avoid This Malware Infection

April 2, 2022BlogNo Comments »

Do you rely on Microsoft SQL and MySQL databases?  If so, be advised that the cybersecurity firm AhnLab recently published a report about a newly emerging threat. It seems that hackers are now targeting poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQLdatabases with a malware strain known as GhostCringe. If you're not familiar with it, GhostCringe is also known as CirenegRAT. It...

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Email Phishing Attackers Are Pretending To Be The IRS

Email Phishing Attackers Are Pretending To Be The IRS

April 1, 2022BlogNo Comments »

Emotet is in the news again according to the latest information from email security firm Cofense.  Emotet is notorious for spreading via phishing campaigns and this latest phishing campaign sees them impersonating the IRS. By all outward appearances, the emails look legitimate. The Emotet gang knows that with so many people feeling harried during tax season, potential victims are much...

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File Explorer May Get Tabs In Windows 11

File Explorer May Get Tabs In Windows 11

March 31, 2022BlogNo Comments »

Are you a Windows Insider?  If so, be aware that the company is testing a "hidden" new feature you're probably going to love. It's a small change but its impact is enormous. The feature is the Tabbed File Explorer! The experimental feature must be explicitly enabled but once it is it works a lot like tabbed browsing does. If you...

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You May See Ads For Microsoft Products With Windows 11

You May See Ads For Microsoft Products With Windows 11

March 30, 2022BlogNo Comments »

Microsoft may have inadvertently signaled that they are soon going to reincorporate ads into Microsoft 11, which is going to please exactly no one. In the most recent Windows Insiders build, third party ads were displayed but only briefly. They vanished as of the next update. The company responded to the angry inquires that the sudden appearance of ads caused with...

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Clipchamp Will Soon Replace Movie Maker For Windows 11

Clipchamp Will Soon Replace Movie Maker For Windows 11

March 29, 2022BlogNo Comments »

If you're an early adopter playing with the Windows 11 builds as they come out and you are a "Windows Insider," then you probably already know this. In the latest build, users were treated to a raft of new improvements and enhancements including a new Windows 11 video editor called Clipchamp.  The build with the Clipchamp addition is 22572 and...

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