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Hackers Are Pretending To be Chipotle In Poisoned Emails

Hackers Are Pretending To be Chipotle In Poisoned Emails

August 3, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Chipotle recently reported that an account used by their company's marketing department had been hacked. A currently active campaign is underway leveraging this account. The hackers are sending out phishing emails containing poisoned links. A recipient clicking on these links will be directed to a malicious website designed to prompt users for a wide range of personal information so the...

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Latest Version Of Chrome Gets Additional Security Enhancements

Latest Version Of Chrome Gets Additional Security Enhancements

August 3, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Google has recently released Chrome 92. The latest version of the browser includes a raft of high value updates and has fixes for a number of high severity security issues. Here's a quick overview: Chrome for iOS now allows users to lock their "incognito" browsing tabs. This secures them with either a passcode or your TouchID. The new security feature...

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Bug Fixes Available With Update For iOS Device Users

Bug Fixes Available With Update For iOS Device Users

August 2, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Apple delayed the release of iPadOS 14.7 and iOS 14.7. Both updates are now available. Users of both are advised to update immediately as the new versions patch a variety of high severity security flaws and offer an impressive array of enhancements. According to the release notes, the update includes the following improvements: Apple's "MagSafe Battery Pack"‌ supports iPhone 12,...

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DNS Issue Caused Major Website Outage

DNS Issue Caused Major Website Outage

July 31, 2021BlogNo Comments »

The Akamai Corporation reported a major outage on Thursday (7/22/2021) that caused major disruptions on the internet in the United States for a period of several hours. A tweet from the company confirmed that the outage was caused by a software update. The update triggered a bug in the DNS system which caused the outage. The good news is that...

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New Malware Live Streams Your Private Computer Activity

New Malware Live Streams Your Private Computer Activity

July 30, 2021BlogNo Comments »

There is a new highly unusual and potentially embarrassing strain of malware that you need to be aware of. It has been dubbed BIOPASS by the Trend Micro researchers who first discovered it. The new malware will live stream your computer activities all while allowing the whole world to tune in and watch whatever you happen to be doing. The...

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Popular Ring Doorbells To Get Encryption Option

Popular Ring Doorbells To Get Encryption Option

July 29, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Do you have a Ring Doorbell? They are offered by Amazon and they're a wildly popular smart device that allows you to keep tabs on who's coming to or walking by your door. The doorbell's camera records video and saves it to the cloud so you can review it at your leisure. Unfortunately there's a problem. The videos on the...

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Latest Data Breach Hits Guess Clothing Company

Latest Data Breach Hits Guess Clothing Company

July 28, 2021BlogNo Comments »

American fashion retailer Guess recently became the latest in a seemingly unending parade of big-name companies to suffer a data breach. The company's breach notification letter was mailed to all customers whose data was compromised. The letter states that an unidentified party gained access to Guess' systems between February 2nd and February 23rd of this year (2021). The company discovered...

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Internet Browser Firefox Will Soon Get SmartBlock Feature

Internet Browser Firefox Will Soon Get SmartBlock Feature

July 27, 2021BlogNo Comments »

There's good news for anyone who uses the Firefox web browser. Beginning with the release of Firefox 87 which was released in March of this year (2021) Mozilla has introduced a new SmartBlock feature. The new feature helps ensure that when users enable 'Strict Mode' for their Tracking Protection that it will not break websites when blocking tracking scripts. The...

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Don’t Let The Dog Days Of Summer Wreak Havoc On Your Technology

Don’t Let The Dog Days Of Summer Wreak Havoc On Your Technology

July 26, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Heat and technology don’t mix. We’re talking about things like PCs, servers and everything inside of them. A lot of manufacturers try to make sure the heat generated by hardware has a way to escape, but it’s not always enough. And what about heat from the outside? This is where problems can really get out of control. Right now, we’re in...

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Gmail Adding Email Authenticator Feature Called BIMI

Gmail Adding Email Authenticator Feature Called BIMI

July 26, 2021BlogNo Comments »

Change is coming to Gmail. Recently as a courtesy of a new agreement between Google and the AuthIndicators Working Group you'll soon begin seeing BIMIs (Brand Indicators for Message Identification). The brains behind BIMI describe their product as an email specification that allows the use of brand-controlled logos within supported email clients. AuthIndicators is steered by a committee of representatives...

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