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Facebook Attempting To Fix Password Recovery To Minimize Hack Possibility
Password security continues to be the single biggest weak point in the realm of digital security. The problems on this front are numerous, but chiefly stem from the facts that: • Too many people use simple, easily guessed passwords • Too many people use the same password across multiple accounts • And too many people…
Using Android Pattern Lock May Not Be Best Phone Security
If you use an Android device, and since they are the most popular devices on the planet these days, you probably do, then you may also be using a pattern locking mechanism to secure it. On the face of it, that seems to make a lot of sense. After all, given the number of high…
Not Even Police Can Avoid Ransomware – Back Up Regularly!
How’s your network security? Is it on par with police departments, which, you’d have to imagine, have fairly robust security? If so, you’re still not safe. Recently, police in Cockrell Hill, Texas, announced in a press release that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack that cost them dearly. The hackers demanded $4000…
More HP Laptop Batteries Are Being Recalled
Is your laptop a fire hazard? If it’s using an HP battery, it may be. Recently, HP began receiving reports of batteries overheating, and in at least one case, in Canada, a laptop actually caught fire. That prompted HP to issue a recall of more than 41,000 batteries, but as the number of complaints continued…
Update Your Mac To Fix GarageBand And Logic Security Issues
If you’re a Mac user who uses GarageBand or Logic Pro, you’re going to want to update both of those programs with Apple’s latest patches. According to the company, they discovered critical security flaws in both pieces of software that could allow hackers to remotely execute code. Apple stressed that there are no known instances…
Stolen USB Drive Gets Insurance Company $2.2 Million HIPAA Fine
The Department of Health and Human Services is off to a busy start in 2017, having just levied their second hefty fine for HIPAA violations. In this instance, the company in question was Puerto Rican insurer MAPFRE. Back in 2011, MAPFRE had reported an ePHI incident involving a flash drive that was stolen from the…
Some Browsers Are Providing Autofill Information To Websites Through Vulnerability
It seems like every week that passes, we become aware of some new threat to security online. In fact, it’s gotten so bad that a slowly increasing number of Americans are simply swearing off the internet, according to a recent survey by security researchers. This latest threat takes the form of something long thought to…
Email PDF Attachment Might Be Gmail Phishing Scam
There’s a new phishing scam making the rounds, made noteworthy by the fact that it is especially convincing. What makes it so convincing is the lengths the hackers go to in order to fool their potential victims into thinking they’re getting a legitimate email. The attack begins by breaching one person’s email, then scanning the…
Data Breaches On The Rise – Customers Are Blaming Breached Companies
The year of 2016 saw more high-profile data breaches than at any time in the history of the internet. 2017 stands to break the record. With data breaches on the rise, the results from the most recent Data Breach and Customer Loyalty Report, published by Gemalto, sheds some interesting light on subject. According to the…
2G Network Completely Shut Down By AT&T
If you’re somewhat slow to adopt cutting edge technology, you may well still be using a phone that’s on an old 2G Network. If that’s the case, you should know that AT&T shut down its 2G network on Dec. 31, 2016. At this point, if you try to make a call using that phone, you…