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PC Prices Set To Rise Due To Supply Issues

PC Prices Set To Rise Due To Supply Issues

PC Prices Set To Rise Due To Supply Issues, and just when the world is beginning to round the corner and life is slowly starting to return to normal. As that happens, demand is surging everywhere, but supplies are still lagging. You've probably seen this in the form of higher gas prices and higher prices on basic food items, with chicken being … [Read more...] about PC Prices Set To Rise Due To Supply Issues

June 16, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Computer Chip Supply Issues, PC Manufacturers, PC Price Increase

New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack

New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack, and you should alert your employees right away. A growing trend in the hacking world is to use mixed media, including phone calls with live actors at the other end, posing as "customer support" representatives, and even recorded messages including instructions and attached emails luring unsuspecting recipients to download malicious files. In this case, the attack goes as follows: A potential victim will get an email informing them that they're subscribing to a fee-based service. The email instructs them to call a given phone number and speak with a representative who will be happy to help them. If the recipient calls, the agent, who, of course, is part of the hacker's organization, will guide the caller to a website where they can download a file the faux agent claims is necessary to finalize the cancellation. Naturally, the file does no such thing and is instead a piece of malware of the attacker's choosing. The payload can vary and be just about anything. The currently identified campaign uses BazaLoader, which creates a persistent backdoor on Windows-based machines to give the attackers easy access to that device that they can exploit in various ways later on. While this may seem like a convoluted path for the attackers to take, it can be devastatingly effective. From the attackers' point of view, it has the key advantage of being extremely difficult to detect and prevent. Most detection routines are file-based, and since this type of email doesn't contain an attachment of any kind, it poses tremendous challenges for IT security professionals. As ever, the best defense is education and mindfulness, so be sure your staff is aware.

New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack, and you should alert your employees right away. A growing trend in the hacking world is to use mixed media, including phone calls with live actors at the other end, posing as "customer support" representatives, and even recorded messages including instructions and attached emails … [Read more...] about New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack

June 15, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Hackers, Phishing, phishing scam

Google Chrome Speed Increases With Update

Google Chrome Speed Will Increase With Update

Google Chrome Speed Increases With Update, and if you're one of the legions of users who rely on Google's Chrome browser, we've got great news. As of the release of Chrome 91, it's about to get a whole lot faster. The engineers behind Chrome's continued improvement have found a clever 'cheat' that makes the browser a whopping 23 percent … [Read more...] about Google Chrome Speed Increases With Update

June 14, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chrome, Chrome 91, Google Chrome, Sparkplug

Bose Employee Data Breach

Bose Employee Data Breach

Bose Employee Data Breach is the latest in an unending parade of major companies to disclose that they've been victims of a ransomware attack. Bose's breach notification letter indicated that they first detected the incursion on March 7th, 2021, with the attack itself having occurred on April 29th. Additionally, as is quite common in these … [Read more...] about Bose Employee Data Breach

June 12, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bose, Breach, Data Breach, security

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You. Hackers and scammers have been experimenting with "vishing" as a subset of phishing in recent months. Vishing is phishing using voice messages to get access to your personal and financial information. Conventional phishing tactics rely on sending emails that employ various social engineering tricks to … [Read more...] about Vishing is Coming to a Voicemail Near You

June 11, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Armorblox, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, Phishing emails, Vishing

Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics

Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics

Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics, and if you involve yourself with internet security on any level, you're probably already familiar with the name. It's a malicious botnet that has been around for years, and the people who control it have taken steps to keep it relevant. Phorpiex is finding new ways to deliver ransomware and … [Read more...] about Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics

June 10, 2021 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: checkpoint, malware, phorpiex, ransomeware

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