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
Archives for June 2021
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 … [Read more...] about New Subscription Billing Notification Could Be A Phishing Attack
Google Chrome Speed Increases 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
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
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
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