Windows 11 was released on October 5th, and you have probably seen some ads for it. We have been test driving a pre-release version of Windows 11 for a while now. From what we’ve seen, this isn’t a major update. The changes in Windows 11 are mostly the new user interface. Other new features make […]
Beware of Covid-19 Vaccine phishing emails
On Friday December 18th, the US DOJ seized two domain names that were claimed to be the sites of companies developing treatments for Covid-19. The sites were really being used to collect personal information of visitors and then use them for further phishing and malware attacks. Don’t make the mistake of thinking there aren’t more […]
Holidays Bring the Worst Out in Cyber Scammers
We are in the peak of shipping scam season. Sent via email or text, the simple message that a delivery may not make it by Christmas is all that’s needed to get you invested enough to need to find out more, click links, provide credentials, etc. Any legitimate shipping notification will provide some details you […]
10 Holiday Cybersecurity Alert Tips
Happy Thanksgiving!It’s Holiday Season for the cyber crooks as well as all of us.But not the way you might think. They go into scam-overdrive mode.Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the busiest online shopping days and the bad guys are planning to get rich with your money. So, here are 10 Holiday Cybersecurity Alert Tips: […]
New Text Message Scams
Just like email scams, text message scams use current events to trick you in to responding and giving away your personal information. Text message scams ratchet up the urgency and scare tactics to fit the short message format and try to get you to respond without much thought. The latest text-based scam tied to current […]
Microsoft Warns of a Massive Covid-19 Excel Phishing Attack via email
The emails claim to be from ‘Johns Hopkins Center’ bearing “WHO COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT”. The attached Excel file, if opened, shows security warning show a graph of supposed coronavirus cases in the US. The file contains a malicious Excel 4.0 macro which downloads & runs NetSupport Manager remote administration tool (RAT). Microsoft has seen several […]
Don’t reuse passwords! (and other password guidelines)
Last week, 530,000 Zoom accounts and passwords were for sale on the dark web (5 for a penny). Investigators think that the accounts were not ‘hacked’ or stolen from Zoom or exposed by a vulnerability. Instead, the account list was likely created from an old data breach. This is called credential stuffing. The crooks take […]
Phishing Attacks and Scams are Surging
Whenever the news is dominated by an event, we see an increase in phishing and scam attempts that use that event to trick people into giving up their logins or download malware. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is no exception. The number of email and scam web sites using COVID and coronavirus are growing exponentially, just […]
Staying productive and sane while working from home
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has required social distancing and shelter in place directives that have forced a large number of people to work from home. While working from home does allow us to avoid a commute and even work in sweats and a t-shirt, it comes with challenges. Going to work in an office provides structure and focus. […]