Be Careful, Searches May Provide False Download links
If you’re downloading software from the web, be careful. Take the extra step of verifying that you’re on the developer’s website, because the hackers have a new trick up their […]
21 Percent Of Internet Traffic Riddled With Bad Bots
How much of your website’s traffic is driven by bots? The answer may surprise you. Overall, bots account for nearly half of all web traffic. The “good” bots account for […]
Intel Taking Additional Steps To Prevent Security Flaws
By now, you’ve almost certainly heard of “Spectre,” one of two recently discovered security flaws that impact every chip made by Intel in the last ten years. The story of […]
Google Calls Out Microsoft For Security Issue
Depending on who you ask, Google’s Project Zero is either the thing that’s going to singlehandedly save the internet, or the bane of many companies’ existence. It’s easy to see […]
Vulnerability Found In Popular Grammar Checker
On February 2, Tavis Ormandy, a researcher on Google’s Project Zero team discovered a critical flaw in the popular online grammar checking app, “Grammarly.” Tens of millions of users make […]
Microsoft is Adding Much Needed Feature To Windows Defender
Microsoft is getting tough on so-called “registry cleaners”, and it’s about time. The company recently announced a planned change to Windows Defender (the anti-malware program that comes standard with every […]
If your Point Of Sale Uses Oracle, Update Now
Oracle is currently the third-largest provider of POS (Point of Sale) software on the market today, which means that there’s a fairly good chance you’re using an Oracle POS system. […]
Fitness Trackers Could Be A National Security Risk
If ever there were two phrases that didn’t seem to go together, they would probably be “Fitness trackers” and “National Security Risk.” The very idea that a simple fitness tracker […]
2 Million Credit Cards Stolen From Popular Sandwich Shop
By now, we’ve seen enough large-scale Point of Sale (POS) credit card thefts that patterns are beginning to emerge. Some companies follow the general arc of the narrative better than […]
Use Of Bots Has Increased Fake Account Creations
The ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report 2017 is out, and is a troubling read for anyone who has anything to do with data security. As a fraud prevention company protecting nearly a […]
