New Microsoft Edge Browser Flaw Could Leave Passwords Vulnerable
Manuel Caballero has been a busy man. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s a security researcher and blogger who made a name for himself identifying a variety of critical […]
3 Ways to Protect Your Online Accounts Against Hacking
Compunet Technologies, Inc. Online security is a big deal, but few people take an active approach to minimizing their risks online. In 2016, millions of user accounts were hacked […]
WannaCry Ransomware Runs Rampant – New Variants Found
This past Friday, a new ransomware threat burst onto the scene globally in what was described as an attack “unprecedented in its scale.” Before the original version was stopped by […]
Latest Credit Card Breach Hits Holiday Inn
IHG, The Intercontinental Hotels Group, which owns Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, has recently announced a serious data breach that impacted 1174 of its franchise locations. The company reports that […]
Large Percentage Of Ransomware Victims Paying Ransom For Files
The landscape of ransomware attacks is changing. When the malicious software first hit the internet a couple years back, it did so in a big way, primarily targeting large hospitals, […]
HIPAA Fines Continue; New Focus On Signed Business Associate Agreements
Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services made headlines by issuing more than a dozen hefty fines to big companies that deal with Protected Health Information for noncompliance […]
Microsoft Releases Patch To Fix Major Malware Vulnerability
Microsoft is in the habit of releasing regular security updates and patches on the second Tuesday of each month. This month, though, in addition to the regular patch, the company’s […]
A Number Of Linksys Routers Are Vulnerable To Attack
It’s not an overstatement to say that Linksys, to a large degree, powers the web. The company makes a broad range of routers that lie at the heart of everything […]
Watch Out For Invoice Emails That Include Encrypted Docs
Hackers have once again pushed the envelope. They’ve again come up with a new way to infect target computers and get around whatever detection software is in place. The latest […]
Some Google Maps Listing Links Sending People To Malware Sites
Each month, hundreds of millions of people rely on Google Maps. It has become the replacement for GPS in most of our cars. We rely on the service for everything […]
