Healthcare Sector Facing Rise In Ransomware Attacks
18-May-2018
The Department of Health and Human services has issued a warning to healthcare providers to be on high alert for the SamSam strain of ransomware, which has been used…
All Twitter Passwords Exposed, Change Your Password Now
17-May-2018
Twitter shot itself in the foot recently but is working hard to get out in front of the problem. According to a recent blog post, the company experienced an…
Windows 10 Gets iTunes App For Apple Users
16-May-2018
Apple promised that its iTunes app would be available on the Microsoft Store by the end of 2017. The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm, but unfortunately, the company didn’t…
T-Mobile And Sprint To Merge Companies
15-May-2018
The on-again, off-again talks about a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is definitely back on, with T-Mobile planning to buy Sprint for a staggering $26 billion.
The deal has been…
Some VW and Audi Cars May Be Hacked Through WiFi
14-May-2018
Thanks to researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade (who work at the Dutch cyber-security firm Computest), newly produced Golf GTE and Audi A3 vehicles are a little bit safer,…
Use Caution Traveling, Hackers Now Have Keys To Hotel Rooms
12-May-2018
Score one for the good guys, but with hesitation. Unfortunately, in today’s fast-moving digital world, even a victory doesn’t mean the end of a problem.
Recently, a pair of researchers…
Apple Will Officially No Longer Sell Routers
11-May-2018
After more than two decades in the business, Apple is officially going to stop selling routers. The writing has been on the wall for a while now, since the…
Hackers Can Use PDF Files To Access Windows Credentials
10-May-2018
Security researcher Assaf Baharav from Check Point Security has discovered a new twist on an old, fairly well-known attack. He was able to essentially “weaponize” PDFs to steal Windows…
WiFi Sync on iOS Vulnerable To TrustJacking
09-May-2018
Owners of Apple devices have a new attack vector to worry about, called “TrustJacking.” Symantec researchers recently stumbled across a pair of scenarios that take advantage of Wi-Fi syncing…
Information On 48 Million People Leaked Through Massive File
08-May-2018
File this one away under self-inflicted wounds. It has recently come to light that a company called LocalBox left a massive data file vulnerable on a cloud server. The…