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November 16, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Hackers are always looking for a new angle, and recently, they’ve found a particularly good one. Image recognition software is becoming increasingly sophisticated. So if hackers are interested in building a fake landing and login page designed to spoof some …
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November 14, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
When you were growing up, your parents probably bought you all sorts of toys made by Mattel. From Hotwheels to Barbie to the full line of Toy Story toys and more, Mattel is a global force in the world of …
November 13, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
How good is your IT staff at staying current when it comes to applying all the latest security patches? Unfortunately, the answer for most businesses is, “probably not as good as you think.” According to research conducted by Bitdefender, a …
November 12, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
A lot of people have a complicated relationship with Adobe Acrobat reader. On the one hand, it’s an undeniably useful piece of software and one of the most widely installed and used on the planet. There’s simply no better and …
November 10, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
During the 2019 Microsoft Ignite convention, the company announced a new feature they were planning to add to Exchange Online. The new feature, dubbed “plus addressing” would give Office 365 Exchange users the ability to create a potentially unlimited number …
November 9, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
In September of this year, Microsoft announced that they would soon be releasing an optional update designed to remove the Adobe Flash Player from any machine applying the update, and rendering it impossible for Flash to be reinstalled on that …
November 7, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
If you’ve spent any time at all surveying the threat landscape, then you’re almost certainly familiar with the name Emotet. As one of the largest malware botnets on the planet, it’s dangerous and then some, and its tentacles extend to …
November 6, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Is your business in any way affiliated with or connected to the healthcare industry? If so, be advised that recently, the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a statement in conjunction with the Department …
November 5, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Recently, one or more Amazon employees disclosed customer email addresses to an unknown third party, prompting Amazon to send a notification email out to impacted customers which reads as follows: “We are writing to let you know that your …
November 4, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Google does an admirable job of keeping its sprawling Play Store free of apps containing malware. Their verification system is world-class. That said, no system is perfect, and that includes Google’s. In recent months, the company has removed nearly a …
November 3, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Not all ransomware strains are created equally. Some are designed as slow burns that will infect a target system, expanding its reach for days, or even weeks before striking and locking your business critical files. Others are designed to hit …
October 31, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Deep Fakes are becoming an increasingly large problem. If you’re not familiar with the term, a Deep Fake is an advanced photo or video technique in which an existing person in a video is digitally overwritten by some other person.…
Malware comes in all shapes and sizes. Some strains copy and encrypt files. Others serve annoying ads. Still others work quietly in the background, mining this or that cryptocurrency using your computer’s processing power to do it. GravityRAT is a …
October 30, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
WordPress tends to take a light-handed approach when it comes to managing the legions of plugins that are compatible with the most popular blogging platform on the planet. This time, however, they’re taking a different approach. They’re forcing a security …
October 29, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Score one for the good guys. A team led by Microsoft’s DCU (Digital Crimes Unit) that includes Symantec, NTT Ltd, ESET, and Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs is working on something new. They have launched a sustained, coordinated attack on Trickbot’s …
October 28, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
If you make frequent use of Adobe products, then you’ll definitely want to give priority to applying the latest security update offered by the company. It’s an out of band patch that impacts ten different products in the Adobe lineup …
October 27, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
A great many malware strains are designed to engage quietly during a PC’s startup process and then idle in the background. They are in the system logging keystrokes, taking screen shots at periodic intervals and uploading them to a command …
October 26, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
If you haven’t yet installed the latest Windows 10 or Windows Server update, here’s something to be aware of before you do. You may not be able to update or install some third-party drivers. When you try, you might receive …
October 24, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Skynet just took a step closer to becoming a reality. The word, of course, refers back to the hit movie, ‘Terminator,’ in which a computer network gained sentience and decided to do away with the human race. While Microsoft’s latest …
October 23, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Intel has had more than its share of challenges over the last couple of years. Not the least of which included a whole family of new attack vectors that made headlines and caused panic around the world. This happened as …
October 22, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Selling network access is big business on underground hacking websites. Even worse, the business is growing at an alarming rate, according to a report recently published by cyber security firm KELA. According to their report, the number of ads found …
October 21, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Since Google introduced Google Analytics back in 2005, it has become the industry standard. A simple, free method of getting a bird’s eye view into who’s searching for what on the internet. Millions of business owners around the world rely …
October 19, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
Are you an Office 365 user? If so, be aware that Microsoft is adding some powerful new protections to the software suite, designed to make you safer. Hackers commonly target Office 365 users with a type of attack known as …
October 17, 2020 by Computer Technology Solutions
What do you primarily use your PC for? It’s a more important question than you might think, because different use cases for your PC require it to be configured in different ways to optimize your user experience. Until now, that’s …
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