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ESET discovers another porn clicker in Google Play
Recently, Avast researchers discovered the Trojan porn clicker uploaded to Google Play Store and posing as “Dubsmash 2”. This clicker pretended to be an official application, and was downloaded more than 100,000 times. While the click fraud activity did not cause...
Like, share, retweet and win – don’t – and you won’t…
OK - so we share all this security information which you and your friends really should be aware of - but it only works if you SHARE it and LIKE it... so how about we run a wee giveaway... those of you who watch and read, and act on what we're about to say, can get...
Happy Mother’s Day from Sophos
Have you ever had that phone call – email won’t download? A browser won’t open? Someone called from Microsoft with a kind offer of help for a virus? Chances are that if you have a mother who recently (in the last decade) got a computer – you may have received one of those phone calls (weekly in some cases).
Adding Port 587 as a valid SMTP port to a Sophos UTM
At the current time, a Sophos UTM does NOT ship with port 587 listed as a valid SMTP port for email sending. If you need to add this port, these screenshots will show you how to add the port: 1. open your firewall web admin: 2. type 'firewall' in the search box: 3....
Using cCleaner to uninstall programs
If you've ever had one of our technicians work on your computer, you may have been told about the 'swiss army knife' of computer tools - we install it on every computer we work on - and that tool is cCleaner from Piriform - we recommend getting the 'slim' installer,...
Did you wonder why China attacked Anthem health insurance?
The attack on Anthem's databases and the leak of all their customer records was traced back to China - and this puzzled a good number of security experts. Why? Because this type of hack and data-leak would be the normal operation conducted by Russian cyber criminals...
U.S. Announces Cybersecurity Center to ‘Sync Up’ Data
According to an article by NBC News, the US Government's new cybersecurity center around the nation and disseminate analysis to other departments and agencies. Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, announced the Cyber...
Taylor Swift’s Twitter + Instragram Hacked
The British newspaper The Mirror is reporting that Taylor Swift's Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked. The article is quoted by ESET in their We Live Security Blog - which goes on to report that Taylor Swift's Twitter account is the 4th most popular account in...
How to check if Adobe Flash is Up To Date
You probably don't realize how much work your Adobe Flash Player is doing on a daily basis, but it is used by many websites, and it is essential that your Flash Player is up-to-date. You may ask yourself why Adobe Flash needs to be constantly updated, and the answer...
And they say that antivirus isn’t required on a Macintosh
For years and years, Apple maintained that an antivirus program was not required and Macintosh - and for many years, if you were careful - is was *largely* true. The amount of Macintosh threats were minimal - and the cybercriminals simply didn't go after Macintosh...
Chinese hackers installed malware on Canadian National Research Council computers
CBC.ca reports that the Canadian National Research Council, a government department Council which carries out advanced research in aerospace, health, mining and physics, was compromised by Chinese hackers.
Windows 7: Internet Explorer Security Settings are Blocking Downloads
If you are trying to download files - any files, and the Internet Explorer message pops up that your current internet settings prevent this file from downloading - try the following to reset your Internet Explorer Security Settings. Here is a step-by-step guide - with...
Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Update
Microsoft today deviated from its regular pattern of releasing security updates on "update Tuesday" - or the second Tuesday of each month, by pushing out an emergency patch to plug a security hole in all supported versions of Windows. The company urged all Windows...
Important Windows Update released 11/11 – update NOW
We know you are busy, so we did not want you to miss this one. Microsoft has just released a patch for a serious vulnerability in Windows. The official patch and description: MS14-066: Vulnerability in SChannel could allow remote code execution: November 11, 2014 In...
USPS Hacked – 800,000 employee details + customer info compromised
In a Reuters article today we learned that the US Postal Service (USPS) was victim of a cyber attack that may have compromised the personal data of more than 800,000 employees, as well as customers who contacted their call center between January and August of 2014.
Employee data includes names, date of birth, social security numbers, addresses, employee state and end dates, as well as emergency contact information.
Help – I can’t download anything from the internet?
If you are having problems downloading items from the internet - including PDFs, programs or some websites: First try resetting your security settings back to their default levels. You can do this by: Open Internet Explorer Click Tools Click Internet Options Click the...
Top 5 Facebook scams this week…
Facebook is what it is, there simply is no way to change the colors of your profile or change the theme. Stay away from such messages if you want to avoid getting your PC infected with malware. As an additional reminder, do not click on anything to do with Ebola, they are now offering free toolbars that will warn you when Ebola pops up in your town, but it’s malware being installed instead.
Sears announces their Kmart stores POS system was breached
Sears Holdings Corp announced late today that it has become the latest victim of a Point of Sale (POS) cyber-attack that probably resulted in the theft of some customer payment cards at its Kmart stores. This is the latest in a series of computer security breaches to...
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