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USPS Hacked – 800,000 employee details + customer info compromised

by Computer Security Solutions | Nov 11, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches

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?

by Computer Security Solutions | Nov 11, 2014 | General Security, Installation Issues

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…

by Computer Security Solutions | Nov 4, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, General Security, Malware and Exploits

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

by Computer Security Solutions | Oct 10, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches

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...

Dairy Queen Confirmed: Almost 400 DQ Restaurants Exploited

by Computer Security Solutions | Oct 10, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches

According to KrebsonSecurity.com - Dairy Queen has confirmed a credit card data exploit at 395 of their stores. In a statement released by DQ, their President and CEO - John Gainor, has outlined the exploit, and apologized for the breach. There is a list of the DQ...

JPMorgan Chase Exploit reaches 83 Million Accounts

by Computer Security Solutions | Oct 6, 2014 | Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits

According to the Today Online report just out, the number of accounts affected by the JPMorgan Chase exploit has now topped 83 million. The names, addresses, phone numbers & email addresses of the holders of some 83 million personal and small business bank...

JPMorgan Chase Breach: 76 Millions customer accounts leaked

by Computer Security Solutions | Oct 3, 2014 | Data Breaches

News is breaking that in August, JPMorgan Chase potentially had 76 millions account holder details leaked. Silicon Republic Report: The discovery of this enormous breach came after a security filing posted online yesterday found that JP Morgan Chase, one of the...

Apple patch for Shellshock may leave Macs vulnerable

by Computer Security Solutions | Oct 3, 2014 | Malware and Exploits

According to Tom's guide - the patch to Shellshock for MacOS, may not fully patch the vulnerability. "It seems that the updated version of Bash may still be vulnerable" to at least one other flaw, Rapid7's Greg Wiseman wrote in a company blog posting yesterday (Sept....

‘Shellshock’ bug may affect as many as 500 million machines

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 26, 2014 | Malware and Exploits

If you run any linux (including MacOS) – be on the lookout for a patch or patches for the command “bash” – and apply them immediately. Even if you’re behind a firewall – if you have a single infected machine (even windows), the bots these criminals will load can be configured to go and hunt for vulnerable machines inside your network… it only takes ONE machine with an unrelated infection on your network.

‘Deadly serious’ new vulnerability found

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 25, 2014 | Malware and Exploits

The unix command BASH was found to have a critical bug which may allow a remote user to run commands on an affected server – potential to hit 500M servers.

Jimmy John’s Data Breach

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 24, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, General Security

As early as July 14th of this year, Brian Krebs (KrebsonSecurity.com) was reporting that the Jimmy John's chain was investigating claims of a data-breach. Today came the announcement that the breach was real - and that one of the payment providers used by both...

Adobe issues update to fix critical issues in Acrobat + Reader

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 17, 2014 | Malware and Exploits

Adobe issues updates for both Adobe Acrobat + Adobe Reader - fixing critical issues in the commonly used software: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html Users should manually check for updates by choosing Help > Check for Updates. Adobe...

Nearly 5 Million GMail accounts leaked, but not so bad as you might think…

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 10, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits

thenextweb.com and other sources are reporting the close to 5 million gmail accounts were leaked through a Russian Bitcoin forum.

AV Comparatives July/August Mac Security Roundup

by Computer Security Solutions | Sep 8, 2014 | Buying Security Products, Computer Security Solutions, Malware and Exploits

The July and August roundup of Mac security products marks the first time (that we can remember) when respected Antivirus comparison laboratory AV-Comparatives has tested macinoths products. Their linking rules prevent us from linking directly to the results, but here...

J.P. Morgan Hacked Because Malware Infects Employee PC

by Computer Security Solutions | Aug 28, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported on the front page that J.P. Morgan was hacked and suffered a cyberheist called "a significant breach of corporate computer security". Bloomberg reported that the FBI, the US Secret Service, and even the NSA are...

Happy #SysAdminDay – go hug your Sys Admin

by Computer Security Solutions | Jul 25, 2014 | General Security

May your Sys Admin Day be better than the folks at sysadminday.com: If you know a sys-admin, buy them a beer, wish them a happy sys-admin day or just thank them - because they're the people who work late fixing the IT stuff you need... if you *ARE* a sys-admin - plan...

Evolving Zeus malware used in targeted email attacks

by Computer Security Solutions | Jul 14, 2014 | Malware and Exploits

According to ZDNet - a new strain of the infamous Zeus malware has been discovered using Windows PIF files and being spread via email campaigns. Websense has identified this Zeus strain as an information stealing trojan. Their ThreatSeeker Intelligence Cloud has been...

Malware hidden in Chinese inventory scanners targeted logistics, shipping firms

by Computer Security Solutions | Jul 12, 2014 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits

According to an article in PCWorld.com - financial and business information has been stolen from multiple shipping + logistics firms using a complex malware embedded into scanners shipped to the supply-chains handlers. The scanners are typically used to track the...

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