Jan 23, 2017 | Data Breaches, General Security
U.S. data breaches tracked in 2016 hit an all-time record high of 1,093, according to a new report by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout (formerly IDT911). “With support from CyberScout, the ITRC has been able to heighten its efforts in tracking...
Jan 17, 2017 | Cyber-Crime
Even tech-savvy Gmail users are falling victim to hackers who are stealing their login credentials as increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques are being employed. How does it work? The hacker first sends you an email, which includes an attachment. If you click...
Jan 14, 2017 | Cyber-Crime
By now you may have heard about a website called ‘FamilyTreeNow.com’ where anyone can track down your address, and former addresses. They can also see relatives and all sorts of personal details. This site is masquerading as a ‘free family...
Jan 12, 2017 | General Security
In the regular dance we like to call the ‘Update Dance’, Microsoft and Adobe each released security updates on Tuesday for software installed on hundreds of millions of computers. Adobe issued an update for both Flash Player and Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft...
Jan 10, 2017 | Data Breaches
Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) has paid a public record of $28,000 in Bitcoin to extortionists after ransomware encrypted hundreds of thousands of files held on its servers. In a public statement shared on the College’s homepage, LAVC said the unnamed ransomware...
Jan 10, 2017 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
MongoDB is a powerful, flexible and scalable general-purpose database. It is an agile database that allows schemas to change quickly as applications evolve. It is a NoSql Database. It is being held ransom by a MongoDB Ransomware, and the number of compromised database...
