May 17, 2019 | Radio Show
Israel Bombed Cyber Hackers (That Is Historic, For Many Reasons) Between the fake Nigerian princes and the endless computer passwords we need to create (one uppercase and lowercase letter, please), we have all wanted to bomb the hackers. Last weekend, Israel did just...
May 17, 2019 | Radio Show
Antivirus Makers Confirm—And Deny—Getting Breached By Hackers Looking To Sell Stolen Data Symantec and Trend Micro are among the list of leading antivirus companies that a group of Russian-speaking hackers allege to have compromised, Gizmodo has learned. It remains...
May 17, 2019 | Radio Show, Security
Security Breach Suffered By Credit Bureau Equifax Has Cost Them $1.4+ Billion In 2017 Equifax confirmed it has suffered a massive data breach, cyber criminals stole sensitive personal records of 145 million belonging to US citizens and hundreds of thousands Canada and...
May 17, 2019 | Radio Show
Enabling Full Mitigation Against Intel Cpu Attacks Causes Up To 40 Percent Performance Penalty Following the announcement of new speculative execution exploits that target Intel CPU architecture, Apple has posted a new document on its website that explains how...
May 17, 2019 | Computers, Microsoft, Radio Show
Microsoft Warns Of A Monster Computer Bug, In A Week Of Them Microsoft Corp. took the unusual step of warning that a computer bug it has now patched could be used by a cyber weapon similar to the WannaCry worm, which spread across the globe two years ago. The bug is...
May 17, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: BC Pension Corporation # of Accounts Breached: 8,000 What happened: A box of microfiche the size of a Kleenex box disappeared during a recent office move in Victoria When it happened: January 28, 2019 How it happened: The BC Pension Corporation revealed in a...
May 17, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Garfield County # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined What happened: A ransomware attack hit Garfield County’s computer systems, crippling them for weeks When it happened: 11 April 2019 How it happened: A ransomware attack hit Garfield County’s computer systems,...
May 16, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Baystate Health of Springfield # of Accounts Breached: About 12,000 patients What happened: A phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of several employees When it happened: Between Feb. 7 and March 7. How it happened: A phishing...
May 16, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Parliament House (Australia) # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined What happened: Hackers attempted to break into its computer network, which includes lawmakers’ email archives When it happened: February 2019 How it happened: Australian Signals Directorate chief...
May 15, 2019 | As Featured On, WGAN
Risks Of Upgrading Windows – Pokemon Changed Our Brains – New Google Privacy Feature Coming: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [05-15-19]...