Sep 7, 2019 | Business, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Home, Malware, Malware, Networking, Networking, Passwords, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, WiFi
Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers New testing by Consumer Reports shows important differences in how routers from popular brands handle digital security. Some of the 29 routers we examined this spring and summer build in important safeguards, such as...
Sep 7, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data Storage, Hacking, Hacking, Hard Disks, Liability, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Repair, Security, Security, Security Alerts, storage, Technology
Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks In the olden days, when you wanted to replace your hard drive with a bigger one, you’d run a “secure erase” on it to completely remove any personal data. This would write zeros to the entire...
Sep 7, 2019 | Android, Best Practices, Business, Cell Phone, cell phones, Cybersecurity, Employees, Hacking, Hacking, iPhone, Malware, Patches, Phone, Phones, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Smart Phone, Technology, Updates, Zero-Day
Prices for Zero-Day Attacks – Which commands higher price Apple or Android? For the first time ever, the security exploits broker Zerodium is paying a higher price for zero-day attacks that target Android than it pays for comparable attacks targeting iOS. An...
Sep 7, 2019 | Applications, Big Tech, Business, Cloud, Cloud Vendors, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data, data sharing, Data Storage, Hacking, Malware, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Software As A Service, Technology
Cloud Services Have a Dark Side When It Comes To Security More than half of firms running multicloud environments have been hit with a data breach in the past year, compared with 24% of hybrid cloud organizations and 24% of single-cloud users. To gain a better...
Aug 31, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Cybercrime, Hacking, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Security, Security
Paying Ransom’s Fuels Rise in Ransomware On June 24, the mayor and council of Lake City, Florida, gathered in an emergency session to decide how to resolve a ransomware attack that had locked the city’s computer files for the preceding fortnight....
Aug 31, 2019 | Business, Business Email Compromise, CEO, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Employees, Employees, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Phishing, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security
Business Email Compromise Group Charged in Bust Eighty people have been charged for their roles in a massive and complex fraud operation that attempted to steal $46 million in business email compromise (BEC) and romance scams, according to the US Department of...
