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Cybercriminals Ramp-Up and Zero-In on WordPress Sites

May 16, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology, WordPress

Cybercriminals Ramp-Up and Zero-In on WordPress Sites It is a new cyber target – WordPress. It is a popular website creation platform that powers almost a third of all websites on the internet. WordPress sites are under attack and the attempted attacks...

Pandemic Hackers are Active – Be Aware

May 9, 2020 | Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Pandemic, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology

Pandemic Hackers are Active – Be Aware Con artists, hackers, cybercriminals will use any excuse to create a plan for defrauding unsuspecting people. COVID-19 is no different, and it has created a swarm of scams related around this pandemic. It is time to open...

Executive Order Protects US Power Grid from Nation-State Hackers

May 9, 2020 | Business, Electric Grid, Executive Orders, Government, Government, Hacking, Hacks, Nationstates, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology, United States

Executive Order Protects US Power Grid from Nation-State Hackers United States companies must manufacture all equipment connected to the US power grid, according to an executive order issued by the President this week. This executive order will protect our electrical...

BitTorrent and Pandemic: A Match Made in Hacker Heaven

May 9, 2020 | Bittorrent, Business, Covid-19, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, movies, Pandemic, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology

BitTorrent and Pandemic: A Match Made in Hacker Heaven Those who download films from bit torrent sites may be in for a big surprise. Hackers are using the pandemic to take advantage of people who are stuck at home using movies as bait for their malware. Security...

Pandemics breed criminal scams and exploits

Apr 18, 2020 | Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, Cybercrime, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Pandemic, Quarantine, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Security, Social Engineering, Technology, Uncategorized

Pandemics breed criminal scams and exploits Mules are a common way for criminals to move their merchandise or ill-gotten gains around. Whenever there is something big in the news, you can bet that there will be criminals who will exploit it. It has never been more...

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019

Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Business, Business Email Compromise, Censorship, China, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, DOJ, Economic Disruption, FBI, Fines and Penalties, FTC, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Internet Service Providers, IoT, Iran, Journalists, Law Enforcement, Malware, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, North Korea, Patching, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulation, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Social Engineering, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Threat Analysis, trojans, Updates, Vishing, Web Tools, Zero-Day

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019 Google’s threat analysis group, which counters targeted and government-backed hacking against the company and its users, sent account holders almost 40,000 warnings in 2019, with government...