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Block 90 percent of Malware with this

Block 90 percent of Malware with this

Block 90 percent of Malware with this   We all know about Uniform Record Locators or URLs that web browsers use to bring us the pages that we are looking for.  These act as the “street” address of the document. The first part of the address that ends in .com,...

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Peeping on Toms

Peeping on Toms

Peeping on Toms   Many of us have a lovable tomcat who stays at home while we are at work.  We all love our pets! Now taking care of them is getting even easier with the advent of an assortment of digital and technological devices. This sector is growing...

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Protecting Company Assets and Cybersecurity Insurance

Protecting Company Assets and Cybersecurity Insurance

Protecting Company Assets and Cybersecurity Insurance   Cybercriminals are carrying out more sophisticated attacks on businesses than ever before and that required companies to spend more trying to protect their data and intellectual property. One of the pieces...

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Call 611 Now — Hackers Breach 1M Cellular Customers

Call 611 Now — Hackers Breach 1M Cellular Customers

Call 611 Now -- Hackers Breach 1M Cellular Customers   Cybercriminals will go after anyone who has an expolitable vulnerability.  Businesses must work to protect themselves and must put into place an incident response plan along with a disaster recovery plan...

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Nation-State Cybecriminals and Economic Disruption

Nation-State Cybecriminals and Economic Disruption

Nation-State Cybecriminals and Economic Disruption   Nation-state cybercriminals from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are attacking all parts of US society. They are attacking anything and everything that will disrupt our economy. They will attack our...

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The Road To Machine Learning Wars

The Road To Machine Learning Wars

The Road To Machine Learning Wars   How we fight wars is changing and changing in a big way. With the advancement of technology, conducting our battles will be done with speed and accuracy unavailable today, and we will be facing wars driven by machine learning...

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Privacy, Security and SMS

Privacy, Security and SMS

Privacy, Security and SMS​   How many times a day do you send text messages? Do you even think about security when you do so? Most people don’t consider that all information contained within them is not private. That means that your short messages might be read...

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Cybercriminals return to old-school ID theft tactics

Cybercriminals return to old-school ID theft tactics

Cybercriminals return to old-school ID theft tactics   As security professionals come up with new protocols and software to protect companies and businesses implement them, hackers are finding themselves thwarted. So many of these cybercriminals are going...

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Reduce Vulnerabilities by Ditching Android

Reduce Vulnerabilities by Ditching Android

Reduce Vulnerabilities by Ditching Android   Like I repeatedly explain to people to ask me about Android. Android is not Android is not Android. Every Android phone is unique because the Manufacturers are allowed to freely create applications and interfaces and...

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Big Data, Data Brokers and Your Information

Big Data, Data Brokers and Your Information

Big Data, Data Brokers and Your Information   Big Data brokers collect our data and establish “hidden” ratings about us before selling it to those who will pay. This information is used by marketers, insurance companies, credit companies, and merchants. ...

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Tackling Ransomware on Windows

Tackling Ransomware on Windows

Tackling Ransomware on Windows   Microsoft has 1 billion Windows-OS powered PCs in use worldwide which explains why they are such a big target for hackers.  There are a number of Windows security threats that everyone needs to be aware of including potentially...

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Hiring and Issues with Scam Online Applications

Hiring and Issues with Scam Online Applications

Hiring and Issues with Scam Online Applications   With the economy buzzing along and employment at a full time high -- finding workers for seasonal part time employment is getting harder and harder.  However, these employers are now having to compete with scam...

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Another “Pay–ment” System Introduced

Another “Pay–ment” System Introduced

Another “Pay--ment” System Introduced Contactless payment solutions are becoming quite popular and now Facebook will be  launching their version, Facebook Pay. Although not used like the current other contactless systems, you will be able to use it on all their social...

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Hand in Hand On Black Friday — Shopping and Privacy

Hand in Hand On Black Friday — Shopping and Privacy

Hand in Hand On Black Friday --- Shopping and Privacy   Black Friday is almost upon us!  The day that retailers finally able to move from a red accounting register on to the black and it is always met with sales and loss leaders (great prices but not for the...

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Imposter Retailers Outnumber Legitimate Ones

Imposter Retailers Outnumber Legitimate Ones

Imposter Retailers Outnumber Legitimate Ones   Are you ready for the extreme online shopping season!  While you can purchase items online anytime, holiday e-commerce sales reached $126 billion last year with Cyber Monday online purchases generating $7.9 billion...

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Don’t Take The Bait – Fake Sexual Harassment Claims

Don’t Take The Bait – Fake Sexual Harassment Claims

Don’t Take The Bait - Fake Sexual Harassment ClaimsScammers are phishing employees of large corporations using fake US EEOC sexual harrassment complaints to offload trojan payloads of Trickbot malware onto corporate computers which direct them to hand over sensitive...

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Can You Detect A Phishing Attempt?

Can You Detect A Phishing Attempt?

Can You Detect A Phishing Attempt?   Cybercriminals are getting better at crafting believable and sophisticated ilephishing emails that are undetectable from legitimate emails. Do you know how to spot them?  If you suspect that an email is not legitimate you can...

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Vulnerability in Popular Anti-Virus Program

Vulnerability in Popular Anti-Virus Program

Vulnerability in Popular Anti-Virus Program   McAfee anti-virus software has a very serious vulnerability in its code execution.  No matter what edition of McAfee software you are using because all editions are vulnerable. The vulnerability allows malware to...

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Future Defense and Military Tech

Future Defense and Military Tech

Future Defense and Military TechWarfare is changing which means that the way we fight and the weapons we use will need to change. Much of the technology that we enjoy and use everyday, initially came from technology developed by and for the military and for space...

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