What do Madonna, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, and Nicki Minaj have in common? Besides being celebrities they are all victims of a cyberattack. Yes, no one is safe from cyberattacks, not even the rich and famous. In May, a prominent entertainment law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, was attacked with ransomware. The firm received
“We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months”, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft said of the technology growth that has sprung out of the coronavirus pandemic. With the stay at home orders, demand for tools to stay virtually connected has grown. All of this growth begs the question “What is the future
Coronavirus related scams are traveling almost as fast as the virus. With the fear of spreading the virus a healthy fear of falling prey to a Coronavirus scam is in order. The primary reason for cyberattacks, according to Verizon’s Annual Data Breach Investigations Report, is to steal your money. Safeguard your pocketbook and your identity
The doors are locked securely, security cameras are in place, and intruders are warned of a dog on guard. You wouldn’t allow thieves to enter your home without a fight, why would you let cyber attackers access your sensitive information through your computer? Many employees now working from home due to coronavirus find their data
The Coronavirus has the world in a mess right now. Businesses have been forced to go virtual or temporarily shut down; restaurants are trying to adapt by offering takeout and pickup. As of March 30, 30 states in the US have issued statewide stay at home orders,while other states have multiple counties who have issued
The NSA is notoriously tight-lipped. They aren’t much for sharing or holding anyone’s hand. A couple of years ago they had knowledge of a Windows bug and successfully exploited that for their own powerful hacking tool (known as Eternal Blue). That is, until the tool was leaked online about 5 years later. This might help
Roboto. It’s a newly discovered botnet discovered by Netlab. (You can view the details of the code and botnet here.) Roboto is currently targeting Linux servers that are running vulnerable Webmin apps. It first appeared this summer and can be connected to a slew of servers that were disclosed to have major security flaws. This
Have you heard of The Paris Call? Has Paris called you yet? It called the US, and the US denied the call. Along with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. The reasons the US gave were vague. The reasons the others denied the call seem to be pretty obvious. The US Government states they largely
RANSOMWARE Ransomware. Don’t we all wish it was another clothing company, one we could buy at a reasonable rate, wear when it’s the right season, and drop off at the local non-profit thrift store when we are done with it. Quick explanation: ransomware is not a clothing company, you don’t pay a reasonable rate for
New Year’s Resolutions Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions yet? It’s a little ways off, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t already have some ideas forming. Especially if you have Windows 7 or a Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft has announced that it will be discontinuing support for both of these products as of
