Online Retailer NewEgg hacked!
NewEgg is an online retailer that boasts 45 million monthly visitors to their site! Between August 14th and September 18th hackers were able to 'skim' the credit card information from NewEgg's website onto a server of their own. NewEgg doesn't know how many or who...
Habits To Help Protect Your Data
When it comes to data, we can be our own worst enemies. That's why it's important to change our online habits to protect ourselves! A few things that you can do: 1: Make sure that your software is up-to-date and all of the security patches are in place. 2: Use...
Credential Stuffing Scam Causes Data Leak!
An operator at a free, public hosting service sent an unencrypted database with almost 42 million email address, passwords and partial credit cards to 'HaveIBeenPwned', causing a breach of this data. They have not been able to trace the company or the operator yet...
Has Your Browser Been Hijacked?
Hackers have been hijacking browsers for a long time! They do this to change your home page, making it redirect you to their server. After that, they can make you see pop up ads, track your movements online, or even put a keylogger on your browser and steal your...
Phishing Scams Behind Most Cyber Attacks!
Recent studies have shown that phishing scams, more specifically spear phishing, are the most successful cyber crimes! Hackers love the simplicity of these attacks and their effectiveness is unrivaled! They have been used around the world with devastating results. ...
For Apple Lovers!
On September 12th Apple revealed the newest Apple products and the upgrades to come this year! This includes: MacOs upgrade from High Sierra to Mojave New Security updates to the Safari web browser New iOS for your iPad and iPhones Password reminders to let you know...
What is Two Factor Authentication?
what exactly is two factor authentication, or 2FA?
New Chip Flaw Found!
Foreshadow follows in Meltdown & Spectre’s footsteps!
Protect Your Phone From CryptoJackers!
We did a blog on computer Cryptojacking in June, now hackers have focused on phones. BitCoin mining is difficult to do and uses a lot of power. Cryptojackers are sneaking apps into phones thru websites with JavaScript. Once the apps are on your phone they work in the...
Newest iPhone Release!
Do you have a problem with your iPhone 8? There was a serious flaw that randomly restarts the phone, freezes the screen or just causes the phone not to start! Apple has acknowledged this flaw and found the flaw to be due to a ‘faulty logic board’ in the phone. If...