Tips for Safe Online Banking!
Online banking is super convenient, especially after 5 or on a Sunday! Just as a refresher, here are a few tips if you use online banking: 1: Make sure to use an encrypted website starting with HTTPS. Example: https://www.banknh.com/ 2: Public wi-fi is not secure...
Virgin Atlantic Scam!
Who wouldn’t want to win free air tickets? That is the latest phishing scam seen on Facebook and WhatsApp! At first glance it looks good. Virgin Atlantic is celebrating 35 years and is giving away free tickets. Look at the address closely… there’s a dot under the...
Newest Malware is GrandCrab 2.1!
Like most other malware, this particular one comes in the form of a phishing email with an attachment! Beware of the following subject line in any email – even if you ‘know’ the sender: Document #<NUMBERS> Invoice #<NUMBERS> Order #<NUMBERS> Payment...
Twitter Data Sold!
In our last newsletter we talked about Facebook and the data leak caused by 'This is Your Digital Life’ quizzes. The same man behind those quizzes, Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, owns Global Science Research (GSR) and paid Twitter for access for one day in 2015 to collect a...
Windows Updates Arrived April 30th!
The latest Creator’s Updates is out and it’s got some new features that may prove very helpful! Microsoft has created a program called Timeline that will make it easy to work on, say a paper, on your work computer and then go home and pick up right where you left off...
Gmail Updating Mail Soon!
On most days this wouldn’t be newsworthy, however, Gmail is making a few new additions to their email system that may interest those that send sensitive information via email! The sender will be able to require a password to open the email, which Gmail will generate. ...
Facebook “Shadow” Accounts
Bad news seems to surround Facebook, lately! We recently blogged about the leaks with Data Analytica and your account information. Now it seems that you don’t even have to be ON Facebook to have a ‘shadow’ account with them! What does this mean? A ‘shadow’ account...
Cybercriminal “Tech Help” Scams
The FBI recently announced that cybercriminals are more active now than ever before. They estimate that consumers have paid close to $15 million in 2017 alone to illegitimate ‘Tech Help’ companies. That is an increase of 86 percent from 2016! How does this happen?...
87 Million Facebook Users Have Data Leaked!!
There has been a lot in the news lately about the data leak involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. The data leaked includes names, email address, profile, friends list, and what is liked or shared. It all started with “This is Your Digital Life” quizzes. You...
Facebook & Onavo
A few months ago, Facebook came out with a VPN service named Onavo. On the surface this is a good thing. What is a VPN? And how does it work? A VPN, or virtual Private Network, links you to the internet with a secure connection that hides your tracks and keep your...