Newest Adware Apps Found!
Adware, usually in the form of games or messaging apps, runs in the background on your phone and click on ads without your knowledge. There have been two different sets discovered lately that should be deleted from your phone immediately! The first set were all made...
Amazon Phishing Scams
A staff member recently received the following email from "Amazon": This phishing scam stands out from others for a few reasons. 1: It's from 'Amazon' Hackers love to pretend they are someone trusted and most people have Amazon accounts that they use frequently!...
Phishing Scams (& How to Spot Them) – Part 3
4: Search Engine Phishing or Malvertising These are cleverly disguised ads that offer something great, like a vacation. When you click on the ad, you are directed to a site that requires all of your information. 5: Pharming This is when hackers take a popular site,...
Phishing Scams (& How to Spot Them) – Part 2
2: Spear Phishing As the name suggested, this is a targeted email focused specifically on you or your organization. 3: Smishing or SM Phishing These are phishing text messages or phone calls. Usually text messages. These usually have a link in them that hackers...
Phishing Scams (& How to Spot Them) – Part 1
We have done a lot of blogs about phishing scams in the past but with the new year comes new scams. We want to go over the basics of phishing scams and how to spot them! 1: What is Phishing? Phishing is no different than any other scam. The purpose is to get...
Hackers Using Sick Children in Scam!
While the CryptoMix scam has been around for about a year, hackers have made it seem like they are helping children by encrypting your data and asking for a ransom! The first note is a standard CryptoMix scam: When you answer the email you get the following email that...
GrandCrab 5.04 More Harmful Than Ever!
We have told you about GrandCrab before. It's the virus that encrypts your entire computer then asks for a ransom to un-encrypt it. What could be worse? Hackers have added Vidar as an attachment. Vidar downloads your data before initiating GrandCrab to encrypt it....
Is Your Location Safe?
While having your phone location available is extremely helpful at times, for instance if you have an emergency or need roadside assistance. There are other times when it shouldn't be available. Recent studies show that Sprint, AT&T, and Sprint all sell your...
Latest Windows Updates Eats up 7GB!
Windows updates have started taking longer with each install. The next update, Build 18312, will start reserving up to 7gbs of data so that it can always run the updates! Windows is saying this will help to Windows run better, allowing room for the updates to be...
Having Problems with Excel?
Microsoft released their first update of 2019 on January 2nd for Office 2010, 2013 and 2016 which was supposed to fix non-security issues. However, there have been reports that Excel is either not opening or not functioning! Microsoft has pulled the following...