Ransomware On Android Devices More Than Doubles This Year
You may have heard the statistic from Google that less than 0.05 percent of Android devices downloaded malware in 2016. It’s a great statistic, and one that the company should be proud ...
Privacy Concern: Did That New Android App Take Photos, Recordings?
Google is struggling to keep malware out of the Play Store these days. Recently, literally thousands of malicious apps were discovered, and Google has been busy banning them. This represents a significant ...
New Network Attacks Happening On Weekends, And With Old Vulnerabilities
It’s no secret that 2017 is on track to beat 2016 handily in terms of the total number of network breaches, and sadly, 2016 was itself a record-breaking year. What is less ...
Popular Weather App May Be Sending Your Information To Advertisers
Do you rely on the AccuWeather App to keep tabs on local weather conditions? If so, you’ll want to read this. According to an independent security researcher named Will Strafach, the AccuWeather ...
Hackers Can Now Change Email Content With Exploit
Security researchers from firms around the web are warning of a new email exploit that hackers can use to modify the contents of an email, even after it has been sent and ...
Are LED Lights Going To Be The Next Wi-Fi?
Would modern life even be possible without Wi-Fi? There are many who don’t think so, and you may be one of them. One of the biggest problems with it, though, is that ...
Mac Adware Infection Requires Complete Reload For Removal
Mac users have a new strain of malware to be concerned about. It is dubbed “Mughthesec,” which seems to be a new, improved, and more robust design, based on an older piece ...
Locky Ransomware Just Won’t Go Away
For a time, Locky ransomware was the scourge of the internet and was considered by many security experts to be the most widely distributed form of malware on the internet. Things change, ...
Even After Wannacry, Many Companies Are Still Ignoring Network Security
Remember the global Wannacry ransomware attack? Remember the even more recent Petya attacks? You would think after either of these, IT professionals around the world would have stepped up and immediately implemented ...
Company Data Breach Costs Nationwide $5.5 Million In Settlement
Nationwide may be “on your side,” as their ads claim, but they’re not immune to data breaches, and in 2012, they suffered a serious one that impacted more than 1.2 million of ...
