Employee cyber security training is paying off according to a report recently released by IT security company F-Secure. Researchers from F-Secure analyzed more than 200,000 emails that had been flagged as suspicious by employees working for organizations around the world. They discovered that more than one third of those emails could be classified as phishing. Phishing is an extremely common technique hackers use to gain important information about specific individuals. In some cases [...]
We're beginning to see increasing collaboration between giant tech companies and government agencies around the world. In the UK the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) launched its Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) back in April of 2020. The agency has received nearly 7 million reports since its launch. These include more than 50,500 reported scams and in excess of 97,500 suspicious URLs. Microsoft is getting in on the action and has recently added a new button to its [...]
Medical equipment provider Medtronic has issued an urgent recall order for insulin pump controllers belonging to their "MiniMed Paradigm" family. The company cited serious cyber security risks as the reason for the recall. The models in question are MMT-500 and MMT-503 which is used in conjunction with the Medtronic MiniMed 508 pump. Overall more than 31,000 of these devices were sold between August 1999 and July 2018. These devices are used by diabetics all over the country to stop, [...]
Employee cyber security training is paying off according to a report recently released by IT security company F-Secure. Researchers from F-Secure analyzed more than 200,000 emails that had been flagged as suspicious by employees working for organizations around the world. They discovered that more than one third of those emails could be classified as phishing. Phishing is an extremely common technique hackers use to gain important information about specific individuals. In some cases they[...]
A new study recently published by the digital identity firm Beyond Identity contains a number of surprises relating to passwords and password security. This is information that IT professionals and small or medium-sized business owners should be aware of.While it is not a rigorous and scientific study the results of the company's survey are beyond surprising. Here's a quick overview: First fully one in ten people surveyed felt confident that they could guess a co-worker's password by [...]
Do you use Microsoft Teams? If you do then you're going to love the August update. It offers a number of new high value features that will improve the quality of your online meetings. Here's a quick overview: Two New Presenter Options In Presenter Mode you'll find two new options available: A Reporter mode and a Side By Side mode. In Reporter Mode any shared content will be placed above your shoulder (left or right) as a visual aid while you're speaking. In Side by Side mode your [...]
Microsoft will be rolling out a new passwordless login scheme in the weeks ahead and that should make just about everyone happy. Passwords and having to remember endless multitudes of them are one of the most annoying aspects of using the web today. Anything that can be done to reduce the number of passwords you have to contend with has to be counted as a good thing. The Redmond giant began allowing its commercial customers to use the new paradigm back in March of 2020. This was after[...]
You know you've hit the Big Time when you get a scam named after you. That's exactly what has happened to Elon Musk. The latest scam that's making the rounds is called the "Elon Musk Mutual Aid Club" or the "Elon Musk Club" for short. If you're an experienced IT professional it is easy to be dismissive of things like this. Few seasoned professionals ever fall for these scams after all. The truth is that the scammers running these plays have made hundreds of thousands of dollars a day [...]
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic online dating sites have seen a tremendous surge in memberships. People are seeking romance online since in person dating was sharply curtailed by lock downs. Naturally this proved to be an irresistible lure to scammers around the world. So much so that the FBI has recently issued a warning concerning confidence fraud which are increasingly targeting people who are looking for love online. The surge in these types of scams have very real costs [...]
It's good to be the King and in the world of search Google is the undisputed King. That fact has made the tech giant something of a target however. Google has been sued repeatedly and investigated by both the US Congress and the EU's General Court owing to its dominant position in the realm of search. Many of the court cases the company is involved in hinge on the notion that Google is leveraging its dominant position to take unfair advantage. Recently the company has hit upon a novel[...]
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