National Cyber Awareness System: 04/02/2020 11:39 AM EDT Original release date: April 2, 2020 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an article on defending against video-teleconferencing (VTC) hijacking (referred to as “Zoom-bombing” when attacks are to the Zoom VTC platform). Many organizations and individuals are increasingly dependent on VTC platforms, such as … Read more
Cyber-security firm KnowBe4 is warning that coronavirus is becoming the hottest new topic for cyber-scammers. They advise: The worldwide spread of the new Coronavirus is being used by bad guys to scare people into clicking on links, open malicious attachments, or give out confidential information. Be careful with anything related to the Coronavirus: emails, attachments, … Read more
More than 71% of medical devices and 56% of healthcare organizations still use Windows 7 and haven’t seen any reason to scrap the older, but reliable version of the Windows operating system… but as of today, January 15, 2020, you better start worrying. As of today, Microsoft has discontinued security updates for this senior citizen … Read more
DEA Warns Public of Extortion Scam by DEA Special Agent Impersonators The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public including the DEA registrant community to include practitioners and pharmacies about criminals posing as DEA Special Agents, DEA Investigators or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. The criminals call the victims … Read more
On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7. So what? Well, if you are in the medical community, it could mean the choice between spending big money on updating the operating systems of your medical devices or facing the constant attacks of hackers with vulnerable, out-dated software. Some hospitals have updated medical equipment … Read more
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“Cyber criminals have stolen 143 million credit records in the recent hacking scandal at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At this point you have to assume that the bad guys have highly personal information that they can use to trick you. You need to watch out for the following things: Phishing emails that claim to be … Read more
“Heads-up! The IRS is warning against a new phishing scam that tries to make you download an FBI questionnaire. But if you click the link, your computer will be infected with ransomware instead. The scam email uses the emblems of both the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Remember that the IRS does not … Read more
National Cyber Awareness System: 06/27/2017 12:56 PM EDT US-CERT has received multiple reports of Petya ransomware infections occurring in networks in many countries around the world. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users’ access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Individuals and … Read more
Do you know those pesky voter phone pollsters that drove you crazy for the two years leading up to the election — and maybe still are? Well one of them just compromised enough of your personal data to target you for the rest of your life. It doesn’t matter where you stand politically. Voter data … Read more