Router Exploit Impacts Millions
Earlier in 2018, attackers found a series of exploits within 3.5 million routers that enabled them to use these routers as proxy servers.These compromised routers were then used to hide their phishing emails, spam,and DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks have the potential to bring business operations to a halt. There is, however, a ddos mitigation service […]
Marriott Hotel Data Breach
Marriott International revealed that it has fallen victim to a hack which exposed over 500 million guests. While Marriott discovered the breach this week, the hackers have reportedly had access to the hotel chain’s guest reservation system since 2014. Personal information such has phone numbers, email addresses, and passport details have been compromised for over […]
Malware Trending on Google Play Store
This past week Google pulled thirteen games from their Google Play store because they were found to be malware. Lukas Stefanko, a security researcher from ESET, discovered the nefarious nature of these apps and brought them to public attention via twitter on November 19th. All thirteen “games” were published by the same developer, a certain […]
Albermarle CyberSecurity Conference On Tuesday, October 23rd. There Is Still Time To Register!
If you own or manage a small or medium-sized business in Central Virginia, then you won’t want to miss this event! Attendees will spend the day learning valuable information about how to protect their companies from the growing threat from online hackers, cyber-criminals, identity thieves and even foreign governments that are actively trying to gain access […]
Facebook Security Breach – 50 Million Compromised
Last week it was made known to the public that Facebook’s security was breached. On September 16th, Facebook engineers discovered an attack on their systems that took over a week to fully control and stop. It is estimated that the attackers gained access to close to 50 million user accounts within that time. Facebook did […]
What’s In A Macro..? You Might Be Surprised – Maybe A Virus!
We have seen a dramatic increase in the number of infected attachments coming into client e-mail systems. This includes Exchange Servers hosted at client sites, as well as Office 365 hosted Exchange mailboxes and Gmail users, too. Please be extremely careful about opening any kind of attachment (especially Word and Excel files) that comes from someone […]
UPDATE: Hurricane Florence MAY Not Hit Virginia Directly, But Just In Case…
Even though it looks like we might get lucky and escape the worst of Hurricane Florence as it moves inland, we are sending these recommendations out to our business clients, just in case it changes track again and barrels into Central Virginia: PJ Networks is making the following recommendations to all of our business clients in […]
Protect Your Computer from Storm Season!
It is the start of storm season on the east coast, and we are looking to kick things off in high gear with Hurricane Florence. With every storm comes grocery trips and news-provided preparation tips, but computer safety is often forgotten. Here is how to best protect your data and computer from Mother Nature. Most […]
Using Google Key For Multi-Factor Authentication
Security seems to be THE hot topic in the world of IT nowadays, and it is not without good reason. So much of our life is kept online or on a computer. Bank accounts, credit cards, social media, work accounts, shopping lists, gaming profiles for multiplayer gaming such as on this Minecraft server list – […]
Protecting Your Personal Information: Shedding Light on “Dark Patterns”
Another week and Facebook is again in the news being accused of ethical misconduct. So what is it this time? The Norwegian Consumer Council has recently published a report that outlines how big tech companies such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are utilizing underhanded tactics to manipulate their users. These so-titled “Dark Patterns” frequently steer […]