The Controversy of Net Neutrality
If you give much attention to the tech world or news in general, you have probably heard the phrase “Net Neutrality”. More specifically, you may have heard that the F.C.C. (Federal Communications Commission) has recently repealed Net Neutrality. However, in an age where everyone has a voice and no one has the time, you may […]
Russian Router Hack VPNFilter – What You NEED To Know
Well, it seems like the sky is falling – again. According to the FBI, over a half million home and home office routers in 54 countries have been infected and compromised by a Russian botnet (distributed & self-spreading) infection that injects itself into routers and alters the code that they are running on. This FBI […]
Facebook: Was It Really A “Data Breach”?
Wow. All that I can say at this point is just, “Wow”. This whole Facebook “data breach” scandal is a huge and sweeping compromise of Facebook user data, much of it without the user’s permission, for the ultimate goal of influencing voters in multiple countries and manipulating them using carefully designed ads, posts, images and quizzes […]
Fraudulent Tax Returns Filed In YOUR Name?
It seems that scammers have come with a new scheme to trick taxpayers into giving them thousands of dollars, and it may be partly due to the big Equifax data breach that was reported last year. (You can read that blog post here: https://pj-networks.com/2018/02/the-equifax-data-breach-was-even-worse-than-they-told-us/) Here’s the way it works: The scammers file a tax return in […]
The EquiFax Data Breach Was Even Worse Than They Told Us
Well, it seems that a lot more data was stolen from Equifax when hackers were able to get their hands on the credit information and personal data of 145 MILLION American citizens. They also gained access to tax identification numbers, additional driver’s license information and e-mail addresses. So, what does that mean for the majority of us who […]
What You Need To Know About The Intel CPU Vulnerabilities
On Tuesday January 5, 2018, the UK based tech website “The Register” (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw) revealed that a design flaw in nearly all Intel processors as well as some made by AMD & ARM since 1995 could allow malicious software to read data in a computer’s memory which had previously been thought to be inaccessible. Unlike the […]
Large Number Of HP Models May Have Keyloggers
HP is in the news again. If you missed the initial story, earlier in the year, it was reported that an audio driver that came pre-installed on a number of HP laptops contained keylogging code that stored every key stroke made by the person using the machine to a human-readable file. Once discovered, HP issued […]
{Sigh} Here We Go Again: ANOTHER Nasty Ransomware Outbreak!
Well, here we go, again. I was just about ready to wrap up my work day and head home when a tech news article caught my eye: there is a new, nasty ransomware outbreak spreading its way around the world called Bad Rabbit. It started in Russia and the Ukraine, quickly made its way across […]
SECURITY ALERT! Major Vulnerability Found In Most Popular Wireless Encryption Protocol
In a world filled with ever-increasing CyberSecurity hacks, data breaches and security vulnerabilities, a new one just hit the news – and it’s a major one. The WPA2 encryption protocol used by most wireless access points, routers and the devices that connect to them has been found to have a major weakness that can be […]
Latest Windows 10 Update May Blue Screen Your Computer!
On October 10, 2017, Microsoft released a new cumulative update for Windows 10 Creators update PC’s. For enterprise environments, there have been issues with the machines showing a blue screen with the error “inaccessible boot device” after the update reboots the computer. This hasn’t been a concern for most home users, but few have been […]