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How Your Webcam Took Down Part Of The Internet

Webcams, toasters and refrigerators were attacking the Internet… cue the movie The Matrix! Yes… toasters, refrigerators and webcams, among other things, were attacking the internet! You probably noticed that at […]

Watch Out For Facebook Private Messages That Include Videos

File this one under “public service warning.” If you’re a fan and regular user of Facebook, beware of a new virus that’s making the rounds inside the social media giant. […]

Three Ways To Avoid Ransomware On Your Mobile Device

  Computek Ransomware is one of the fastest growing cybercrimes in history. Did you know that mobile infections of ransomware have quadrupled in the last year? Ransomware is malicious software […]

Your MAC is immune, “they don’t get infected” ..you need to read this

Last month, a devastating security flaw was found in Apple’s iOS. The flaw that was discovered was a chained trio of zero day exploits that, if executed in the proper […]

Will Your Thermostat Be The Next Device Held For Ransom?

An interesting and disturbing new form of Ransomware was on display at this year’s Def Con convention, in Las Vegas. So far as anyone knows, this is the first, proof […]

90 Percent of People Ignore Important PC Security Warnings

What do you do when you get a popup window generated by some piece of software you use, informing you of a critical update? Do you stop what you’re doing […]

4 out of 5 Business Networks Have Security Threats

According to security company Infoblox, a staggering 83% of the networks they’ve studied contain some form of malicious activity. The news is as staggering as it is grim, but if […]

Hackers Can Now Change What You See On Your Monitor

Do you trust what your eyes tell you? If you’re looking at a computer monitor, that trust might be misplaced. At a recent DEFCON presentation in Las Vegas, researchers demonstrated […]

New Business Card Interacts With Mobile Devices

Printing company MOO Labs has just brought the humble business card into the information age. Employing the same NFC (Near Field Communications) technology that makes it possible to make a […]

New Bluetooth Is Coming And It Sounds Awesome

In late 2016 or early 2017, Bluetooth 5.0 will be released, and by all indications, this will be the version of the technology we’ve all been waiting for. It’s about […]