Last Year Microsoft Blocked More Than 25 Billion Hacker Attacks
Individual users often don't have a good sense of the scope and scale of hacking attacks around the world. The numbers may shock you. According to Microsoft, in 2021 the company blocked ...
More Scammers Are Using Social Media To Target Victims
An increasing number of scammers are using social media to target victims and relying on social engineering tricks to convince people to part with their personal information or money. The problem has ...
Microsoft Defender Adds Cross Platform Mobile Protections
Microsoft recently announced an important upgrade to Microsoft Defender. It now supports vulnerability management for both Android and iOS. The company's announcement reads in part as follows: "With this new cross-platform coverage, ...
Mac Malware Is Becoming A Bigger Threat For Users
In late 2020 a new strain of malware called UpdateAgent appeared and began infecting Mac users. Initially the strain wasn't all that worrisome. It stole system information but it was by no ...
Additional Security Recently Added To Office 365
Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a bid to ...
New Android Malware Steals Data And Factory Resets Phones
BRATA malware was first spotted in the wilds by Kaspersky back in 2019. Its earliest incarnation saw it targeting e-banking users and it was designed to steal banking and login credentials of ...
Suspicious Files Get New Warnings In Google Drive
If you have Google Drive, there's good news. The company has recently announced that soon they'll be rolling out a new feature to help alert users to the presence of suspicious documents. ...
High Profile Instagram Accounts Being Held For Ransom By Hackers
Hackers have recently hit upon a new money-making scheme. Some groups have started breaking into Instagram accounts belonging to people with high numbers of followers. They are then holding those accounts hostage ...
Dark Herring Subscription Scam Affected Millions Of Android Users
Google partner Zimperium zLabs has recently discovered a sophisticated scam targeting more than 100 million Android users. The scam has been in operation right under Google's nose for nearly two years. The ...
Apple Released A Fix For Multiple Zero Day Exploits
There's good news for Apple users. The company has been busy and has recently released security updates that address two Zero-Day vulnerabilities. These are security flaws that could be exploited by hackers ...
