Tag Archives: CyberSecurity
A Free decryptor tool for ZQ Ransomware
Victims affected by the ZQ Ransomware can have a breathe of relief due to researchers developing a free decryptor tool to decrypt files encrypted by the ZQ Ransomware. About The ZQ Ransomware Michael Gillespie Discovered this specific ransomware that adds a specific ZQ extension to encrypted files. The malware has infected users in the US, […]
Free Secure File Transfer by Firefox Send
Firefox Send allows you to securely share small to large file sizes which is perfect for docs and sharing graphic files or collaborating with co-workers on a presentation. With Send you can share file sizes up to 1GB quickly. To send files up to 2.5GB, sign up for a free Firefox account. The software uses end-to-end encryption […]
Microsofts April 9th security update impacts some antivirus software vendors
People have been noticing that Microsoft’s recent April 9th security update is causing some problems with a few antivirus vendors like Sophos, Avira, Avast, McAfee and some others.
FEMA Exposed PII for Millions of Disaster Victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) exposed the personal identifiable information of 2.3 million individuals by oversharing data with a contractor. The individuals who were affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as the 2017 wildfires in California , had provided their information to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) while applying for transitional sheltering in hotels. “Since […]
Oregon DHS fell victim to a targeted phishing attack
Nine employees Oregon department of Human Services managed to fall for a targeted phishing attack which compromised 350,000 patients and 2 million Emails. On a notice by the Cyber Security Team on January 28th determined that the email accounts were breached after nine employees fell to spear-phishing attack. The links they clicked on allowed […]
BAE Report States HUMAN ERROR still major Security Risk
BAE Systems has revealed that even though organizations have continued attempts to improve their cybersecurity, human error is still the major vulnerability towards an organizations network. They compiled a report by speaking to board level executives, IT decision makers and security professionals to better understand what the current state of corporate incident response capabilities and […]
Counter-Strike 1.6 servers used to push malware
Just about 39% of all Counter-Strike 1.6 servers were being used to push malware to end users. It’s amazing that still to this day counter-strike 1.6 is still being play after 20 years. The game still has many players and there is a high demand for hosting providers to provide players to rent game servers. […]
The 2019 Threat Report
The new norm with cybersecurity is discovering new attack methods and new threats which emerge daily and new vectors that are being tested by cyber criminals, according to the 2019 Webroot Threat Report. According to the Webroot Threat Report: 40 percent of malicious malware were found on good domains. , “Since legitimate websites are frequently […]
Ubiquiti Unifi USG-PRO-4 Security Appliance
The Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4)is a is an enterprise Gateway Router with Gigabit Ethernet and two combination SFP/RJ45 ports, combining reliable security features with high-performance routing technology in a cost-effective unit. The USG-PRO-4 is rack-mountable with fiber connectivity options and a dual-core, 1 GHz processor for maximum hardware‑accelerated performance. Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway Pro […]
Users Affected by 19 Year Old WinRAR Flaw
WinRAR urges to update one of the worlds most popular compression software that had a flaw that 500 Million users in the past 19 years have been affected by and they finally released a patch for this flaw. What is the vulnerability? The UNACEv2.DLL vulnerability was discovered security researchers from Check Point Software and they […]
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