Tag Archives: Security
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…
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…
Have I Been Compromised Online?
So, your clicking around on the internet and come across news of compromised companies and now your wondering have I been compromised online? Are my usernames and passwords available online? Unfortunately, the answer to your question is your information is probably in the dark web up for grabs for anyone to take. Data breaches…
Trickbot can now obtain your remote access credentials
The Banking Trojan called Trickbot has an updated ability and can now harvest your username and passwords from remote access type applications. This would allow the hacker to remote into systems using the username and password obtained. TrendMicro Analysts stated “The malware arrives via an email disguised as a tax incentive notification from a major…
Maintaining Security with Internet of Things
Our lives have been taken over with many many WiFi enabled capable devices. The internet of things (IoT) has quite a flaw which is security. Many vendors lax on providing security updates to their software that are used in smartphones, tablets, PC’s , Game Consoles , TV’s , your Fridge and many other devices. This…
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