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The Router Virus Have you heard in the past few weeks about the router virus that is impacting hundreds of thousands of routers? The FBI even issued a report recommending that everyone reboot their routers because: “Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other networked devices worldwide.” Over … Continue reading Router Virus aka VPNFilter Malware
Several of our customers received a disturbing email over the past few days. Once customer received one that said her email was being discontinued. Another received one that said his bank account was being closed. I even got one that said my SIM card was being deactivated so I would effectively be without cell service! … Continue reading Phishing Expedition’s – Keeping Safe During the Holidays
It’s finally happened. Mac’s have finally reached that magic threshold where more and more people are purchasing MacBooks and iMacs. The “bad guys” have recognized that and are writing Mac OS malware, viruses, and ransomware. Yes, they are specifically targeting the Mac OS. They’ve had years of practice on Windows machines. They know Mac users … Continue reading Mac OS Malware – What you need to know
Geek For Hire gets calls just about every day from someone who is concerned about an email they’ve received, or a phone call, or a popup warning. Usually I’m able to tell them that all is well. How do I know that? There are a few key things to make sure your machine stays safe … Continue reading 6 easy steps to keeping your computer safe from malware
There’s another threat out there. It’s a Phishing Expedition. Several of our clients have already fallen for it. It comes by way of an email which appears to be from a trusted friend or business associate. They want you to take a look at a document on DropBox. It looks legit, plus, you’ve gotten documents … Continue reading Phishing Expeditions (Stay Safe Online!)
Over the last week or so, I’ve been hearing more about “Fake News” websites. I’ve been aware, for a while, of websites that seem more biased, but I hadn’t been aware of websites with actual fake news. An off-shoot of this issue is that these websites sometimes include malware. Several of our customers got a … Continue reading 8 Tips For Determining Fake News Sites
Last week, many websites and apps were severely compromised, especially on the East Coast. Apps like Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, AirBnB, and Netflix slowed to a crawl or were shut down altogether. A DDoS attack was launched against Dyn, a New Hampshire company that provides DNS routing. What did you just say? DDoS = A “Distributed … Continue reading DDoS? And Why YOU May be to Blame
Chris has seen several Ransom Ware infections in the past 18 months or so. Ransomware is just about the worst of the malwares the “bad guys” have thought up. Essentially, once you get infected, the ransomware installs a nifty little program which encrypts all of your data. Then, they’ll give you a pop-up letting you … Continue reading Ransomware
Ransomware Chris forwarded a link to me the other day about some scary “malvertising”. For those of you who didn’t have Senor Garcia for High School Spanish, “mal” is a Latin prefix meaning “bad”. Other words you might be familiar with include “malware” and “malicious”. And that’s what this is: Malware that looks like advertising, … Continue reading The Scariness Increases
Computer and phone scams are rampant if my voice mail is any judge. For the last few weeks I’ve been getting a voice mail message with the following recording: “This call is in regards to the security software we installed on your computer last year. Now we see a red flag on our end stating … Continue reading Computer and Phone Scams to watch for