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Some bad malware hombres are out there, and we’ve got the scoop on each of them right here for you. Herbalife or “copier” file Locky variant ransomware Summary – As of 9/19, Barracuda Advanced Technology Group is monitoring an aggressive new … Continued

Equifax, one of the big three US credit bureaus, disclosed a breach affecting 143 million people, for the most part Americans. Among the information lost (and lost it was—this is a case of known unauthorized access, not merely exposure) are … Continued

Heads up from the United States Internal Revenue Service.  Yesterday, the IRS posted a warning detailing a new phishing scam that solicits the reader to download an FBI questionnaire. Clicking the link will cause your computer will be infected with … Continued

Internet criminals are increasingly trying to circumvent your spam filters and are targeting users directly through their smartphones with smishing attacks Short for “SMS Phishing,” these types of attacks often prey on victim’s sense of urgency or panic, pressuring the victim … Continued

Petya Ransomware Spreading Like Wannacry The WannaCry ransomware is not dead yet.  And now there is another large scale ransomware attack known as Petya that is infecting Windows computer systems worldwide.  Petya ransomware is causing computer system outages at corporations, … Continued

Reprinted from The US Department of Homeland Security Cyber Awareness Campaign June 2017 Newsletter You teach your children to wear helmets when they ride bikes and sunscreen when they’re outside, but are you also teaching them to be safe online? … Continued

Security Alert:  HIDDEN COBRA – North Korea’s DDoS Botnet Infrastructure Alert (TA17-17-164A) was released by US-CERT, and there have been reports this week from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week about multiple vulnerabilities with Microsoft products, including the Windows … Continued

Contributed by Fulcrum Group Systems Engineer, Tyson Rasanen Do you find it extremely time consuming to go through your email in attempts to find your action items? Does it drive you mad going through the 178th email this morning where you … Continued

Instructions contributed by Dale Hauser   Before setting up email on your Android, please make sure it is connected to Wi-Fi. Click on Settings on your phone Click Accounts | Add Account The Add Account screen will appear. Click on … Continued

Security Alert:  Android “Cloak & Dagger” Vulnerability Uncovered “Cloak and dagger” is a new kind of vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices (including the latest Android version, 7.1.2).  The vulnerability was discovered by computer scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology.  “Attacks allow … Continued