From “smart” TVs to security cameras, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are now commonly found in modern homes. A large percentage of households around the globe contain at least one networked IoT device, according to our recent research in collab…
A U.S. border patrol database of traveler photos and license plates has been compromised as part of a malicious cyberattack, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.
4.6M Evernote users put at risk
Cybersecurity watchdogs discovered a critical flaw in the popular organization app Evernote, reported Bleeping Computer. The vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive information stored on third-party sites con…
There’s big business in genealogy. Whether it’s a family tree that goes straight up and down like a mighty oak, or stretches east and west into dozens of brambles, people want to know their genetic makeup. Family history site Ancestry.com boasts 20 mil…
One of the largest tech companies in the world, the U.S. government, and cybersecurity professionals are all fervently urging computer users to apply an easy patch that could prevent a vulnerability known as BlueKeep from becoming a major cybersecurity…
The School
As the only all-girls high school for grades 9-12 in the greater Richmond, Virginia area, Saint Gertrude High School offers a unique experience. If you ask Technology Coordinator Thomas Glass, the appeal of the Catholic preparatory day scho…
Every IT professional will agree that patch management is critical to ensuring a healthy network. Yet our recent security assessment of 500,000 endpoints showed that only 29% of the devices passed the patch test. We weren’t surprised.
Keeping up…
Do you get suspicious emails claiming to be from real companies? Do they guide you to websites that appear real – except for strange details? You’re not alone. The most costly cybersecurity threat, according to the newly released “Internet Crime R…
Adware on Google Play gets 440M downloads
An array of 238 apps that have been downloaded a collective total of 440 million times were found to contain “heavily obfuscated adware” known as BeiTaAd, reported Dark Reading, citing the recent findings of s…
IoT technology might sound like complicated and expensive tech that only the biggest corporations have the budget to implement, but there are plenty of devices out there that can make running your business more efficient and cost effective. We’ve liste…