Intel started 2018 with an unfortunate bang — the Spectre and Meltdown flaws inherent in the architecture of their chips was the main topic of conversation in the cybersecurity world. While damage control continues regarding those vulnerabilities,…
Here’s the news #nofilter: thousands of Instagram users are reporting that their accounts were hacked this month, possibly the result of a so-called spam bot attack.
Every week, our researchers round up the latest security news and report our findings in these blog pages. If you’ve been reading, you may have noticed a particularly nasty trend claiming new victims week after week — data breaches. In the last two mon…
At DEFCON last week, white hat hackers explained during a presentation that it is indeed possible to hack an Amazon Echo. Security researchers from Chinese conglomerate Tencent described the steps they took to turn a regular, working Echo into a spying…
For managed service providers (MSPs), it’s more difficult than ever to differentiate services and build a viable business. Declining prices, increasing commoditization, and intensifying competition all contribute to this new reality. For some MSPs, bui…
Between ransomware, data breaches, cryptojacking, supply chain attacks, and mobile malware, it’s never been more important to protect your digital life.
A slice of Pie
Grabbing headlines this week was the release of Google’s Android 9 Pie software, which started rolling out on Tuesday to Google Pixel phones. Standard whiz-bang OS enhancements aside, from a security perspective, here’s what we found no…
When you’re using a Wi-Fi network these days, chances are you are counting on one of these protocols: WPA or WPA2. In short, your Wi-Fi signal is protected by the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA or WPA2) encryption standard. These wireless industry standar…
The Company
In 1953, Range Telephone Cooperative was established in Forsyth, Montana to provide telephone service to those rural areas that Mountain Bell could not effectively serve. Today, the company and its affiliates provide voice and high-speed i…
Questions still surround the TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) computer virus incident which shut down operations for the world’s largest semiconductor foundry last Friday, August 3. While the company maintains this was not due to a cyb…