Amazon founder Jeff Bezos may be a poster child for the American dream — he bravely and successfully forged a new shopping paradigm when we stepped into the brave new digital world as a society — but a recent incident proves he types his texts one…
Hackers, start your engines…
In our first segment, we discussed IoT in 2019. In our second segment, we focused on mobile threats in the new year. And now, in the final segment of our three-part series on 2019 cybersecurity predictions, we’re looking at how artificial intelligenc…
Beware the adware
Google Play has removed 85 fake apps from their store this week, all of them found to contain similar adware. Many of the apps claimed to be video channels or racing games, but by far the most popular was “Easy Universal TV Remote,” …
An alarming investigative probe conducted by tech site Motherboard led to some shocking revelations. A Motherboard reporter stashed his phone somewhere in New York, then hired a bounty hunter to find it. The bounty hunter only needed the phone number…
Here we continue our 3-part series on 2019 cybersecurity predictions by the Avast Threat Intelligence team. Looking at roughly one million new files a day, we gain valuable insights and knowledge of the most prevalent threats. We use this data to map…
The Company
Rhode Island-based Cybereal Technology Solutions was founded in 2014 to provide IT and security services to small and medium businesses across the New England region.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This is also true in the world of security. This year, we tracked a growing threat trend — that when just one device in a home or small business (usually the router) is compromised, then the rest of the de…
Crowdfunding for evil
The hacker or cybergang calling itself The Dark Overlord has started the new year on a dark note, announcing Wednesday that it is crowdfunding the release of sensitive legal documents linked to the 9/11 attack, which it claims to…
Thinking back to a recent day in November when I crisscrossed Manhattan as I often do—from a morning meeting to a midday lunch to my daughter’s school pickup—I pictured myself as a small dot on a map of the city grid. I might blink red for a moment her…