As the New Year begins, business owners need to be aware of a significant change in the technology landscape: the end of Microsoft’s support for Windows 7 and 8.1. As of January 10th, 2023, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for these versions of its operating system. This poses a significant…
A recent report by Cisco revealed some of its routers were prone to several security flaws. As a result, business owners and their IT staff should pay close attention to the security of their networks to determine the appropriate course of action. Due to their high potential for cybersecurity attacks, end-of-life devices are particularly concerned….
Synology has issued a patch for a severe vulnerability in the VPN Plus Servers that could be used to take control of systems remotely. The vulnerability, now known as CVE-2022-43931, has a top severity score of 10 on the CVSS scale and is defined as an out-of-bounds write flaw in Synology VPN Plus Server’s remote…
Hackers are baiting their victims with stolen financial data in a clever phishing scheme. Over 400,000 data points, including identity numbers, names, phone numbers, and payment records, are used to persuade consumers to click on a malicious link. This link downloads a potent virus called BitRAT that can steal passwords, spy on users, and install…
Since October 2022, a new kind of malware has been targeting financial institutions. A widespread and powerful type of Android malware has turned its focus to online banking apps, employing keylogging capabilities to steal passwords and usernames for bank accounts, social networking accounts, and other accounts stored in your Android device. Researchers at the cybersecurity…
Verizon, a major wireless company in the United States, has announced that it will no longer offer 3G cellular data as of December 31st, 2022. It marks the end of an era for 3G technology, a technology that has facilitated the evolution of smartphones and internet connectivity over the last two decades. It was 3G…
This past October, during a ransomware assault on a healthcare facility in southwest Louisiana, hackers collected and exposed the personal information of approximately 270,000 patients and workers. A ransomware organization known as the Hive has claimed responsibility for the incident. Hive and other ransomware groups are increasingly targeting organizations, stealing data before locking down systems…
LastPass, a popular password manager, announced that an unauthorized party accessed the company’s archived backups of its production data on a third-party cloud-based storage service. According to the company’s investigation, a threat actor accessed the cloud storage environment in August 2022 with information obtained from an earlier incident. Although the threat actor did not access…