“On July 29, 2017, Equifax discovered that attackers had gained unauthorized access to private data belonging to an estimated 143 million Americans by exploiting a vulnerability in a website application.” Whom to Trust? When the breeches are multiple and continuous, where does one turn for good advice? Alliant’s Reliable Tech News is such a source.…
During the terrible catastrophes that happened in Texas, and subsequently in Florida, many businesses were unable to immediately rebuild and open the transactional processes. Some who were not affected reached out with many noble efforts to help others battered by the storms. One of the more notable efforts was from our backup-disaster-recovery (BDR) Partner, Datto,…
The New and Reproved Ransomware Recently, a new variant of the notorious Locky ransomware – IKARUS delapidated – has become part of a large-scale email-based campaign. The attack is gaining traction because it is able to slip past the defenses of some unsuspecting companies. On August 9, the first campaign of a worldwide ransomware attack…
The Dangers of Phishing Alone One of the most common methods cyber criminals use to infiltrate a company is to send a phishing email to an employee. Go it alone, and you’ll probably think, “Looks legit to me!” not knowing that this simple email actually contains malware that downloads to your computer, becoming an access…
The Dangers of Phishing Alone One of the most common methods cyber criminals use to infiltrate a company is to send a phishing email to an employee. Go it alone, and you’ll probably think, “Looks legit to me!” not knowing that this simple email actually contains malware that downloads to your computer, becoming an access…
Steps to Take to Protect your Data from WannaCry Ransomware The massive WannaCry Ransomware attack has affected 150 countries around the world and done damage to 350,000 computer systems, a large portion of which were in Russia, UK, Spain, France & Germany. Dale Smith, Senior Engineer at Alliant Technology, said, “WannaCry Ransomware malware is similar to other…
Does news about Russian hackers make you feel less safe? Some expert rules to safeguard your password security. The March 15 DOJ indictment of Russian hackers shows that computer users are not taking routine precautions regarding their password security. That is to say people targeted by the hackers had such poor password security habits that the…
Don’t bite on these 3 top email phishing lures Ingram Micro, wholesaler of IT products and services, headquartered in Irvine, California, recently published an article about biting on email phishing lures. That very cleverly put reality explains on a fish platter why Ransomware is doing a billion dollar business. In spite of the complex technological…
Everyone’s in the cloud, aren’t they? [Check out our initial article on Cloud Computing.] Remind me. What is cloud computing? Google provides a very nice definition: the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Briefly,…
No need to go to the door to check. Ransomware is still there! I received an email from Yahoo with the subject line, “Help Keep Your Account Secure.” I looked at the actual email address and found it to be Yahoo[at]communications.yahoo.com. That all sounds pretty reasonable, right? Why would I have any hesitation in opening…