by petratechit | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Windows XP recently turned twenty. Two decades is an eternity in the world of computers. Yet despite its age the venerable OS still has a surprising number of loyal users. The problem is that Windows XP stopped receiving security updates in 2014. That means those who...
by petratechit | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do you buy stocks via the no-cost RobinHood platform? If so be advised that the company has recently disclosed a massive data breach estimated to impact more than seven million customers. The attack against RobinHood’s networks occurred on November 3rd. It...
by petratechit | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you’re not an Instagram user you may not have heard of ‘Stories.’ They are vertical photos or videos with a duration of no more than fifteen seconds per clip. You can post multiple 15 second clips in a row as well. The unique part is that they...
by petratechit | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hackers have a new tool in their toolbox you should be aware of. Called SEO Poisoning or sometimes “search poisoning” the attack relies on Black Hat SEO techniques to optimize web content. Researchers from Menlo Security have spotted two separate campaigns...
by petratechit | Nov 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently one of the biggest companies on the web got a name change when the Facebook CEO announced that the company would henceforth be known as ‘Meta.’ Here’s what you need to know: First and foremost nothing at all will change about the...
by petratechit | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Microsoft recently reported on the existence of an unusual phishing campaign designed primarily to harvest the passwords of unsuspecting victims. One of the things that makes the campaign so unusual is the fact that it appears to be built by using bits of code copied...
by petratechit | Nov 5, 2021 | Technology, Videos
Have you noticed that cell phones, laptops, and wireless routers seem to get faster every year? Why is that? This is due to a technology called “wireless Multiple Input Multiple Output” or for short, “wireless MIMO”. Chris gives an overview of...
by petratechit | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Researchers from Microsoft have reported the discovery of a new variant of macOS malware called WizardUpdate. The new version should worry all Mac users because it has been upgraded to incorporate enhanced evasion and persistence tactics that will make it more...
by petratechit | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you in the habit of not upgrading your Windows OS on a regular basis? If you are then when you get around to it you may find that you’ve got a rather long backlog of updates to apply. The process can take quite some time and involve a number of system...
by petratechit | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
YouTube has long been a hunting ground used by hackers and scammers to push all manner of hoaxes, scams and malicious code onto unsuspecting users. A security researcher known only as Frost is working for Cluster 25. Frost has reported a significant uptick in the...
