by petratechit | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do you have a computer powered by an AMD chipset? Are you excited to upgrade to Windows 11? If you answered yes to both of those questions you should know that at present some AMD processors are struggling to run Windows 11 smoothly. In fact a few processors have seen...
by petratechit | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Google recently announced that they’re planning to auto-enroll some 150 million user accounts into two factor authentication (2FA). The company prefers the term two-step verification (2SV). The company had this to say about the planned move:...
by petratechit | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
With the release of Firefox 92 back in September Mozilla made a change that may well doom the browser. If you use Firefox you have probably already noticed it. When you start typing an address you will find sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions in a drop-down list....
by petratechit | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Medical equipment provider Medtronic has issued an urgent recall order for insulin pump controllers belonging to their “MiniMed Paradigm” family. The company cited serious cyber security risks as the reason for the recall. The models in question are...
by petratechit | Oct 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Researchers from Zimperium zLabs have detected a nasty, dangerous, global malware campaign that has managed to infect more than 10 million Android devices from around the world in more than 70 different countries. As with most malware campaigns this one relies on...
by petratechit | Oct 15, 2021 | Cybercrime, Ransomware, Videos
In the cybersecurity world, 2021 has been a pretty memorable year – for all the wrong reasons. JBS (a meatpacking company) and Colonial Pipeline made headlines in May of 2021 by being the victims of sophisticated cyberattacks. Both companies were severely...
by petratechit | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you a gamer? Do you have an account on Steam, EA Origin, or the Epic Games Store? If so there’s an emerging threat you should be aware of. A new strain of malware is now being sold on the Dark Web. Discovered by researchers operating out of Kaspersky Labs...
by petratechit | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do you have an iPhone? Do you make use of the Apple Pay service? If so there is a security issue you need to be aware of. Researchers have discovered a means by which fraudulent payments can be made from a locked iPhone. Two conditions must be true for the flaw to be...
by petratechit | Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s good to be the King and in the world of search Google is the undisputed King. That fact has made the tech giant something of a target however. Google has been sued repeatedly and investigated by both the US Congress and the EU’s General Court owing to...
by petratechit | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you a QuickBooks user? If so you’re going to be thrilled by the company’s recent announcement that Excel integration is coming soon. You read that correctly. Soon you will be able to sync QuickBooks and Excel which should simplify your life a great...
