This week emphasizes the importance of keeping a website up to date. A notable hacking campaign potentially affecting a huge number of websites began again late last week and is…
Have you shopped at a major department (or grocery) store lately? Like millions of other Americans, chances are you have and a new text scam targets that likelihood. The scam…
Small Business Owners -- Take Note If you are contacted by way of a text message from somebody unknown who suddenly wants to hire you for your services, you might…
Today we're talking about two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that are working in concert with one another and being actively exploited. Let's dive right in... A zero-day vulnerability is a computer-software…
WordPress 4.8.3 is out as of Oct 31, 2017. I’m a day or two late in blogging about it because I’ve been busy updating websites. WordPress 4.8.3 corrects a potential…
Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update Usually, I'll let my computer update itself whenever it sees fit. Today I could wait no longer. I had to install and apply Windows 10…
Why am I – a website developer – blogging about Bad Rabbit? Because I’m an old school AV researcher. It’s what I (still) do. (Sometimes.) When I'm bored. Because much…
A vulnerability discovered in the WPA2 protocol, dubbed KRACKs, was revealed to the general public yesterday by security researcher Mathy Vanhoef. A detailed description of the vulnerability and a proof-of-concept…
What is Secure Connections? Secure connections: a connection that is encrypted by one or more security protocols to ensure the security of data flowing between two or more nodes. This week's buried & forgotten news is…
Everybody has their opinion. This is mine: There is no 'best' product. There are some products that are better than others. Trust the comparative tests run by AV-Tests.org and Virus Bulletin…