Texas Government Gets Hit With Major Ransomware Attack
This year stands to shatter last year's record in terms of the number of successful hacks against businesses and government agencies. It seems that the hackers have a new favored tool: ...
Medical Device Security Outlook Continues To Look Bleak
There's a mix of good news and bad news concerning the security of smart devices in general, and smart medical devices specifically. As most people are aware, the Internet of Things ...
Open Source Programs Continue To Get Attacked By Hackers
This year hasn't been good for users of Open Source software, which at one level or another, includes just about everybody. Unfortunately, a recent grim discovery makes it unlikely that we'll see ...
Nvidia Releases Graphics Drivers With Major Improvements
There's great news today in the tech realm for gamers around the world. Nvidia recently announced a major driver update for its graphics cards that offer a variety of ...
YouTube Will Soon Stop Displaying Ads Targeted At Kids
Earlier this year, Google, the parent company of YouTube, found itself in hot water for YouTube's violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPA). They got in trouble for ...
Google Hangouts Extending Support Until Next Year
If you're a G Suite user, you're probably already aware that Google has been making plans to shut down Google Hangouts. In fact, the original plan was to ...
Gmail Users Will Get Updated Spelling and Grammar Assistance
There are changes afoot in Gmail designed to help improve the quality of your writing using new AI features. These features will auto correct simple spelling errors and offer suggestions ...
Payment Forms Cause Large Amount Of Online Data Breaches
When surveying the state of your company's security, it's important to understand what your biggest risks are. According to the 2019 Application Report published by F5 Labs, the answer is simple. Fully ...
Choice Hotel Data Breach Affects up To 700,000 Customers
Recently, an independent researcher named Bob Diachenko worked collaboratively with Comparitech. They discovered an unsecured database containing nearly 700,000 hotel records belonging to Choice Hotels. Unfortunately, although Diachenko reported his finding ...
Study On Passwords Shows People Still Use Breached Passwords
Google recently released a large-scale password study that will probably give every IT manager in the country heartburn. The results of their study indicate that a disturbing percentage of users continue ...