Keep Yourself And Your Network Healthy During Coronavirus
The recent Bitcoin hack on Twitter teaches us an important lesson: even the biggest companies can be attacked...
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COVID-19 Scams: How To Protect Yourself
The FTC is warning consumers to beware of spam and phishing attacks centered around COVID-19 fears. Scammers will always try...
COVID-19 Update And Schedule
PMCS will continue to be open for business to ensure that you receive the support and service you...
Sextortion Scam Threatens You With Passwords Lost In Data Breaches
There is a new kind of e-mail based scam that is targeting internet users. It’s called the Sextortion...
VPNFilter Router Malware A Threat To Small Businesses
On May 23rd various tech companies started reporting on a router-based virus called VPNFilter, which had infected as many as...
Winners Of Our Fire 7 Raffle
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us on Saturday, it was great to meet you!...
Holiday Season Brings Security Risks – How To Stay Safe
The folks behind all sorts of online threats know that the holiday season is their most wonderful time...
Tarte Cosmetics Exposes Data Of 2 Million Customers
There’s yet another story in the endless cycle of companies who have exposed their customers to ID theft and...
KRACK Threatens Your Wireless Devices And Security
On Monday a new vulnerability in WPA2 Wireless Security was revealed. The vulnerability doesn’t allow people to snoop...
Enormous Equifax Breach May Impact Most American Adults
On Thursday the credit-monitoring giant Equifax announced that they had been breached in late July. The breach has impacted...
Onliner Spambot Dumps 711 Million Records
A spambot called Onliner been dumping batches of email addresses and passwords into text files on a server...
Microsoft Security – A State Of The System
2017 has been a year of security updates. If you feel like you’ve been hearing more about breaches,...
What The Record-Breaking Heat Wave Has To Do With Your Server
American Airlines is in the news this June because it has had to cancel 40 flights out of...
Google Spearphishing Attack Installs Malicious App
On Tuesday May 3rd a massive spearphishing campaign targeted Google users by sending a link to a fake “Google...
Infection Risk – Microsoft Word Zeroday Vulnerability A Threat To Your Computer
Exploits take advantage of the vagaries of code. On April 8th 2017 a zeroday exploitable vulnerability was identified...
Ransomware Shows The Importance Of Updating Software
People are frequently frustrated by the need to update software. “I paid for Adobe already” or “I bought...
How To Take Down The Internet With One DDoS Attack
On October 21st the US lost access to a large part of the internet. Here’s how that happens....
Why Do Cellphones And Speakers Keep Blowing Up?
A selection of AA batteries Lithium-ion (LI) batteries have become a major part of daily life in the...