Used by both web cartoon makers, and terrible online banking interface creators, Adobe Flash has been the bane of many IT administrators lives for years. Responsible for a never-ending slew of security vulnerabilities, the sooner that Flash is dead, the better. Recently announced by Adobe, updates and patches will no longer be released after 2020.… Read More: Adobe Flash gone by 2020 according to Adobe »
It’s not just traditional computers and servers that are at risk of being hacked, but also other devices too. In this case the FDA has released an advisory regarding vulnerabilities found in Abbotts Cardiac Pacemakers. More information can be found here
If you are one of the many millions of worldwide useds of the popular Windows cleaning software ‘CCleaner’ then you might wish to scan your system for malware. First spotted on September 13, 2017 – the installer for CCleaner v5.33 was modified at source to include and distribute malicious software. There are also reports that… Read More: Popular CCleaner Tool Compromised by Hackers »
We first saw this joke many years ago here at ITSS, but it’s still relevant today. If any of you are software developers – there are lessons to be learned here…
Another annotated example of how to spot a phishing email.
Are you using HOLA for VPN? We don’t think its safe, and neither do these guys: http://adios-hola.org/
Here at ITSS we try to take security seriously. We’ve noticed that a lot of the new smartphones are coming with fingerprint readers, and that many users are choosing to ‘lock’ their phones (and other devices), with their fingerprint(s). This is not a good idea. Consider a good password: It’s secure (of a suitable length,… Read More: Fingerprints are not passwords. »
Hi All, The last week has been interesting here at ITSS as we have had a much larger than usual number of requests for our data recovery services. What makes it more interesting is that in almost all cases, the problem was presented to us as ‘My backup drive has crashed – please help me… Read More: Only 1 copy? Then it’s not a backup! »
Most spam and phishing mails are fairly obvious, but in case they aren’t obvious to you, here’s an example:
For many people, SSDs are the best thing since sliced bread. Ultrafast and no longer susceptible to knocks and vibration – it seemed as though spinning disks were destined for the scrap-heap. However, as Korelogic have found, long term storage on an unpowered drive can be troublesome. Every 5 degrees C increase in the temperature… Read More: SSDs are great. (Most of the time.) »