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02/19/2015

If you purchased a Lenovo Laptop in the last 6 months, check your computer at this website to see if your computer is vulnerable.: https://filippo.io/Badfish/

What's this about? Turns out Lenovo preloaded their laptops with adware that will intercept all your secure connections, and allow hackers to do it, too. This is a test to check if you are affected.

08/28/2014

In the last few weeks there have been more Cyber Attacks. Just confirmed today was Dairy Queen and before that was Supervalu. Be sure to watch your financial accounts closely!

08/18/2014

If you have been to one of these hospitals this year, watch your credit report!

Hackers have taken 4.5 million Social Security numbers from patients who attended any one of Community Health Systems' 206 hospitals this year.

05/22/2014

In case you haven't heard, eBay was hacked a couple weeks ago. At this point they are advising to reset your password for eBay. So far what was in the database was Name, email address, physical address, Date of Birth, username, Encrypted password. They have no evidence of financial information being compromised. Reset your eBay passwords!
http://www.cnet.com/news/ebay-hacked-requests-all-users-change-passwords/

eBay confirms users' passwords were compromised but says there's no evidence any financial information was accessed.

04/30/2014

In case you haven't heard, there is another vulnerability going around. This time it affects all Internet Explorer browsers from version 6 to the most current version 11. If you use IE, be careful at what websites you visit or install a different browser. I use Google Chrome quite a bit, but Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari are other popular choices. Want more info, read this link for more information.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/serious-internet-explorer-bug-leaves-half-all-browsers-open-hack-n91281

Microsoft is scrambling to fix a newly found bug in Internet Explorer, which leaves all versions of the browser open to potential attacks.Hackers have alread...

04/10/2014

With the Heartbleed vulnerability going around, it is best to be in the practice of changing your passwords monthly for any online accounts as well as your computer. To see some of the sites that may be affected by the secure website vulnerability, go here: http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/
You can also test websites here to see if they are still affected:
http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/

A look at which companies have issued a security patch to fix the Heartbleed bug.