Tech Tripp, LLC

02/05/2024

Fraudsters used deepfake technology to arrange a bogus video conference call and elaborately trick a finance worker at a multinational firm into paying out $25 million.

Fraudsters used deepfake technology to arrange a bogus video conference call and elaborately trick a finance worker at a multinational firm into paying out $25 million.

09/16/2022

Uber hacked? It started with social engineering!

The company said on Thursday that it was looking into the scope of the apparent hack.

12/13/2021

Log4j zero-day exploit uncovered will be exploited heavily over the next several months. Sysadmins are not only managing and protecting systems but also actively engaged in a cyber war with no end

Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the ubiquitous Apache Log4j Java-based logging library are currently being shared online, exposing home users and enterprises alike to ongoing remote code ex*****on attacks.

11/13/2021

Add the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation to the list of organizations that have been hacked! The FBI had its email system hacked this morning, sending out fake messages about cyberattacks.

THE Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had its email system hacked this morning, sending out fake messages about cyberattacks. The rogue emails, sent from the FBI’s email infrastructure are said…

10/06/2021

Another day. Another breach becomes known...this time Twitch experiences massive source code breach including SMS 2FA numbers, hashed passwords, and much much more. The data released is only part one per the hacker and you can download the 128GB torrent now...

Source codes and user payouts among the data released in a 128GB torrent…

10/05/2021

Microsoft Windows 11 officially released today! You can download and install here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

10/02/2021

Multiple VoIP providers suffered downtime this past week due to a massive DDoS attack on Bandwith.com - the upstream provider made multiple attempts to mitigate but even with tremendous resources they were unable to quickly resolve. These forms of attacks will continue to grow and we expect to see increasing RDDoS (ransom distributed denial of service) attacks in the near future. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bandwidthcom-is-latest-victim-of-ddos-attacks-against-voip-providers/

Bandwidth.com has become the latest victim of distributed denial of service attacks targeting VoIP providers this month, leading to nationwide voice outages over the past few days.

08/31/2021

Windows 11 Releases October 5th, 2021! Are you ready? https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/08/31/windows-11-available-on-october-5/ #:~:text=Today%2C%20we%20are%20thrilled%20to,to%20become%20available%20for%20purchase.

Today, we are thrilled to announce Windows 11 will start to become available on October 5, 2021. On this day, the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come pre-loaded with Windows 11 will start to

07/02/2021

Another major supply-chain ransomware attack. We are actively monitoring and watching this unfold. Many of our fellow MSPs in the industry are knee-deep in the trenches combating and responding to this threat. https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/07/02/kaseya-vsa-supply-chain-ransomware-attack

06/24/2021

Sign of things to come!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/?fbclid=IwAR35JoCIKHG5fVSlOeAtSVpqVI4IulRrA-LnXmLba-JdcqjbPxi0Q4hMBDE

Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives from the Internet ASAP.

01/28/2021

New website launch day for Bluffs Tackle & Marine - check it out! https://bluffstackle.com/

12/24/2020

While it has been in the news the severity of this type of attack has been severely understated. Who uses these tools? Oh just all five branches of the US military, the state department, the White House, the NSA, 425 of the Fortune 500 companies, all five of the top five accounting firms, and hundreds of universities and colleges. We see more of these attacks coming to light over the next year and major changes in the cyber world within 2 years that are unprecedented. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/23/cyber-attack-us-security-protocols