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Archive for August, 2020

Companies Spending More On Tech Services Due To Remote Work

The Coupa Business Spend Index (BSI) has been volatile over the past several months as the pandemic shredded business confidence and sent budgets into a downward spiral. Some business spending has barely ...

Feature Similar To iPhone Airdrop Was Added To Android

Apple users are almost certainly familiar with the Airdrop feature, which allows content to be shared between two iPhones that are in close proximity to each other. Recently, Google announced the rollout ...

Trickbot Adds New Trick Linux Malware

Trickbot is about as bad as they come in the world of malware. Originally a malware strain from the Windows ecosystem, security professionals have recently found samples of the code in the ...

This New Malware Added An Email Attachment Stealer

Emotet's massive botnet was dormant for several months, but on July 17th, 2020, it suddenly rumbled back to life. It started spewing out massive numbers of phishing emails aimed at installing Trickbot ...

Online Shoppers Are Seeing An Increase In Scams

Recently, the FBI issued an advisory warning about a sharp increase in the number of reported victims of online shopping scams. According to data compiled by the FTC, the last few months ...

Popular Interior Design Website Has Breach Of User Accounts

The most recent company to have fallen victim to hackers is Havenly. They are a US-based interior design firm with an interactive website that allows users to get interior design help from ...

Meetup Website Has Patched Vulnerability Open To Hackers

Recently, security researchers at Checkmarx discovered a pair of serious vulnerabilities in the popular online meeting website Meetup. According to the researchers, a hacker could combine cross-site scripting (XSS) with cross-site request ...

Cisco Data Center Manager Software Users Should Patch Immediately

Do you use Cisco's Data Center Manager Software? If so, be advised that the company recently issued an advisory concerning a serious security flaw. The advisory reads, in part, as follows: "The ...

New Netflix Payment Phishing Emails Appear Legitimate

Do you have a Netflix account? If so, you're certainly not alone. Since the start of the pandemic, the company has experienced unprecedented growth, and is now the video streaming service of ...

Trickbot Malware Went Into Hiding And Now It’s Back

For more than five months, the internet breathed a collective sigh of relief as one of the most notorious strains of malware, Emotet, went dark and ceased all activity. It was as ...

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Seasonal Password Resets Create Prime Exploitation Windows

Seasonal Password Resets Create Prime Exploitation Windows

Every year, around the holidays, employees across every industry hit the reset button. A new year means a fresh start,[...]
Urgent Chrome Update: Zero-Day Exploit Patched

Urgent Chrome Update: Zero-Day Exploit Patched

When Google drops an emergency security update, it’s never just routine housekeeping. Earlier this month, the company patched a Chrome[...]
Cloudflare Explains Outage, Dismisses Hack Concerns

Cloudflare Explains Outage, Dismisses Hack Concerns

On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare suffered what turned out to be its worst global outage since 2019. For over three[...]

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