Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Almost 30% of Identity Theft Victims Have Been Targeted More Than Once: Lots of people have imagined what it would be like to be someone else, but what if people pretended to be you? The Identity Theft … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, January 16, 2022
Weekly News & Patch Report
Weekend Patch Report, January 9, 2022
Important Security Updates Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 139.4.4896 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See SecureTheVillage’s warning below] Google Chrome: Google has released Google … [Read more...] about Weekend Patch Report, January 9, 2022
Cybersecurity News of the Week, January 9, 2022
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Cyberattackers Hit Data of 80K Fertility PatientsP: Fertility Centers of Illinois’ security measures protected electronic medical records, but the attackers still got at extremely intimate data in admin files. … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, January 9, 2022
Weekend Patch Report, January 2, 2022
Important Security Updates 7-Zip: 7-Zip has released Version 21.07. Updates are available from within the program under “Check for Updates” or 7-Zip's website. Zoom: Zoom has released update Version 5.9.1.2581for Zoom Client for Meetings. … [Read more...] about Weekend Patch Report, January 2, 2022
Cybersecurity News of the Week, January 2, 2022
Individuals at Risk Cyber Defense - Log4j A NON-TECHNICAL LOG4J / LOG4SHALL FAQ: Log4j is a computer program. It was written a couple of decades ago. It has been incorporated into zillions of other computer programs by companies all over the … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, January 2, 2022
A Non-Technical Log4J / Log4Shell FAQ
What is Log4J / Log4 Shell? Log4j is a computer program. It was written a couple of decades ago. It has been incorporated into zillions of other computer programs by companies all over the world. This includes Google, Apple, IBM, Facebook, … [Read more...] about A Non-Technical Log4J / Log4Shell FAQ
Weekend Patch Report, December 26, 2021
Important Security Updates Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 138.4.2392 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See SecureTheVillage’s warning below] Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome … [Read more...] about Weekend Patch Report, December 26, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, December 26, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data: Every year, Apple releases new features that both improve data privacy on the iPhone, and set a new benchmark for the industry as a whole. With iOS 15, … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, December 26, 2021
Weekend Patch Report, December 19, 2021
Important Security Updates Apple Multiple Products: Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPods, watchOS, tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and more. Additional details are available on Apple’s website. Google Chrome: Google has released … [Read more...] about Weekend Patch Report, December 19, 2021
Cybersecurity News of the Week, December 19, 2021
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Sorry, but unless you manually change these settings, Google is still tracking you: Google stores your location and data history when you use any of its apps. We'll show you how to turn that off. Cnet, December … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity News of the Week, December 19, 2021