T-Mobile Breach

T-Mobile is investigating a data breach that they estimate impacts 7.8 million postpaid customers, 850,000 prepaid customers and “just over” 40 million past or prospective customers. Hackers claim that the number of impacted individuals is 100 million. T-Mobile has stated that they are confident that the attack entry point has been closed and they will […]

Beware of Fake Copyright Violation Notifications

As you may know, when notified of an alleged copyright infringement, your response is required. In cases where no response is forthcoming and the violation is alleged to have taken place on social media, the content at issue may be removed or you may get locked out of your account. To avoid falling victim to […]

Critical Microsoft Updates

CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has issued an advisory encouraging users and administrators to apply available Microsoft updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft software, some of which can be exploited to take control of an affected system. For more information, see Microsoft’s August 2021 Security Update summary.

Critical Apple Zero-Day Patch; Update Now

Apple has patched a zero-day vulnerability, which is being tracked as CVE-2021-30807.  What Apple Reports: “An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.”  According to Sophos: “When Apple notes that “an application may be able to execute […]