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Telephone scams

I guess if you are a criminal looking to do evil, calling people on the national do not call list is only a minor offense. It is astounding the details they have and don’t have on who they are calling.  I know several seniors in the family who have gotten the calls...

Ransomware

Ransomware occurs when hazardous software is downloaded on your computer, phone or server and executed.  Typically you have only three options available to you: Pay the ransom Restore from a back-up Start fresh The first option may not always work, it depends on the...

Blackmail

During a cyber security webinar, one of the recent popular blackmail threats was discussed, pornography blackmail. This is  a trojan attack, where illicit child pornography is added to your computer or turning on your camera on when you are on a pornography site and...

PC vs cellphone

I have family and friends who are constantly on their phones.  They use these devices for most aspects of their lives.  I tend to use mine as a phone.  I know I am a dinosaur. I was watching a webinar and the presenter went through how to uncover e-mail phishing on a...

Text Spoofing

I was talking to a client recently; their e-mail system was compromised, and I believe that the hackers were still lurking in the system. They had hired a new employee who received a text from the owner within the first week requesting that he go out and buy a bunch...

Population issues

Have you ever wondered about the world population?  I obviously have. There are 8 billion people worldwide.  The 7 largest counties populations are broken down below: China              1,452B India               1.417B USA                 338M Indonesia       276M...

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