by Ophtek, LLC | Aug 30, 2016 | Security
Ransomware is a fairly new security risk, but one which is on the rise and it’s vital that you know how to protect your data from ransomware attacks. I’ve covered ransomware attacks on this blog on a number of occasions and detailed the damage it can do to businesses....
by Ophtek, LLC | Aug 16, 2016 | Security
At fast food restaurants you know what to expect: value and speed. Fast food joint Wendy’s, however, has also been unknowingly serving up credit card fraud. In the last week, Wendy’s has had to contact customers who have used their credit cards in over 1,000...
by Ophtek, LLC | Aug 2, 2016 | Security
We all rely on tech support at some point during our working week, but hackers are now using this as a front to scam businesses out of thousands of dollars. It’s a scam which is becoming so widespread that the FBI have stepped up and announced that, in the last three...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 26, 2016 | Security
Malware is often forwarded by swarms of infected PCs known as botnets; just recently the Necurs botnet has really ramped up its activity to cause havoc. The Necurs botnet, which has been active for several months, suddenly went quiet for three weeks, but, on June 22,...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 19, 2016 | Security
Bank robberies have long since put the fear of god into bank tellers, but bank robbers are now turning increasingly towards more sophisticated digital attacks. Whereas a good old fashioned bank heist would involve shotguns and masks, the contemporary bank robber...
by Ophtek, LLC | Jul 12, 2016 | Security
Adobe has suffered another embarrassing attack which exploits their Flash software and this time the malware has been hidden in an Office document. It seems that almost every week another vulnerability is exposed in Flash, a piece of software which once ruled the...
