If you are a business owner or employee using a Free e-mail service like g-mail or yahoo, etc. You should seriously thing about getting your own domain. A Free e-mail address for business use sends the wrong message, is MUCH less secure and give no way for companies to identify the sender.
Ex:
ABC-CorpSales@gmail.com vs.
ABCCorpSales@gmail.com vs.
Sales-ABCCorp@gmail.com...
It's all guess work as to which one is the actual company's e-mail address. The others may be phishing schemes to get your info or money.
But something like Sales@ABCCorp.com is much more professional, the domain can be looked up and verified, etc.
It is not expensive to do this. About $20/Year for the Domain and about $5 a month per user for an inexpensive Office 365 Plan that includes e-mail, SharePoint, OneDrive (cloud storage), Teams and more...
Need help, just ask.
It should be no surprise that some companies don't operate honestly. Below is an example of not only a technology fail but of corporate dishonesty. Some popular "No Log" VPN services actually are keeping logs of your traffic, maybe worse they placed that data on a public-facing server with little to no security. So, the reason people use a No Log VPN provider was the exact opposite of what they did. Read more in the article below.
THEREGISTER.COM
Seven 'no log' VPN providers accused of leaking – yup, you guessed it – 1.2TB of user logs onto the internet
In case no one mentioned it to you before.... Don't trust e-mails, tweets, FB Posts, Phone Calls, or any social media that ask you to send them money. Don't trust the source as most can be spoofed(appear to be someone else), It can look like someone you know, or someone important, so can most social media. Even phone numbers. If someone contacts you asking for ANY information check their e-mail address, use info, etc. if it's a phone call ask them for a call back number, then Don't use it... Lookup the companies main number on a trusted site (statement, back of your credit card, etc.) use that to call the company and verify the person before hand. Don't return calls to numbers on caller ID you don't know. When in doubt, do an Google search for what you're being asked and see if it's like one of the existing scams out there. Even if it's not, realize that it's really unlikely anyone is going to give you anything for free.
Stay safe, stay healthy.
YOUTUBE.COM
Twitter accounts of Uber, Apple, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos reportedly hacked
https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption
Protect our Speech and Security Online: Reject the Graham-Blumenthal EARN IT Act
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are pushing forward with their so-called “EARN IT” Act, a bill that will undermine encryption and free speech online. The bill will create a new government commission, dominated by law enforcement agencies, and give it unprecedented po...
Protect our Speech and Security Online: Reject the Graham-Blumenthal EARN IT Act
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are pushing forward with their so-called “EARN IT” Act, a bill that will undermine encryption and free speech online. The bill will create a new government commission, dominated by law enforcement agencies, and give it unprecedented po...
See more at
act.eff.org
Beware of Scam calls telling you about charges to your credit cards. Don't provide any info EVER to an inbound phone call. If you think it could be real ask the caller for a call back number, most won't give one and will curse and hang up. Even IF they give a number do not use it. Use the 800 number from the back of your card or your credit card statement.
NO CREDIT CARD, Utility or any other company (other than your VERIFIED IT company) should ever ask you to run commands on your local computer or ask you to do anything on it. This is a giant read flag.
Stay safe.
THEHACKERNEWS.COM
New Flaws in Top Antivirus Software Could Make Computers More Vulnerable
PCMAG.COM
Suspected Chinese Hackers Unleash Malware That Can Survive OS Reinstalls
https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
This site actually uses some clever AI to create faces that look impossibly real. Where do you think this technology will be in a few years?
THISPERSONDOESNOTEXIST.COM
This Person Does Not Exist
Mac/Linux Malware, yup... It's out there.
HOTFORSECURITY.BITDEFENDER.COM
Linux and macOS Versions of Commercial ‘Malware’ FinSpy Found...
WARNING: 0 Day Hack for Google Chrome being exploited. Please update ASAP.
Stay safe.
THEHACKERNEWS.COM
New Chrome 0-day Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser Now
Popular android text messaging app hacked. Read more below.
THEHACKERNEWS.COM
WARNING: Unpatched Bug in GO SMS Pro App Exposes Millions of Media Messages
Intelligent Designs is now 24 Years Old!
We opened on Black Friday in 1996. Proudly serving Central New York ever since. BBB A+ Member since we joined in 1999.
The years have been kind.
Happy Holidays from Intelligent Designs / IDEZ, Inc.
APPLE.NEWS
U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government -... — Daily Mail
Feels like this sometimes. lol
9GAG
January 13 at 8:01 PM ·
Are you a robot?
By Stevie Martin
Make sure Google Chrome is up to date. New Zero Day Exploits in the wild.
Read more below.
THEHACKERNEWS.COM
New Chrome Browser 0-day Under Active Attack—Update Immediately!
So you like computers. Would you get a neuralink implanted in your brain?
https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/neuralink-announcement?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3
BIGTHINK.COM
Neuralink could enable people to replay memories
Some of you may have noticed internet issues today. Mostly sporadic, mostly noticed on Verizon customers. Here's the map. https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/
DOWNDETECTOR.COM
Status overview
YOUTUBE.COM
Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)
LOL. :)
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Can't always believe what you see on video. There will be a time when you won't be able to trust video at all.
Audio is at almost the same level and can be trained with few phrases to mimic the speaker.
YOUTUBE.COM
Everybody Can Make Deepfakes Now!