After an email regarding Hunter Harvest surveys was sent to HAL customers from a third-party agency called Aspira in Saskatchewan canadian government officials warned citizens of the security breach. https://globalnews.ca/news/7573195/saskatchewan-privacy-commissioner-hunting-licence-breach/
Amey cyberattacked
Severe individual risk is posed after Nohow International staffing firmbreach exposes scans of passports, national IDs, birth certificates, personal payment information and tax returns of more than 12,000 construction workers. https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/amey/amey-hit-by-cyber-attack-05-01-2021/
Video Game Maker Capcom was breached
Japanese electronic video game distributor Capcom has recently had a data breach exposing the personal data of more than 400,000 customers. Corporate data, including banking details, contracts, proprietary data, emails and more were also captured. Read more here https://threatpost.com/data-breach-resident-evil-gaming/162977/
Latest Version Of Chrome Is Faster And More Secure
If you’re a diehard Chrome browser user, be aware that as of November 17th, 2020, Chrome 87 has now been ported to the Stable desktop channel, and it’s an upgrade well worth getting. It adds a raft of performance improvements that will increase your overall browsing speed, in addition to offering some new security features. […]
Free Unlimited Storage Ending For Google Photos
For several years now, most of the big tech companies have been using the lure of free to grow their respective user bases. Free unlimited data on phone plans. Free, unlimited storage on cloud drive plans, and the like. Free can get expensive for these firms, however. Over time, most of them have slowly backed away […]
Flash Player Will No Longer Work On Firefox In January
File this away under the least surprising announcement ever. Actually, it’s not so much an announcement as a reminder that on January 26, 2021, when Mozilla releases Firefox 85, the option to re-enable Adobe’s Flash Player will be gone, effectively eliminating Flash on the browser. Firefox is the latest in a string of browsers to […]
Discord Being Used By Hacker To Distribute Malware
If you’re a gamer, and you make frequent use of Discord, there’s a new threat you should be aware of. Recently, hackers have been seen using a malware strain called ‘TroubleGrabber’ on a wide range of Discord servers. TroubleGrabber isn’t the worst malware strain we’ve ever seen, but it is highly problematic. Classed as an […]
Windows 10 Displays Going Dark Issue Fixed By Microsoft
If you run Windows 10, version 2004, you may have noticed some unusual shenanigans going on where your system’s monitor is concerned. If you’re using a tablet or laptop, with a display that’s built into the machine itself, it may flicker periodically. If you’re using a desktop PC with a standalone monitor external to the […]
Older Android Phones May Have Site Loading Issues In 2021
By now, just about everyone is aware of the importance SSL certificates play in keeping data away from prying eyes on the web. After some scares in recent years, it has thankfully become the standard, and according to Google’s latest statistics, more than 95 percent of the traffic passing through its network is encrypted. Unfortunately, […]
Recent iOS Update Addresses A Number of Security Vulnerabilities
If you use an Apple device running iOS, then you’ll want to update to the latest version (14.2) immediately. In the latest update, Apple has patched a trio of ‘Zero Day Vulnerabilities’ known to have been used by hackers to exploit unpatched systems. The three issues addressed are as follows: CVE-2020-27930 – This issue is […]
