Computer Safety & News

Entrepreneur’s web site lists the five worst hacking incidents for the first quarter of 2017, as follows:  https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/290673 1. Fake GMAIL login page – hackers have discovered a highly-effective phishing scheme that’s fooled users into forfeiting their login credentials. The hacker — usually disguised as a close email contact — is found to be sending […]

The attached article shares very helfpul links & advice for users who wish to close a social networking, email, or other popular INTERNET sites.  Some users may desire to start with a fresh account or permanently leave as a member of site. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386458,00.asp Deleting accounts you’ve created on the internet isn’t always easy. Here’s how […]

The ISC warns of obfuscated JavaScript phishing attacks that can pull in highly realistic Excel image files pulled from outside the company’s main website.  In targeted corporate attacks, this highly realistic HTML code can to be linked into scripts that may trick users into revealing passwords.  The Excel spreadsheet security prompt for email address & password is realistic […]