Computer Safety & News

https://www.eweek.com/security/fbi-email-enterprises-scam When the FBI released its 2018 Internet Crime Report on April 22, one topic appeared as the very first of the hot topics that should give business leaders reason to pause. There, as the first of the report’s hot topics, was Business Email Compromise. This is a type of scam that’s specifically aimed at businesses or […]

https://www.howtogeek.com/412435/windows-10-now-requires-12-16-gb-more-storage/ Microsoft has raised Windows 10’s minimum storage requirement to 32 GB. Previously, it was either 16 GB or 20 GB. This change affects Windows 10’s upcoming May 2019 Update, also known as version 1903 or 19H1.  These details come from Microsoft’s minimum hardware requirements web page. They were first spotted by Pureinfotech and brought to our attention by Thurrott. Before […]

Researcher James Fisher has found a new Chrome mobile exploit that takes advantage of how the app displays the address bar. https://jameshfisher.com/2019/04/27/the-inception-bar-a-new-phishing-method/ https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/29/chrome-exploit-uses-a-fake-address-bar-for-phishing-attacks/ In Chrome for mobile, when the user scrolls down, the browser hides the URL bar, and hands the URL bar’s screen space to the web page. Because the user associates this screen […]

This exposed demographic data base includes information on addresses, income levels and marital status.  It’s origin is unknown & was discovered as a cloud stored object. https://www.cnet.com/news/exposed-database-reveals-details-on-80-million-us-households/ In yet another blow to the privacy of consumers, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households are listed on an unsecured database stored […]

PC World highlights 10 Power Tools + 10 best Tips/techniques for advanced WIN10 users https://www.pcworld.com/article/3387950/10-truly-helpful-windows-10-tools-you-might-not-know-about.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2875600/windows-10-the-best-tips-tricks-and-tweaks.html Windows 10 offers many other power tools for enthusiasts—if you know where to find them. Some are older, yet still obscure. Others are relatively new, added during the twice-annual major upgrades Microsoft’s been pushing out since Windows 10 launched […]

Tools & techniques are shared for research of Service Account Passwords, in this informative series of SANS Internet Storm Center articles: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Pillaging+Passwords+from+Service+Accounts/24886/ In our “pretend pentest” that we’ve been running these last few days, we’ve now got all the domain admins listed, all the service accounts found and listed, and the intersection of those two […]