by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is no low that hackers and scammers won’t stoop to. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning about a worldwide scam in progress relating to fears surrounding the CoronaVirus. The FTC’s announcement speaks for itself. Their...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Security lapses can happen to any company, large or small. No one is immune. Not even Google. Recently, the company began sending out email notifications to some users explaining that a bug in their system caused their videos to be shared with other users. Their email...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Microsoft would like you to know that Windows 7 has reached the end of the road. No more security updates are coming, and there are no more patches or bug fixes. So from here, every newly discovered security flaw is essentially a zero-day issue. The company has been...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
According to a recent FBI alert marked “TLP: AMBER,” businesses should be on high alert for ransomware attacks. The alert reads, in part, as follows: “Since January 2019, LockerGoga ransomware has targeted large corporations and organizations in the...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Dec 20, 2019 | Blog
Oh no! Zombieload is back. First discovered in May of this year, it was described as a successor to the infamous Meltdown attack. That was a data-leaking side-channel vulnerability that impacted all Intel processor generations from 2011 and beyond. Intel hasn’t...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you use Google’s Chrome web browser, there’s a new threat you should be aware of. A new trojan targeting Windows-based machines will attempt to steal passwords stored in the Chrome browser. Dubbed CStealer, it was discovered by the Malware Hunter Team....
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