Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a chip that could take place of an endoscopy. Those who’ve had one before are in no rush to experience that again. While a doctor feeds a tube-camera down the patient’s throat to examine their stomach and beyond, patients try not to cough, gag, or be sick. In some cases, it is so uncomfortable they have to be sedated. Continue Reading…
Social Mapper to Track People on Social Media?!
Security researchers at Trustwave have released a new open-source tool called Social Mapper that uses facial recognition technology to locate targets across numerous social media networks on a large scale.Continue Reading…
SIM Swap Scheme Artist Arrested
Florida Police arrested 25-year-old Ricky Joseph Handschumacher, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. Handschumacher is allegedly accused of being part of a multi-state cyber gang that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that extracted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims through their SIM Swapping Scheme.Continue Reading…
Avoid Phishing with USB Security Key
We’ve all been trained not to give out our passwords, but online criminals are getting ever more clever. Phishing scams have effectively tricked uncountable people into compromising their online security, and one of the best ways to stop it is two-factor authentication. Even technologically savvy people can be fooled by clever hackers, though. According to Google, it solved the phishing problem by giving everyone a USB security key.Continue Reading…
We Want to Hear From YOU
Here at Prilock, we are constantly researching the latest data breach, how hackers plan their attacks, new phishing schemes, malware to beware of, among other cybersecurity concerns. BUT we want to hear from you.Continue Reading…
Atlanta’s Ransomware Bill: $17 Million
The March 22 “SamSam” ransomware outbreak left 8,000 city employees unable to use their PCs for several days and led to longer outages for residents who wanted to pay for parking tickets or report potholes online as the city’s IT team continued to grapple with the incident.Continue Reading…
Echo Connect — Allows You to Call 911!
Amazon has a gadget called Echo Connect. With it, you can use your compatible Echo device to call any number supported by your home phone service provider. Including 911.Continue Reading…
‘Cyber Hygiene’: Reducing Human Error
To protect US energy systems from a continuous barrage of cyberattacks, policymakers and industry players are homing in on a non-digital defense system to eliminate potential threat by improving people’s awareness and changing the way they think about cybersecurity.
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TCM Bank Exposed Applicant Data for 16 Months!
TCM Bank is a company that supports approximately 750 small and community U.S. banks by issuing credit cards to their account holders. But those who applied for cards between March 2017 to July 2018, may have their names, addresses, dates of birth, as well as Social Security numbers exposed due to a website misconfiguration. This leaves thousands of people at risk.Continue Reading…
HackNotice: A Great Tool To Have!
A new HackNotice extension for Google Chrome notifies users when websites they access have been recently compromised. HackNotice leverages a database of 20,000 hacks to alert users when a site they visit has been compromised.Continue Reading…