by Garrett Wenger | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog
We’re not so sure.It’s hardly been a month since Zoom seemingly dropped out of the sky. In just 90 days, their daily active users jumped from 10 million to over 200 million, but security experts are skeptical about Zoom and there’s a fair reason why. We felt it...
by Garrett Wenger | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog
Phishing in the time of COVID-19 There has been a sharp rise in malware and phishing attacks over the past few weeks, and attackers are capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic and on anxious people seeking out new information. It’s never a bad time to brush up on...
by Garrett Wenger | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
Phishing and social engineering attacks are on the rise—83% of respondents to a new report from ProofPoint claim they were targeted by a phishing attempt at least once in 2018. While we at Newmind always harp on trends like that, it’s rare we actually encounter an...
by Garrett Wenger | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
Windows 7 End of Life has come and gone: did you get your OS affairs in order by January 14? If not: have no fear! Read on and find the details you need to know before moving forward: What does “End of Life” mean? Windows has officially pulled support for...
by Garrett Wenger | Jan 16, 2020 | Blog
“Cable Haunt” Exploit: what you need to know, and steps to protect yourself. What is “Cable Haunt”? Earlier this month, Lyrebirds, a security research group discovered an exploit which likely affects hundreds of millions of cable modems worldwide. They have...
by Garrett Wenger | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog
A massive security flaw in Intel processors was revealed by The Register on January 2, 2018, which some speculators suggest could be the biggest of the century. 3/22/18 CHROME OS UPDATE: On March 22, 2018 Google rolled out substantial new protections for Chrome OS...
