Tag: Hurricanes
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What Hurricane Preparedness Can Teach Us About Ransomware
What Hurricane Preparedness Can Teach Us About Ransomware Each year between June and November, many parts of the U.S. become potential …
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Watch out for digital Hurricane Ida scams: SEC
The SEC has released a notice warning people to be on the look out for scams related to Hurricane Ida, which thrashed multiple states last …
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SEC: Beware Hurricane Ida Investment Scams
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned investors not to fall for scams capitalizing on the Hurricane Ida recovery and …
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SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida
The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US …
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US SEC: Watch out for Hurricane Ida-related investment scams
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has warned investors to be “extremely wary” of potential investment scams related to Hurricane …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Power Hacks for Another Hurricane
“We have a generator, so the air conditioning will still work, right?,” my daughter asked. “No, we won’t have any A/C,” I …
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A History of Plans to Nuke Hurricanes (and Other Stuff Too)
Jonathan Swan broke news that Donald Trump—among his many often random musings—appears to have considered one of the …
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Beware of Hurricane Florence Relief Scams
If you’re thinking of donating money to help victims of Hurricane Florence, please do your research on the charitable entity before …
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Hurricanes lead to drop in malware infections
14 mins ago An interesting side effect of the recent hurricanes Harvey and Irma is that malware infections in the Florida and Texas areas have seen a dramatic fall. Data released by Enigma Software Group, makers of the SpyHunter anti-malware software, shows that infections in the Houston area showed a 52.5 percent drop from the…
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Geek Hurricane Hacks
As of the time of this writing, it looks like Hurricane Irma is headed straight up through Central Florida. Alas, everybody has their life’s little challenges. Read full news article on The New Stack
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New Bitcoin Scam Targets Hurricane Irma Anxiety
Scams that convince people to give away their bitcoins by entering information into a legitimate-seeming (but fake) website are on the rise. But a new phishing campaign that targets people worried about the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which tore across parts of Caribbean and Florida this week, might just be a new low. Read full…
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Before Helping Hurricane Victims, Make Sure Your Employees Can Recognize Phishing Emails
First, let me say that I hope that all of you in Texas are safe. Second, let me say that I hope all of my readers who want to do something to help the Hurricane Harvey victims are making smart choices. Read full news article on IT Business Edge
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