Author: Cylanda Watchtower

Just in time for Valentine’s Day – a new report released yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that it measured a sharp increase in losses linked to romance scams…

A barrage of cybercriminal activity is already underway this tax season with a phishing campaign impersonating Intuit, the popular accounting and tax-filing software. Just this week Intuit posted 2 critical…

QR codes have become the new normal for contactless transactions during the pandemic and the FBI is now warning the public that cybercriminals are capitalizing on this technology’s lax security…

A new phishing campaign is targeting federal contractors with an invitation to bid on various fake federal projects with the U.S. Department of Labor Emails branded to look like legitimate…

This January’s Patch Tuesday release is nearly double the average, including 97 security vulnerabilities and 6 zero-day exploits If your company machines are protected by our Total Security service, your…

The FBI is receiving a tsunami of reports of malicious Google Voice scams So, here’s how the scam works: Let’s say that your your fur baby, Mr. Pickles goes missing.…

Earlier this week we were interviewed by Dallis Ontiveros from the KHON2 news crew about the latest cyber attacks on Hawaii critical infrastructure and how companies should best protect themselves…

Did you know that between October of 2020 and July of this year, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized over $2.5 billion in counterfeit goods? The math comes…

Do you love or hate candy corn? There seems to be no in-between. I myself look forward to Halloween and watch the store shelves for candy corn and candy corn…

A new survey released this week Monday from Malwarebytes, the well-known security software company, reported that women, minority groups and those with lower incomes and education levels are more likely…

 Did you know that cybercriminals are now targeting people with expired Driver’s licenses? Cybercriminals have recently begun sending out texts and emails claiming that the DMV is missing information…

Have I got news for you! Nigerian scammers are at it again – this time hyper targeting unhappy employees, offering them up to one million dollars to install ransomware onto their…

Are you tired of all those websites that before giving you access, will make you do a math problem, interpret wavy and blurry numbers and letters or look at pictures…

If you’ve been to a restaurant lately, you may have noticed these on the table instead of menus: These are called QR codes (quick response codes). Pointing your phone’s camera…

Expected cyberattacks on Tokyo Olympics likely include attempts to hijack video feeds, the Feds warn. So, not sure if I’m the only one who has to do a double-take every…

iPhone users, stop, drop and update now. Apple has issued a patch for a number of code-execution vulnerabilities, many of which are remotely exploitable. Experts are emphatically encouraging an ASAP…

By now you’ve probably heard of how the REvil ransomware hacked Kaseya’s servers, encrypting and holding ransom over 1,000,000 business computer systems and demanding over $70 million to release them.…

By now you’ve probably heard news of the REvil ransomware group – how they’re currently holding over 1,000,000 business computer systems hostage since the July 4th weekend, demanding a cool…

Hi guys! A new bug has been found with iPhones and iPads that will disable your device from being able to connect to any wireless network. Here’s how it works –…

Hi guys! Like most people, I watch something on YouTube daily. Cybercriminals know about our addiction to YouTube and have now resorted to paying for convincing scam ads to run…