A new bit of spam or phishing got past our multiple spam filters and into our Outlook 2016 Inbox. It’s a good example of what check in an unexpected message. The message uses the name and link from a real law firm but they’re not to blame. It appears to be sent from the UK […]
Here’s the latest hacker email we’ve received, a good example of a phishing and infected Word document email. We’ll use it as an example what to watch for and avoid. This message got through various anti-spam filters to arrive in the Office Watch managers Outlook 2016 Inbox. Which brings us to the first important point […]
Ransomware hasn’t gone away, it’s just not making headlines. MalwareBytes reports that two more variations of the Locky ransomware have appeared in the last few weeks. Beware DOC and DOCM They spread in ZIP files or the hackers favorite way to infect a computer, Microsoft Office files, most likely Word documents. .DOC or .DOCM files […]
Amber Rudd, the British Home Secretary was tricked into an email exchange with someone posing as her own communications chief. It’s very embarrassing because Ms Rudd is responsible for cyber security as well as MI5 (the UK equivalent of the US FBI). The Minister was using an Outlook.com account which is pretty amazing, even for […]
Typing on a little Smartphone screen is a pain and happily there are PC desktop, Mac and tablet extensions for both WhatsApp and Signal. There are ‘big screen’ options to read and send WhatsApp and Signal messages from a larger screen. A Windows PC, Mac computer or a tablet device (iPad, Android etc). Source: WhatsApp […]
