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Provided by Threatpost.com Lexmark Printers Open to Arbitrary Code-Execution Zero-Day “No remedy available as of June 21, 2021,” according to the researcher who discovered the easy-to-exploit, no-user-action-required bug. Lexmark printers – those ubiquitous, inky office workhorses that fill homes and offices, and are found all the way on up to the federal government – have an unpatched vulnerability that could lead to serious, easy-to-execute attacks that require neither privileges nor

Includes Information from PC WORLD: March 28, 2022 Antimalware provider Kaspersky Lab has been blacklisted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, adding its name alongside Huawei and ZTE as companies that are deemed a threat to national security. The FCC maintains a list of companies which are “deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security or the security and safety of United States persons,” and added Kaspersky to the list on

Provided by the Federal Trade Commission You Get a Phone Call, Pop-Up, or Email Telling You There’s a Problem With Your Computer Often, scammers are behind these calls, pop-up messages, and emails. They want to get your money, personal information, or access to your files. This can harm your network, put your data at risk, and damage your business. How the Scam Works The scammers may pretend to be from

Information provided by smallbusiness.chron.com Android smartphones and tablets are very popular because of how inexpensive they are.  The reason these devices are so cheap is because Google, owner of the Android mobile smartphone and tablet software, gives the software away for free to device manufacturers. In exchange, Google is given the right to data-mine the Android phone and tablets for advertising and sales purposes. Many people do not realize that

Provided By Norton, Inc. Scareware is a type of malware that leverages pop-up ads and social engineering tactics to manipulate online users into believing they need to buy or download software that’s indeed useless or malicious. In simpler terms, scareware is a scam, one that reveals itself in the form of pop-up ads encouraging users to act fast to address an alleged cybersecurity problem. As the name suggests, it scares users into handing over their confidential data to what they believe is

Provided by the Federal Trade Commission Tech support scammers want you to believe you have a serious problem with your computer, like a virus. They want you to pay for tech support services you don’t need, to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. They often ask you to pay by wiring money, putting money on a gift card, prepaid card, or cash reload card, or using cryptocurrency or a money transfer