Articles by 'Eric Corcoran'

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Tuesday 7/30 Capital One Announces Data Security Incident This event affected approximately 100 million individuals in the United States and approximately 6 million in Canada. Importantly, no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not compromised. https://prn.to/2GDVrrc Robinhood admits to storing some passwords in cleartext Not all Robinhood users were impacted, but a company spokesperson could not reveal the exact number.... read more.

• August 09, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 7/22 Fake FaceApp Challenge Apps Are Installing Malware. Here's What You Need To Know The first detections of the FaceApp fake were a week ago but, according to data, there have been 500 unique users infected within the last 48 hours. http://bit.ly/2M4nDHu The rising tide of ransomware requires a commitment to best practices The long-term impact of this ransomware trend has to be a commitment to best practices. Let's start by not leaving the door unlocked. https://zd.net/2y11lOH Adware is the... read more.

• July 26, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 7/15 Shopping On Amazon Prime Day? Keep An Eye Out For Phishing Scams Cybersecurity firm McAfee reported that a popular phishing kit, called 16Shop, has recently turned its attention to Amazon. While the kit has been designed to scam Apple customers, a modified version is now targeting Amazon shoppers just in time for one of the biggest shopping days of the year. http://bit.ly/2XNvmfi Citrix SD-WAN takes the fast path to the cloud Citrix SD-WAN 11.0 is coming soon with new features for... read more.

• July 19, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 7/8 Splunk Secure Mobile Access for iOS Splunk has now released its Splunk Connected Experiences suite of mobile applications, leveraging the new Splunk Cloud Gateway application, to provide secure access to on-premises Splunk Enterprise with no separate VPN software required. Instead, the Cloud Gateway app on Splunk Enterprise communicates with the mobile apps through a secure, transparent, cloud-based service maintained by Splunk. http://bit.ly/2YG0iiF CrescentCore Mac Malware Outsmarts Apple:... read more.

• July 12, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 6/24 Getting Started with Citrix Workspace and On-Premises Virtual Apps and Desktops For those customers that still have on-premises Virtual Apps and Desktop deployments, implementing the Workspace service offers an excellent opportunity to evaluate the user experience of Citrix Cloud and Workspace app. Customers can keep their on-premises NetScaler and StoreFront deployments, and still integrate their Virtual Apps and Desktops sites into Workspace. http://bit.ly/2N98iaO Hackers Are Targeting 1.5... read more.

• June 28, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 6/17 This data-stealing malware has returned with new attacks and nasty upgraded features The new version of Scranos comes with an updated infection technique based around a fake application called CClear. It's based on the legitimate and widely used system optimisation application CCLeaner and is advertised as carrying out similar functionalities.  https://zd.net/2ZjaIVs AMCA data breach has now gone over the 20 million mark Exposed data included names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates... read more.

• June 21, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 6/10 Enterprise under attack: Dark web cyber criminals sell hacking tools aimed at business In many cases, attackers are specifically advertising their products as a means of compromising enterprises. For example, researchers found listings for Nuke malware being advertised in this way – a particularly worrying example because of how destructive it can be. https://zd.net/2KGR2XA Interns and Social Media: A Goldmine for Hackers Through my experiences, I’ve learned the best spots to se... read more.

• June 14, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Tuesday 6/4 CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company has named Gotham Technology Group to their 2019 Solution Provider 500 list at spot #181. This annual list ranks the largest North American IT channel partner organizations by revenue. The Solution Provider 500 is the industry standard for recognizing the highest performing technology integrators, strategic service providers and IT consultants. http://bit.ly/3175GNj Quest Diagnostics says 11.9 million patients affected by data breach According to the... read more.

• June 07, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Tuesday 5/28 In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc Since that leak, rogue actors have used EternalBlue to spread malware that has paralyzed hospitals, airports, rail and shipping operators, A.T.M.s and factories that produce critical vaccines. Now the tool is hitting the United States where it is most vulnerable, in local governments with aging digital infrastructure and fewer resources to defend themselves. https://nyti.ms/2HIEVY9 Title insurer exposes millions of mortgage records... read more.

• May 31, 2019

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Tuesday 5/21 Millions of Instagram influencers and brands had their private contact data scraped and exposed From a brief review of the data, each record contained public data scraped from Instagram accounts, including their bio, profile picture, the number of followers they have, if they’re verified and their location by city and country, but also contained private contact information, such as the Instagram account owner’s email address and phone number. https://tcrn.ch/2QgvvWa Citrix Usher... read more.

• May 24, 2019