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How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile to Boost Your Online Presence Learn how your business can appear on Google Search and Maps leveraging Google My Business, now known as Google Business Profile.

Windows Update downgrade attack "unpatches" fully-updated systems

Windows Update downgrade attack "unpatches" fully-updated systems SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev discovered a Windows Update downgrade attack that can "unpatch" fully-updated Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems to reintroduce old vulnerabilities

Do you reuse passwords? If so, you're at elevated risk.

This is likely the biggest password leak ever: nearly 10 billion credentials exposed The 'RockYou2024' leak could give hackers a huge upper hand.

"Anyone with a social media account on Facebook or Instagram needs to turn on two-factor authentication in their privacy settings. No shame if you haven’t, but do it right now by logging in to your Account Center, clicking Password and security, then Two-factor authentication." - Wired

A good presentation & discussion:

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The Your Observer publication wrote,

"The scammers tell residents that there is an outstanding citation and/or warrant out for their arrest due to missing jury duty, according to the Sarasota County PSA. The callers present themselves as clerk officials, judges or law enforcement officers, and request that payment be made (often by wire, loadable debit cards or other prepaid gift cards) to avoid arrest and incarceration.

"There are a few versions of the scam, not all of which ask for money outright. The jury scam may be used to trick you into providing sensitive information that can be used for identity theft."

Further details:

Jury duty scams on the rise in Sarasota, county warns | Your Observer The county advises residents to hang up the phone and verify court-related calls with the Clerk and Comptroller’s Jury Office.

URL & Scam Checkers
- Phishing Link (URL) & Email Checker https://easydmarc.com/tools/phishing-url
- Website Reputation Checker by URLVOID https://www.urlvoid.com/
- Website Reputation Checker by Trend Micro https://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/
- Website Reputation Checker by Google’s Safe Browsing https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?hl=en
- Web of Trust (WOT) https://www.mywot.com/scorecard/

Check if a Website is Malicious/Scam or Safe/Legit | URLVoid Free website reputation checker tool lets you scan a website with multiple website reputation/blocklist services to check if the website is safe and legit or malicious. Check the online reputation of a website to better detect potentially malicious and scam websites.

If you're an Xfinity / Comcast customer, have you changed your password after their data breech?

What Information Was Involved? On December 6, 2023, Xfinity / Comcast concluded that leaked information included customer usernames and hashed passwords. For some customers, other information was also included, such as names, contact information, last four digits of social security numbers, dates of birth and/or secret questions and answers.

To protect your account, Xfinity / Comcast asks you to reset your password. The next time you login to your Xfinity / Comcast account, you will be prompted to change your password, if you haven’t been asked to do so already.

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Pretexting

"The act of creating an invented scenario in order to persuade a targeted victim to release information or perform some action. Pretexting can also be used to impersonate people in certain jobs and roles, such as technical support or law enforcement, to obtain information."

Continued at KnowBe4: https://www.knowbe4.com/knowbe4-glossary/

GoDaddy admits: Crooks hit us with malware, poisoned customer websites New report admits that attackers were detected in the network about three months ago, and may have been attacking for about three years.

Ugh. Not good.

GoDaddy admits: Crooks hit us with malware, poisoned customer websites New report admits that attackers were detected in the network about three months ago, and may have been attacking for about three years.

Ugh. This isn't good.

GoDaddy admits: Crooks hit us with malware, poisoned customer websites New report admits that attackers were detected in the network about three months ago, and may have been attacking for about three years.

On this last day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we remind you that a second opinion is a good idea when it comes to computer security. We've listed a few helpful scanners to do just that at this link: https://techmacgyver.net/scan-computer-malware/

Scan Your Windows Computer for Malware using free Online & Portable Tools - Tech MacGyver The following tools will safely scan your computer for malware/viruses and remove them. ESET Online Scanner https://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ F-Secure Online Scanner https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/online-scanner McAfee Stinger https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee...

A b***y trapped web page can trick iPhones, iPads & Macs into running unauthorized and untrusted code.

Get those Apple products patched! Zero-day browser & kernel issues are severe!

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/08/18/apple-patches-double-zero-day-in-browser-and-kernel-update-now/

Apple patches double zero-day in browser and kernel – update now! Double 0-day exploits – one in WebKit (to break in) and the other in the kernel (to take over). Patch now!

"Did you mistakenly format a hard drive when Windows pops up an error message, telling that .'You need to format the disk in drive N: before you can use it', and then lost important data?" https://www.easeus.com/resource/unformat.htm

2022 Unformat Freeware, Unformat Hard Drive and Recover Data - EaseUS Don't worry if you mistakenly formatted a hard drive partition or an external hard drive, USB, etc. On this page, we'll explain what does unformat mean, what to do when you formatted a wrong drive, what is the best unformat freeware in 2022, and guide you to unformat a disk and recover all lost data...

Looking forward this cybersecurity-centric 3rd part of the "What Now Ukraine?" series. Hope you can join and learn something.

Focus on Cybersecurity, stream for free. Register: https://eventbrite.com/e/ukraine-whats-next-tickets-333787847437

Ukraine: What's Next? Ukraine: What's Next? A four-part virtual speaker series.

Facebook Protect works by activating stronger account security controls for sensitive accounts and pages.

The program will be particularly focused on getting eligible users to enable 2FA for their accounts

https://therecord.media/1-5-million-users-joined-facebook-protect-since-september/

1.5 million users joined Facebook Protect since September Meta (formerly Facebook) said today that they enrolled more than 1.5 million users in Facebook Protect, a security program designed for human rights activists, journalists, and government officials.

Use the link below instead of Facebook dot com, and load a chronological rather than their whacked algorithm ranking experience version of your timeline.

https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr