Windows Update April 9th Blowup: Sophos McAfee and Avast

Windows Update April 9th Blowup: Sophos McAfee and Avast antivirus tools. Latest Patch Tuesday fixes. Two weeks and no sign of a proper solution, Avast and McAfee affected, too By Iain Thomson in San Francisco 24 Apr 2019 at 20:26 Updated Unlucky Sophos antivirus users face a dilemma: either uninstall the software, or install April’s […]

Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site

Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-admits-tracking-users-and-non-users-off-site) Today article “FaceBook Could have to pay “Billions” in damages in class action suit Facebook has released more information on the social media platform’s tracking of users off-site, after its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, failed to answer questions about the process from US politicians and as the company […]

Are you ready? RE: Google and Facebook

If you are not shocked you probably should not own a phone or computer..or you do not care about privacy. Sorry for being direct. Nobody has the right to my privacy   Are you ready? Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you Dylan Curran https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/all-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy   Roy

FaceBook,Google, not GCHQ, is the truly chilling spy network

By John Naughton Daily surveillance of the general public conducted by the search engine, along with Facebook, is far more insidious than anything our spooks get up to When Edward Snowden first revealed the extent of government surveillance of our online lives, the then foreign secretary, William (now Lord) Hague, immediately trotted out the old […]

Top 5 reasons why you should try/buy Bitdefender GravityZone:

#1 Ranked in major independent tests for protection, performance, and usability and trusted to protect more than 500 Million endpoints globally #2 Global Protective Network analyzes and correlates information from 500M endpoints and other sources to anticipate, prevent and detect attacks anywhere in the world in less than 3 seconds #3 Advanced endpoint protection utilizing […]

Appears that every nation, country has dropped Kaspersky Antivirus

Personal Opinion Well it certainly appears that every nation, country has dropped Kaspersky Antivirus as a security solution except Russia go figure. My suggestion if you still have a small Red K in your system tray, remove it and look for an alternative security solution.. Contact your company tech and request it be removed before […]

Personal opinion about Bitdefender vs Kaspersky

I recently just saw a comment from Eugene Kaspersky stating he did not like Bitdefender marketing tactics “Concerned about renewing Kaspersky click to learn how to replace Kaspersky with no increase in cost” At MspPortal Partners we endorse the move to Bitdefender. With 274 aggregators/tech firms protecting 100,000 endpoints with Bitdefender Gravity Zone managed Malware […]

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Can Actually Help Spies Steal Data, Warn Researchers

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Can Actually Help Spies Steal Data, Warn Researchers (https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/07/27/kaspersky-av-hack-with-satellite-malware/#47ef7bf42e0f) Thomas Fox-Brewster , Forbes Staff I cover crime, privacy and security in digital and physical forms. “Kaspersky says it isn’t going to fix the problem” “It’s not just Americans that are worried about the Moscow-based AV vendor, though. Even some Russians have concerns. Vladimir […]

The US Government Banned Kaspersky Antivirus

  Will Trump Ban Russian Anti-Virus Software Giant Kaspersky Labs Over Alleged Kremlin Ties? Newsweek The US Government Banned Kaspersky Antivirus – Virus Guides Trump Administration Restricts Kaspersky Lab Product Use – BankInfoSecurity.com US government removes Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors for IT services – Neowin Managed Service Provider for the following […]

New Worm Uses Seven NSA Tools, Five More than WannaCry

Called EternalRocks, this new worm is not yet weaponized May 22, 2017 20:21 GMT  ·  By Gabriela Vatu  ·  Share: The world thought WannaCry was the worst thing to happen to computer security, but that’s far from the truth given what security researchers just found out – namely a new worm spreading via SMB using […]