Watch out for Phishing – Here is how to respond

In the past month I had two items occur that raised my phishing alert. Phishing is a form of social engineering.  Crooks frequently take advantage of the fact that people (1) like to be helpful and (2) make assumptions when someone calls or emails them and seems to be in authority. Then the crooks ask […]

Does your new computer have malware on it before you even turn it on?

I have read several articles over the past few years reporting incidents in which new technology was  infected with malware before the owner ever had a chance to use it. Normally the technology had been imported from over seas. When I first read these stories I shook my head and wondered, if you can’t trust […]