Author: WasatchSA

Wasatch Security Awareness Site Administrator.
The "Hover"

The "Hover"

Hovering over a link before you click on it is a great practice. However, someone has found out a way that a hover can activate a script to download — and they are using Microsoft PowerPoint as the vehicle. This applies to the older software versions (i.e. 2007 and below) which will automatically download; the newer versions (2010 and above) will give you a warning before the download begins and if don’t download, you should be OK. As you hover over links, older PowerPoint versions can automatically start running a…

Wait... Isn't Fireball a Candy?

Wait... Isn't Fireball a Candy?

This isn’t the big red round hot candy that you could keep around for days. This is the newest threat to come out. For now it has infected 250,000,000 PC’s and looks like India could be the worst hit. This is a malware/adware that can take over a browser and run a code to download, or manipulate web traffic that will increase ad-revenue for the company behind the whole attack.  This can even install additional plug-ins and configurations to increase its advertisements. The malware is from a company in China…