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Archive for March, 2020

Recent Data Breach Affects Some Walgreens Mobile App Users

Are you a Walgreens customer? Do you make use of the company's mobile app, available for both Android and iOS devices? If so, be advised that the company recently disclosed a serious ...

The Web Browser Wars Have A Clear Winner In 2020

It's notoriously difficult to get reliable statistics on web browser usage. While there are sites that purport to track such things such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare, the numbers coming from these sources ...

T-Mobile Is The Latest To Get Hit By Data Breach

Are you a T-Mobile customer? If so, be advised, the company recently published a Notice of Data Breach on their website to inform all clients that an email vendor they utilize was ...

Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise

For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly on ...

New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials

Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year ...

Facebook Is Fighting Back Against Spam Accounts

Unless you're plugged into the world of social media, you may not realize it. There's a war on, and until recently, it was a war that Facebook was losing. The war is ...

JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed

Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential ...

New Android Malware Can Get Past Two-Factor Authentication

Since 2010, Google has been doing its part to help keep its massive user base safe. They introduced a small but critical service called Google Authenticator, which is used by a number ...

Mobile Internet Usage Continues To Rise According To Study

A few years ago, the people who track such things announced that the PC had been dethroned. They said a slight majority of people were turning to their phones as their primary ...

Facial Recognition Company Hacked, Leaking Billions Of Photos

Photos are a new kind of currency, and gaining in value. Clearview AI is a facial recognition startup used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies around the country. The company was hacked, ...

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CRM Systems: The Key to Organized Growth

CRM Systems: The Key to Organized Growth

Today's CRM systems offer much more than an easy way to keep track of every client in your growing establishment.[...]
Laughing Rat Malware Hacks You and Mocks You

Laughing Rat Malware Hacks You and Mocks You

The rise of Laughing Rat malware reminds us that cyberthreats aren’t just about stolen data anymore. They have become more[...]
Outsmarting the Rise of Phishing-as-a-Service

Outsmarting the Rise of Phishing-as-a-Service

Cybercrime has a new business model, and it runs smoother than most legitimate startups. Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) is quickly becoming one[...]

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With over 30 years of experience, STAAR Tech has been a leading provider of IT support and consulting, focusing on small and medium sized businesses in the South Florida tri-county area. We have helped hundreds of businesses increase productivity and profitability by making IT a streamlined part of operations. We equip our clients with customized technology solutions for greater operational value and to reduce cybersecurity risk.

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