Smart Devices for Children (Notice 2017-012)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Some news stories about security and privacy concerns with children toys that are enabled with Internet or Bluetooth connectivity. Strangers can talk to your child through ‘connected’ toys, investigation…

Hewlett-Packard Printer Firmware (Notice 2017-011)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. A security flaw was discovered that allows remote code execution attacks on Hewlett-Packard enterprise-grade printers. A list of affected printers is available at the Hewlett-Packard web site. Firmware patches…

Automatic Teller Machines (Notice 2017-010)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) are a popular target of criminals. Common methods used to exploit these devices are electronic “skimmers” and video cameras. In addition to ATMs are terminal…

WPA2 and KRACK (Notice 2017-009)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Monday a security flaw was announced with the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) cryptography protocol. WPA2 is a widely used method to provide secure encrypted wireless network connections. The…

Digital Photos (Notice 2017-008)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. By default, most digital cameras, including those in phones, embed metadata into digital photo files. This information is called tagging. The metadata includes Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) data,…

CCleaner Malware (Notice 2017-007)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Malware was found in the 32-bit version of CCleaner 5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud 1.07.3191. CCleanup: A Vast Number of Machines at Risk Security Notification for CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner…

Equifax Data Breach (Notice 2017-006)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Much as been reported the past week about the data breach from Equifax servers, possibly affecting more than 140 million people. Leaked data includes names, addresses, birthdays, social security…

Adobe Reader DC (Notice 2017-005)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Google Chrome web browser users should be aware that installing Adobe Reader DC installs a Chrome extension that collects user web surfing data. The extension can be disabled and…

Hewlett-Packard Laptops (Notice 2017-004)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. Recently a keylogger was found to exist in many HP laptop audio drivers. The key logger records key strokes to an unencrypted log file. The log file can be…

Netgear Routers (Notice 2017-003)

This is a Fast-Air Tech Talk security notice. The Tech Talk security notice is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please suggest security notice topics. This past December there was a security flaw discovered with Netgear routers. A firmware update is required to patch the flaw. Netgear routers vulnerability Netgear router users should be…