Yahoo – Bandon IT

October 4, 2014
By Aaron
Education, Security

Tip # 4 – Stop using Yahoo. Just stop it. Now.

I bring this security tip to bear due to continued mounting issues we see when our clients use Yahoo. There are three separate pitfalls that users of other web portals and email services have not had yet to encounter to the degree of Yahoo users. Email hacks from the back-end. Think you have the strongest […]

January 5, 2014
By Aaron
Malware, Software

Yahoo.com malware delivered to ‘hundreds of thousands’ of visitors since Dec 30th

Yahoo.com advertising servers were compromised on or about Dec 30th, delivering to anyone that accessed the site malware (viruses, trojans, etc) using an exploit in older versions of JAVA. For more information about the Yahoo.com malware attack: Washington Post article For more information on how to keep your computer protected: Lassen PC Security Tips […]