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Archive for December, 2021

Over 4,000 Online Shopping Retailers Hit With Data Breach

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified more than 4,000 different retailers that have been compromised by hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities on checkout pages in order to divert payments and ...

Latest iPhone Update May Fix Dropped Calls Problem

Do you own an iPhone 12 or 13? Have you been dealing with dropped calls? If so then Apple has good news and a fix for that. Simply upgrade to iOS 15.11 ...

Hackers Hit Wind Energy Provider With Ransomware

Vestas Wind Systems is one of the leaders in wind turbine manufacturing in North America with 40,000 MW currently installed and another 36,000 MW under service in both the US and Canada. ...

Large GoDaddy Data Breach Involves WordPress Customer Email Adresses

Are you a GoDaddy customer? Do you maintain a WordPress blog with the company? If so be advised that the company recently announced a breach of their network. An as yet unidentified ...

Beware Certain Sites Because Of TSA PreCheck Renewal Scam

According to a report recently released by Abnormal Security there's been a huge upsurge of instances of people getting scammed after visiting what they thought were Global Entry, NEXUS, and TSA PreCheck ...

Blue Screen On Windows 11 Could Be Audio Driver Issue

Sometimes the development process is smooth and sometimes it's not so smooth. Right now Windows 11's development is falling into that latter category. Recently Windows Engineers announced a serious issue plaguing the ...

YouTube Will Start Hiding Dislike Counts From Public

Some months back YouTube announced that it would begin experimenting with the notion of hiding the number of down votes or dislikes that displayed content receives. At present for most of the ...

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Google Blocks Five Billion Ads Amid AI Scams

Google Blocks Five Billion Ads Amid AI Scams

If you’ve spent any time online in the last year, you’ve come across AI-generated content, even if you didn’t realize[...]
Cyber Hygiene: Simple Steps To Stay Secure

Cyber Hygiene: Simple Steps To Stay Secure

How protected is your business in today’s digital age? Threats are everywhere and only growing more sophisticated each day. Cyber hygiene[...]
Social Engineering: The Human Side of Hacking

Social Engineering: The Human Side of Hacking

What’s the weakest link in your cybersecurity strategy? It’s not your firewall or antivirus software but your people. Social engineering targets[...]

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Suite 307-429
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 336-2970

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Suite 260
Austin, TX 78702

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Since 2003, The Critical Update has been a leading provider of IT support and consulting, focusing on small and medium sized businesses in the Austin metropolitan 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 risk.

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