We recently reviewed the bad state of affairs in the world of edge devices, routers, cable and DSL modems, and wireless access points. I just read an article on CSO the talked about the dangers that exist with the routers that router traffic and basically run the Internet. The problem is that these routers are running a Linux kernel in their core that is ...
We have heard plenty of stories about people who blindly followed their GPS over a cliff or missing bridge to their doom. Now this bit of research from Slate Magazine.
“Researchers at Georgia Tech had 42 volunteers follow a seemingly autonomous robot into a conference room. However, the robot was actually guided by a hidden researcher, whose goal was to intentionally lead the test subjects astray in order to establish the bot’s unreliability.
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Are your tired of telemarketers? How about political campaigns? How about the robocalls that listen for your responses and try to engage you in a pseudo conversation? Here is your revenge. Use the call transfer feature of your phone to send the call to 1-214-666-4321. This number is run by the Jolly Roger Telephone Company, and uses the same canned ...
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We wrote last year about how the IRS and their Get Transcript service was instrumental in helping identity thieves file fraudulent tax returns for big refunds. The problem was that the IRS used static user identity information that was available elsewhere online. They promised to fix this security problem, but have not. This year, many users of the IP PIN system that was supposed to harden ...
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Windows 10 is getting kudos from technology pundits everywhere for producing an operating system that is efficient, technically excellent, and more secure than anything Microsoft has ever produced. But this is an operating system that is attached to cloud services, and that collects and transmits more personal data to Microsoft and other cloud providers. Just like your smartphone, your Windows PC and all those Apps are keeping track ...
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We haven’t seen macro viruses for a while, but they are back. HawkEye a new variant of the resurgent use of unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and other office documents. Using macros, written in Visual Basic, attackers are using Word document attachments to run code on victim computers.
Last week we wrote about the Locky ransomware exploit that encrypts your ...
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MARFrom Pinterest, check out my board to see more example of computers from the past.
Check out these specs!
- 10 MB hard drive
- 5 1/4 dual floppies
- 8-bit microprosessor
- 12″ monitor
- 64 K RAM
- Just $6 grand (back when a grand was real money)
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Dyre Wolf is one version in the family of banking Trojans that started with Zeus and NeverQuest, and now includes Dridex, SpyEye, Shylock,Shifu, Gozi, and Tinba. Banking Trojans are designed to sit unnoticed on your computer, and to capture your banking and financial login credentials and send them to criminals who use the information to empty your accounts. They are among the worst exploits that can happen to you, followed closely ...
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Some of the nastiest exploits going around are the many variants of the CryptoLocker and CryptoWall malware that encrypt all your personal files and hold them for ransom. Payment in bitcoin is required, in amounts starting at $200 and ranging upward to the $17,000 (400 BTC) that Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital just paid to unlock their files. Or even more. The amount will be whatever the attackers think they can extract from the victim.
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Last Friday we dove down the WordPress Security bunny hole to chase the Aethera botnet and the other attack platform that WordFence reported. Today we are looking a their new WordPress Security Learning Center.
If you are a developer or security professional, you should check this site out, and take the time to fit the classes into your schedule. If you are ...
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