Virus, malware, and security in general
Just recently I’ve had a number of people ask me about a relatively new program called ScanGuard. The company behind ScanGuard describes it as “The All In One Security & Optimization Software” and, apparently, the software has been extensively advertised online, especially on Facebook. So, […]
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Eugene Kasperksy, founder of the Kasperksy security software company, has recently published a long diatribe, aptly titled “That’s It. I’ve Had Enough!“, slamming Microsoft for the integration and actions of Windows Defender which he claims constitutes anti-competitive behavior. Let’s dissect a number of Mr. Kaspersky’s
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Recovery We normally think of recovery as something that happens after an injury or setback. In the case of a Microsoft account, however, it becomes a preventative measure. You need to get the “medicine” before your account becomes inaccessible, or “ill” if we want to
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Nuke The Servers In a perfect world, all content on the Web would be free. But in case you didn’t get the memo, it’s not a perfect world. Someone, somewhere, somehow, has to pay for the bandwidth and content you are consuming every time your
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DDoS Attacks On October 21st, a massive Cyber-Attack impacted major websites such as Airbnb, Etsy, Netflix, Reddit, Spotify and Twitter. The nature of the attack is part of a growing trend of Dedicated Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that utilize infected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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I just got eMail (newsletter) from a reliable source saying there had been a breach of security at Yahoo and it recommended changing the password on all your Yahoo services. This failure actually occured two years ago but Yahoo is only now confirming it. Inexcusable!
Newsflash! Yahoo Hacked – Change Your Password Read More »
Electronics Frontier Foundation Ever hear of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)? My guess is that most have not. However, in the fast-moving and ever-developing age of electronics, they are a very important organization. The EFF is the “leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the
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UPDATE Seems this offer has expired already. Sorry about that, one would normally expect these types of free beta offers to last a lot longer – weeks or even months – I’m guessing this one attracted a much larger than normal response. Zemana is now
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Tech writers are always pushing people to start using a password manager, and there are very good reasons for that – not least of which is that a password is the lock on the gate to your accounts and sensitive data. If you use a
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Security expert and leading investigative journalist Brian Krebs, in collaboration with security professional Daniel Gallagher, has recently discovered that a popular remote administration tool known as “Orcus RAT” is actually exhibiting the sort of behavior which is generally associated with a remote access trojan –
Is Popular Remote Admin Tool Actually a Remote Access Trojan Read More »
Security Recently, it was reported that a prominent security expert acquired a database with 272.3 million eMail accounts, with passwords, from a hacker in a Russian underground forum. All it cost him was a nice review of the hacker’s skills. The stolen IDs/passwords contained accounts
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Password vs Passkey Security experts have shown us over the past couple of years how little effort some people put into coming up with the passwords that will secure their online accounts, routers, eMail, etc. It seems that so many people demonstrate an amazing indifference
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Ransomware has quickly grown into one of the most prevalent threats today and is showing no signs of abating any time soon. We’ve already published several articles discussing methods for the prevention of ransomware, you can catch up with those articles by clicking the following
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We’ve all been through the scenario; we purchase a shiny new PC and experience that tinge of excitement and anticipation as we rush home to set it up. We get home, plug it in and boot it up, only to be confronted by a plethora
OEM Bloatware: A Major Security Risk! Read More »
