The Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs reported last week that they had found a dark web marketplace selling access to servers – possibly yours and mine – for as little as $6 and as much as $6,000. The key benefit of these servers is that since they are not actually the hacker’s servers, if they are able […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t normally publish posts on individual software updates, but Flash is such a mess and such a security swamp that I feel compelled to do that. Microsoft’s attempt to copy Flash – Silverlight – is even worse. It is so bad that Google doesn’t support it inside Chrome. My recommendation is that you uninstall […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For many people, they have their Windows desktops and laptops set to automatically install Microsoft’s monthly updates. For businesses, that is not usually the case. They need to make sure that the updates don’t break things and often, as a result, it takes a while for businesses to get the updates installed. In addition, for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A federal judge in Georgia has ruled that the class action lawsuit filed by banks against Home Depot over Home Depot’s massive 2014 breach may proceed. The judge ruled that the banks’ allegations of negligence on Home Depot’s part appear to have merit. That is probably not a great start for Team Home Depot. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone is familiar with all of that unwanted software that manufacturers are paid to install on laptops that they sell. For many people, when they get a new computer, they spend the first many hours installing patches and deleting all of those unwanted applications, which many people lovingly call crapware. Researchers have confirmed that in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Do you use 7-Zip? Do you even know what it is? One of the challenges that businesses and consumers have is that, like sausage, they often do not know what is in the software that they use. As a result, they could be diligent about applying patches and still be exposed to hackers. In this […]
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