We previously wrote about CryptoLocker, the trojan that encrypts your files and then holds the decryption key ransom, over six months ago. It and many variants have continued to harass and charge individuals and organizations. For those victims, McAfee made an exciting announcement yesterday. Law enforcement and the private sector, including McAfee, cooperated to dismantle the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Alternatives or a future for TrueCrypt
Starting on Wednesday, the official TrueCrypt website, truecrypt.org, has redirected to SourceForge and says that development has ended 5/2014. WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support … [Read more...]
Mandatory Profiles with Windows 8.1 Update
I've used Mandatory Profiles for controlling a lab environment running Windows XP and Windows 7. Trying to do the same thing in Windows 8.1, did not work quite so straightforward, so I figured I would document the process. The step-by-step is at the end of this article. Mandatory profiles (and super mandatory profiles) are pre-configured roaming user profiles where changes are … [Read more...]
EFF on Open Wireless and Copyright Infringement
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently published a white paper on copyright infringement from open Wi-Fi. The paper is not legal advice but answers many questions that might arise after you receive an abuse complaint for behavior somebody else did on your network. The white paper is available as a PDF … [Read more...]
Stream the Apple WWDC live on June 2nd
Apple will be live streaming this year's WorldWide Developers Conference keynote speech. You can catch it 10am PDT on June 2nd on Apple.com. The announcements provided in the keynote could come fast and furious as the rumors anticipate OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 as well as hardware announcements for wearable technology and an Apple TV. Of course, these are rumors and there's no … [Read more...]