The Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic for today reverses the technology and human roles with fatal results. For an extra panel, visit the comic and click the red button. … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
Analyzing malware Attentive Antivirus files
Earlier this week, a computer was flagged by our security software as still infected. The malware was residing in C:ProgramDataaUs6sdpV with an executable of the same name as the folder. Symantec identified it as Suspicious.Cloud.5.A while others flagged it as AA2014 or Attentive Antivirus 2014 malware. More interesting than the executable itself which ComboFix was able to … [Read more...]
America’s contribution to the iPhone manufacturing process
This infographic is very informative in relaying the manufacturing process of Apple's iPhone. It also goes into the history of how America lost the manufacturing of the iPhone to overseas but how it might be coming back. Of course, other countries' companies are also contributing in their own ways to our complicated electronics. (Credit: Finances Online) … [Read more...]
How to create a local account in Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview
The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview came out last week so I decided to check out some of the new features. Before I could even complete the setup, I ran into the same problems that got Microsoft in trouble in the first place with Windows 8. When Microsoft thinks it knows best and removes options, the users of the product suffer. Understandably, Microsoft has its own agenda to … [Read more...]
Identity Theft by City
Does where you live make you more likely to be a victim of identity theft? Based on the stats in this infographic, it would seem so but there are more variables than just location in play. For example, the data could be biased if one state just has a really good education effort to teach citizens how to report identity theft. Another infographic with identity theft statistic … [Read more...]