Adobe made available the Adobe Document Cloud today along with updates Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC. Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC are the successors to Adobe Acrobat 11 and Adobe Reader 11. The update ties in more Adobe cloud services while also providing a new interface and more features. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC can be downloaded for Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Successfully attaching a USB drive to my keychain
I was shopping for a new USB 3.0 drive in recent months and finally found a a great drive at a good price with the SanDisk Ultra Fit. My only complaint was that I was having difficulty attaching it to my keyring to ensure I always had it with me. Coming from the LaCie IAmAKey, this was a very obvious, lacking feature for the Ultra Fit drive. The Ultra Fit does offer a thin … [Read more...]
CryptoMonitor presented as freemium solution to ransomware like CryptoLocker/CryptoWall
Encrypting ransomware will encrypt your files and then charge money for the key to decrypt them. Some of these malicious ransomware products go by the names: CryptoWall, CryptoLocker, CTB Locker, CryptorBit, KeyHolder, TeslaCrypt, Operation Global, TorrentLocker, CryptoDefense, ZeroLocker, and others. If your computer or a computer in your organization were hit by this … [Read more...]
What is augmented reality?
Augmented Reality layers virtual objects into real life settings. It is becoming more popular with smartphones since they have cameras, displays, and computers, everything needed for augmented reality. An app would use the rear-facing camera to see what the person is seeing. The computer would generate the digital objects such as special effects or information about the … [Read more...]
Google provides an Android Security State of the Union report
Google provided an Android Security State of the Union 2014 yesterday. It addresses steps they have taken to make Android a safe ecosystem and how they responded to learning of new vulnerabilities. The result is a 44 page report available as a PDF. It’s lengthy, so if you’ve only got a minute, we pulled out a few of the key findings here: Over 1 billion devices are protected … [Read more...]