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...]
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...]
April Fools 2015 around the web
It's that time of year again. Here are some of the best of the web gags I have found this year: Amazon Retro - Amazon took a retro look to its homepage. Google Actual Cloud Platform - Google is launching clouds, literally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o Google Fiber Dial-up mode - Google Fiber too fast? Slow it down with Dial-Up … [Read more...]
Firefox 37.0 released as a stub installer, and where to get the full install file
Firefox 37.0 was released today and despite the bug fixes and new features, something else was much more noticeable. The installer is being pushed as the Stub file. This is nothing new from the main download page, which has been pushing the stub installer since Firefox 22.0 and July 2013. The stub installer is similar to what other developers call an 'online installer' because … [Read more...]
It’s only a backup if it’s in more than one place
Today is World Backup Day. March 31st is your annual reminder to backup your data so you don't lose everything. One of the common mistakes that I see even highly educated people making is keeping their files in only one location. You might have told them that they should have a backup somewhere because if their hard drive dies, all of their files could go with it. They take … [Read more...]