Tax software company TurboTax paused state filing amid growing concerns of tax fraud. The state of Minnesota actually stopped accepting tax filings prepared using TurboTax. The company worked with a third-party security expert Palantir to examine fraud activities and has since resumed filing state taxes according to a blog post earlier today. Federal tax filing was not … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2003 support ends in July
Everybody is well versed in Microsoft's operating systems reaching the end of their lifecycle since we've been through Windows XP recently, right? This time around, we're talking about Windows Server 2003. It will reach its end of support on July 14, 2015. After support ends, the operating system will no longer receive security patches from Microsoft or software and content … [Read more...]
KeySweeper USB wall charger could be keylogging you
KeySweeper is a device that masquerades as a functional USB to AC adapter that could actually be storing and sending every keystroke from a Microsoft wireless keyboard. The wall charger is surprisingly cheap to build and quite capable. It can store data or send it over GSM. It's Arduino-based and can even provide a web interface to watch keystrokes in real-time. It even has a … [Read more...]
Panoramic tour inside Kaspersky’s virus detection lab
Kaspersky Lab offers a panoramic virtual tour of their virus detection lab. You can rotate around and see where people are hard at work. It shows the work environment, dashboards, and a little bit of humor. Use your mouse to pan around and see the employees or the skyline. Click on the red '+' buttons for little facts about the office. You can check it out for yourself at … [Read more...]
Microsoft takes on tech support scammers directly
Tech support scams claiming to be Microsoft are becoming increasingly common as their is a profit to be made through illegitimate services. A person will receive a cold call that claims to be from Microsoft. The agent claims to be receiving notifications that there is a problem with the person's computer - perhaps malware or some other problem. To "demonstrate the problem", the … [Read more...]