Saturday, April 16th, 2016
ID Ransomware is a new online service that allows you to upload ransom notes or encrypted file samples to identify the ransomware used to attack you.
So-called ransomware is an ever growing and evolving threat that is attacking computer systems to either hold files hostage by encrypting them, or locks access ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2016
A nasty piece of ransomware that took crypto-extortion to new heights contains a fatal weakness that allows victims to decrypt their data without paying the hefty ransom.
When it came to light two weeks ago, Petya was notable because it targeted a victim's entire startup drive by rendering its master boot ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
NoScript, Firebug, and other popular Firefox add-on extensions are opening millions of end users to a new type of attack that can surreptitiously execute malicious code and steal sensitive data, a team of researchers reported.
The attack is made possible by a lack of isolation in Firefox among various add-ons installed ...
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Friday, March 25th, 2016
As if encrypting files and holding them hostage is not enough, cybercriminals who create and spread crypto-ransomware are now resorting to causing blue screen of death (BSoD) and putting their ransom notes at system startup—as in, even before the operating system loads. Imagine turning on your computer and instead of ...
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
Here is an excellent overview of Qubes OS, which I am mostly converting over to for my everyday operating system.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD0_gq_ugw8[/embed]
What is Qubes OS? From it's own website:
Qubes is a security-oriented operating system (OS). The OS is the software which runs all the other programs on a computer. Some examples of ...
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