A recent cyberattack that took down large swaths of the internet around the world on Friday was carried out, in part, by unsuspecting devices connected to the internet. Affected sites included Twitter, Etsy, Github, Vox, Spotify, Airbnb, Netflix and Reddit. Security firm Flashpoint said it believes that digital video recorders and webcams in people’s homes…
When installing themes, it is important to know that certain free WordPress themes come ridden with malware, broken code or malicious links to third party sites. This is especially so, if the free WordPress theme is obtained outside the official WordPress repository. It becomes even scarier since most of these infected themes are offered in…
If someone else is using your computer or if you need to see what changes were made to your files and folders during a specific time, you can use Nirsoft’s handy FolderChangesView application. Nirsoft is a great freeware provider that produces amazing little tools for your PC, and the best part is that they never…
So, you’ve got Adobe Flash Player? Update it now. Adobe has released an emergency update to its Flash Player after security researchers discovered a bug that allows attackers to take over and then crash users’ machines. The official Adobe website for you to verify your Flash Player is: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ In a statement, Adobe called the…
Antivirus tools are the aircraft flotation devices of PCs: They give you a false sense of security. Despite efforts by security companies to thwart cyber-attacks, hackers keep finding new ways into unsuspecting people’s computers and systems. That’s why Microsoft is adding a new feature to its Windows Defender line of anti-hacking tools: When hackers do…
Software restriction policies are a new feature in Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003. This important feature provides administrators with a policy-driven mechanism for identifying software programs running on computers in a domain, and controls the ability of those programs to execute. Software restriction policies can improve system integrity and manageability—which ultimately lowers the…
A Los Angeles hospital just paid a ransom equivalent to around $17,000 in bitcoins to get its computer systems back up and running. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center staff noticed issues accessing its computer network on Feb. 5. Malware had locked access to certain computer systems and prevented communicating electronically, according to the hospital statement.…
The hackers might turn your lights off… Cyber security was in the news again this week as hackers released contact details of thousands of FBI and Homeland Security employees after claiming to have taken 200 GB of data from Department of Justice computers. But even as such breaches have started to feel almost routine, they are…
Many times it is necessary to integrate data and give remote users a shared access. But how to implement a secure solution that allows all users to have a repository on the server or some kind of cloud that works locally? For situations like this you can actually use WebDAV that comes with IIS. It…
It is clear that technology moves quite faster than legislation. American and European officials failed on Sunday to reach an agreement over how digital data — including financial information and social media posts — could be transferred between the two regions. Despite last-minute talks, the two sides remained far apart on specific details required to…