A security professional exposed to a spam campaign on Facebook discovered the method used by the perpetrator and submitted a report through the company’s bug bounty program. The issue still exists because Faceboook dismissed it on on the grounds that it does not...
Slow week with ransomware news as we lead up into the holidays. Mostly small variants that won’t get much distribution or releases of new variants of older ransomware. […]
What’s the most annoying thing about Windows Update? If you said the reboots, Microsoft has got you covered. Soon, Windows Update may be able to reboot your PC immediately after updates rather than waiting for a convenient time—wait, what? It sounds ridiculous, but...
Chromebooks have always been great if you can do your work with web apps (and now Android and Linux apps). But most people still find themselves keeping a separate Windows machine for specific tasks. That might change soon. The “AltOS” feature first started appearing...
It’s that holiday time of year again, and that means it’s over the river and through the woods to…well, fix your family’s Wi-Fi and other tech problems. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re the “tech person” in your family. That means your family...
For a third time in four months, a security researcher announces a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and provides exploit code that allows reading into unauthorized locations. […]
