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Rise of the Machines – Round 2
One month ago we wrote about a wave of attacks powered by compromised security appliances – mostly Asian-manufactured network video recorders – that disabled popular internet services for several days in late October. Despite the growing awareness of the problem due to this incident, this infected segment of the Internet of Things (IoT) is still active
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Big box retailer caught scamming computer buyers
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us, and I know at least half-a-dozen people that are planning to go technology shopping. Many of you are like me and are wise to retailer shenanigans leveraging seasonal enthusiasm and internet hype to separate us from our hard-earned cash, but there are deals to be had if you
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Being on the Internet does not guarantee veracity
Last week’s election has the media and media watchers doing quite a bit of navel-gazing, especially the ones that predicted a wildly different outcome. Among the companies identified as a major agent of influence is Facebook, and not for respectable reasons; the social media platform has been plagued with fake news stories that spread virally throughout
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Indiana county shuttered by ransomware
Unfortunately, stories of ransomware holding companies hostage are becoming so commonplace that reporting on them is almost not worth it anymore. The public is building up the same type of awareness fatigue everyone experienced last year with the numerous data breaches occurring in our most well-known companies and platforms. The latest victim is the county of Madison,
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The (Real) Rise of the Machines
More than 30 years ago James Cameron’s Terminator showed us a future wherein unstoppable machines have taken over the world with ruthless efficiency. While they haven’t quite managed the terrifying robotic menace of Schwarzeneggar’s titular character, the machines managed to rise up and ruin the the internet for several days last week. Regardless of how
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Watch out for fake tech support
It’s one of the oldest cons in the book: convincing a mark that they’re sick and then selling them a handy cure for the low, low price of “You just got ripped off.” Despite this sort of scam being perpetrated on the internet for years now, it’s still bamboozling lots of people, according to a
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