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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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When tech giants stumble
Just under a month ago, Samsung announced that it was recalling/replacing all Galaxy Note 7 phablets shipped prior to early September due to exploding batteries. Roughly two weeks later, news broke that Yahoo more than likely allowed US government agencies full access to the entire breadth of all email accounts hosted by Yahoo, while the
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Did Yahoo let the govt read your email?
The good ship Yahoo is still battling troubled waters on its journey to the safe harbor of a Verizon purchase. Reuters has just released a massive bombshell that may blockade if not outright scuttle the $4.8bln deal: two former employees of the beleagured media company have alleged that Yahoo complied with a classified directive from
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Yelp free-speech case goes to Cali Supreme Court
It’s every business owner’s worst nightmare: dissatisfied customer takes to the internet and writes a scathing review on Yelp, possibly hurting new business or scaring away potential clients or even investors and vendors. Worse yet, the review itself may be fabricated, and unless the bad review breaks Yelp’s posting rules, there is typically very little
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