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Ransomware is a type of malware that locks users out of their computers and requires a fee to return access to the computer. More sophisticated forms encrypt files on the hard drive making it very difficult to decrypt without paying the fee. Once the fee is paid, the malware isn’t necessarily gone; it could be…

A massive breach of medical records containing confidential personal information has prompted both federal and state investigations. It all started when CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini got a tip about what a dumpster diver found in the trash. Suburban Lung Associates has numerous offices affiliated with major hospitals. The Northbrook company is responsible to store…

Windows 8.1 allows low-level users to gain administrator privileges. It has been 90 days since Google found the security issue, however there is still no fix from Microsoft. This security hole was found as part of Google’s Project Zero initiative, which finds weaknesses in software in hopes that the developers can create solutions before hackers…

In light of the NSA documents released by Edward Snowden, we are able to see what levels of encryption the NSA struggled to break through. German News Station Der Spiegel, has revealed the holes in the NSA’s encryption breaking programs. It turns out that there are some networks that the NSA just can’t break at…

It is unfortunate, but every now and then we come across a similar information theft story. In this case, it was a restaurant whose poor security resulted in stolen credit card information. The medium sized restaurant had a few point of sale (POS) terminals and a single computer in the manager’s office which was also…

If you’re occupied in the kitchenette of Anthony Bourdain, legendary chef of Brasserie Les Halles, best-selling author, and well-known TV character, you don’t dare so much as boil warm water without attending to a ceremonial that’s necessary for any self-respecting chef: mise-en-place. The “Meez,” as specialists call it, interprets into “all in its place.” In…

Mail auto responders are one-to-one emails sent to a subscriber on your list that are activated to add value to the knowledge a person has with your business online. Auto responders are activated by an act taken on your web or by a regulator set by your team, either best outfits the situations of the…

You can’t choice the newspaper or melody in to the newscast deprived of earshot about the latest cyber-attack against a protuberant commercial. Most particularly, there’s Target, who’s CEO, Gregg Steinhafel, was involuntary to step depressed last month following one of the biggest hack attacks ever charted. The regular cost to a small company for a hack…

Always since I erudite about the threat of “juice-jacking”, the probability that working your mobile device into a accidental control accusing position using a USB string might risk the data on that expedient. I have been additional watchful around transporting a good power-outlet accusing connector on my voyages. But in the insufficient cases when I overlooked or…