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A Recent IE Patch is Causing Windows to Fail While Booting on Some Lenovo Laptops

Microsoft has seen its share of issues as of late, and now a seemingly simple patch is causing serious issues to certain laptops running the 2016 Anniversary Update. The update was originally released to prevent a zero-day attack on IE. Per Microsoft, this was the...

The Week in Ransomware – December 21st 2018 – No More Ransom

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. […]

Info on Over 500,000 Students and Staff Exposed in San Diego School District Hack

Personal information belonging to over half a million students going back the 2008-2009 school year, parents, and staff members of San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) may have been compromised in a data breach incident. […]

New Tech Support Scam Causes Chrome Browser to Use 100% of the CPU

A new tech support scam has been discovered that uses JavaScript to create a loop that ultimately causes Google Chrome to use up all of the CPU resources on the computer and freeze the browser. […]

10 Tips for Taking Better Christmas Photos

Christmas and holiday parties mean getting lots of family and friends together. And getting the family together usually means lots and lots of pictures! Here are some of our favorite tips for taking better photos this holiday. You might use a tiny digital camera, your...

Historic APT10 Cyber Espionage Group Breached Systems in Over 12 Countries

A well-known hacking group linked with China’s intelligence and security agency has been pilfering secrets for over a decade from organizations in at least 12 countries, from a diverse range of industries. […]

How to Decrypt the Stupid Ransomware Family with StupidDecrypter

Stupid Ransomware is a family of ransomware infections that are typically utilized by less skilled developers and many utilize themes based on movies, pop-culture, or pretend to be law enforcement. This family of ransomware infections are created using an open source...

The Week in Ransomware – December 21st 2018 – No More Ransomware

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. […]

The Clickjacking Bug that Facebook Won't Fix

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...

Chromebooks May Soon Be Able to Dual Boot Windows, Here’s What We Know So Far

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...
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Windows 11 uptake is at an all-time high – what are you waiting for?

Windows 11 uptake is at an all-time high – what are you waiting for?

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