Gary Marsh Information Technology

27/08/2021

05/12/2020

Does Windows cost too much? Here are several free alternative operating systems. Linux is just the beginning!

12/04/2018

Famed high-score gamer Billy Mitchell, best known for his leading role in “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” documentary, was officially stripped of his “Donkey Kong”…

09/02/2018

This is very clever. Also very bad.

Researchers uncover a new point-of-sale malware, UDPoS, steals credit card data via DNS queries

04/02/2018

This looks very interesting.

The famously versatile budget-friendly pocket computer, Raspberry Pi, is picking up some more competition. In addition the Asus Tinker Board, Pine64 has launched their high-powered competitor, running the Rockchip RK3399 system-on-a-chip (SOC) according …

01/02/2018

Security researchers have discovered more than 130 malware samples trying to exploit Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws.

09/01/2018

PSA: If your PC is running an AMD processor I'd suspend Windows updates for the time being. Spectre fix causing Blue Screens.

05/01/2018

Eben gives you a crash course in how modern processors work to explain why Raspberry Pi is unaffected by the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities.

04/01/2018

An attacker would need access to the processor however.
The fix will probably slow down machines.
So good and bad.

Developers scramble to fix bug within Intel chips made in the last decade that will affect millions of computers running Windows, mac OS and Linux

21/12/2017

These are the best free programs that any PC needs: solid security tools, productivity software, and more.

12/11/2017

New Office attack that doesn't use Macros.

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information regarding security settings for Microsoft Office applications. This advisory provides guidance on what users can do to ensure that these applications are properly secured when processing Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields.