Technology Professionals

02/13/2020

Microsoft has finally patched the Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day flaw the company said in January was being used in “limited targeted attacks”.

01/11/2020

One way to patch the millennium bug was to move it, rather than actually to fix it… are we looking at Y2.02K?

09/21/2018

Check for your firmware updates. And use a good password!

A Cisco paper reports on zombie malware that has apparently infected more than 500,000 home routers.

06/08/2018

Update. Improve your process so you aren't dependent on Flash.

A newly discovered flaw in the Flash Player is being exploited in the wild – update Flash, or remove it.

11/23/2017

Oh this should be fun!

And by fun, I mean, time to apply firmware updates.

What is the world’s most widely-used operating system on new PCs? Windows? Guess again.

10/20/2017

Do not buy these. Do not sell these.

Norwegian Consumer Council says “these watches should be in no stores, even less so on a child’s arm”

09/18/2017

Update immediately if you are using the 32-bit version. 64-bit version is clean.

Antivirus maker Avast allowed its recently acquired CCleaner software to distribute malware to users for almost a month.

08/28/2017

How much is this meta data worth anyway?

A security researcher with the firm Bishop Fox caught the app uploading emails and phone numbers right after it is first launched.

08/14/2017

This is how technology should work!

Mohamad Ali knew just how to save Carbonite, applying a formula he perfected at IBM, Avaya, and HP.

08/02/2017

If you fall for this, you kind of deserve it.

The targets were all mid-level employees with elevated access, all young and all male.