Gotta be careful with that hotel wifi. Wouldn’t want hackers to target you and figure out what sites you’re surfing from your hotel room. 😉 “Messages contain a malicious document “Hotel_Reservation_From.doc” containing a macro which if successfully executed, decodes and deploys GameFish — which researchers describe as APT28’s signature malware. Once GameFish is installed on…
As long as there’s money to be made in it, ransomware will continue to be on the rise, and there is no doubt there is money in it. “While it isn’t really suggested for victims to pay the ransom demanded by these malicious programs, it seems that many are still doing so. According to…
With the move of the consumer version of Google Drive to Backup and Sync, Google is going to make it easier for Mac and Windows users to automatically sync anything from their PC to Google, without having to move it to the Google Drive folder first. The cynic in me can’t help but notice that…
On one hand, good for Google for recognizing the blight that internet advertising has become. On the other, can we trust a company who’s main source of income is web-based advertising to be the same one that decides which ads get shown and which ones don’t? I’m a little uneasy with that. “Google will introduce…
I have a question about this part of the article. Since I’m not a lawyer, I don’t know the answer to this. First, the pull quote: Larger businesses are more likely to have IT departments with savvy administrators that are able to lock down private channels to prevent abuse, but many smaller companies may be…
Actually, it appears the new changes will have a big impact on any website that embeds tweets or a timeline. You know, like the one over on the sidebar of this page. Apparently, as part of Twitter’s new policies, they are using those embeds to extend their reach for personalized advertisements, tracking not only what…