Now Coming at you with SSL
Most of you probably haven’t noticed the change on the site over the last few days. At least I hope not many have, but go ahead and look up in your address bar. Yes, the site is no longer http://, … Continued
Linked – Malwarebytes 3.0 Is Here To Kill Your Antivirus, Scans PC 3-4 Times Faster
The version 3.0 of Malwarebytes has just arrived, and it promises to bring a comprehensive protection against various types of threats that are generally not covered by regular antivirus solutions. The new version has been created from the ground up. … Continued
Linked – Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the ‘Net
The growing supply of IoT malware is creating a tipping point in the denial-of-service domain that’s giving relatively unsophisticated actors capabilities that were once reserved only for the most elite of attackers. And that, in turn, represents a threat to … Continued
Linked – Australian police warn of ransomware USB drives showing up in mailboxes
For most ExtremeTech readers this should almost go without saying, but if you find a mysterious USB drive in your mailbox, don’t plug it in. There are more dangerous things a criminal element could drop in your mailbox, but a … Continued
Linked – Facebook rolls out code to nullify Adblock Plus’ workaround again
This is like Cold War stuff. When do we reach mutually assured destruction? For the record, I use an ad blocker. Not because I don’t appreciate that many of the tools and sites I enjoy need to make money somehow, … Continued
Malware Advertising Warning
I was looking at the Statcounter website earlier and watch my browser page refresh to show me an advertisement. That’s annoying behavior, but one that, unfortunately, is becoming more and more common on the web when I’m not running an … Continued
Linked – How Windows 10 became malware
“Since then Microsoft has gotten increasingly aggressive in getting people to upgrade to Windows 10. It began stealthily downloading the bits required for the upgrade to PCs automatically without telling people. And then this spring Microsoft sprung a trap. When … Continued