Net Neutrality comes down to two basic sides. One side believes governments need to get involved to regulate and prevent artificial controls believed to be put on the Internet by telecoms either by limiting access through their pipelines or by blocking content. The other side believes that government interference aka regulations will damage Internet access…
Read moreAnother bit of malware, named WireLurker, has been discovered targeting iPhones and iPads. iPhone and iPads are infected when the device is connected through USB to a Mac computer where an infected OS X app has been downloaded. The source of the infection is reported to be third-party OS X apps in the Maiyadi App…
Read moreIf you’ve ever felt angry, irritated or upset at yourself for falling for some cleverly worded email and clicking on the attachment thereby infecting your computer or your company’s network with something awful, you’re not alone! The point of social engineering is both to get around standard network security setups and to dupe individuals at…
Read moreMicrosoft has issued a Security Advisory about a remote code execution flaw in most versions of Windows: “Microsoft is aware of a vulnerability affecting all supported releases of Microsoft Windows, excluding Windows Server 2003. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file… An attacker who successfully…
Read moreMalware, named Backoff, has been found on Dairy Queen Point of Sale computers in numerous states including Nevada. The states with known infections are Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire,…
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