France, Italy, and Spain are on lockdown as governments and individuals in those countries try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 and “flatten the curve” so that as the virus does spread, it does so slowly enough that it doesn’t overwhelm health care systems. Over the past week or so, the United States […]
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Windows 10 S may be more secure, but it’s still hackable
This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Windows 10 S can be hacked. ZDNet asked security researcher Matthew Hickey if he could install ransomware on a Microsoft Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S with all the latest security patches installed, and it only took him about three hours to find a way to do […]
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Do not reboot your PC if you get WannaCry ransomeware – try this instead
Computers around the world started to fall prey to a ransomware attack called WannaCry last week, before the spread of the malware was at least temporarily halted. The malware makes use of a security vulnerability in older versions of Windows that was first discovered by the US National Security Agency and later released by a […]
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Wannacrypt ransomware halted (for now), Microsoft patches Windows XP and up
On Friday a ransomware attack hit tens of thousands of computers around the world before it was (at least temporarily) stopped by a security researcher who found and activated a killswitch. But it’s possible the developer of the malware could tweak the code and try again, so the best protection is to make sure your computer’s […]