The next big version of Microsoft’s PC operating system is imminent. Windows 10 April 2018 Update — previously known as Windows 10 Spring Creators Update — becomes officially available for download on April 30, and is a free update available to all current Windows 10 users. Before the April 2018 Update hits, take a few …
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Ah, McAfee, you’ve done it again. John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose bio includes a murder accusation, has let it be known that he’s charging $105,000 per tweet promoting a cryptocurrency or an initial coin offering (ICO). Using his lucrative Twitter account, the self-proclaimed “crypto visionary” tweeted to his 811,000 followers a link to The McAfee Crypto Team website …
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This is an update of a post I first wrote in 2014, then updated in 2015. Let me clarify right up front that I’m specifically referring to third-party anti-virus software, not the protections built into Windows. And as you’ll read below, there are security tools I do embrace — just not what you’d expect. For years I’ve been the on-call …
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It was a bombshell. Operatives from two Russian spy agencies had infiltrated computers of the Democratic National Committee, months before the US national election. One agency — nicknamed Cozy Bear by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike — used a tool that was “ingenious in its simplicity and power” to insert malicious code into the DNC’s computers, CrowdStrike’s Chief Technology Officer Dmitri Alperovitch …
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The attack on Sony was among a handful of massive data breaches in 2014, including those against eBay, Home Depot and JPMorgan Chase. Getty Images A surge in cyberattacks this year has surely rattled both businesses and the consumers they depend on. But don’t let fear rule the day: there are ways for executives and employees to lessen the chances …
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