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Computer Viruses and Ransomware
Network security is a broad topic and includes all aspects of computers and networks. It covers a lot of ground, but here are a few specific categories to think about. Hackers are increasingly using malware to spread computer viruses and ransomware. In fact, we’ve had to deal with so many threats since 2014 that it’s…
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You Can’t Win Them All
You can’t win them all. This article appeared originally at SoftwareNewsBlog. Sophie Kaseya, writing on the business site DZone, makes the following prediction: “It is a known fact that many of the major cyber-intruders and hackers get caught and arrested. Some might survive the initial hacking attempts. But what we are seeing in the past…
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How to Protect Your Computer From Malicious Software
To protect against malicious software, you should consider the following: When you run any software you should be careful about what you run. Even though your software does not pose a security threat, it may be used by people who want to steal your personal information or make you a victim of a phishing or…
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Quantum Key Distribution – Computer Security
confidence in its security. generation and a public key attack. Vulnerabilities. quantum cryptography can allow a TTP attack to be performed. access this conversation. another in order to begin the conversation. attacker could be able to corrupt QKD key generation. supports both state-dependent and state-independent QKD. QKD without disturbing the state of a system controlled…
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Google Cloud – The CEO of the Search Giant Has Been Poached
SAP has been poached by Google Cloud. The CEO of the search giant has been sacked and the CEO of SAP has been ousted. In the same way, Google Cloud has been taken over by SAP after this latest poaching of the top position of the former. Google Cloud has been poached by SAP after…
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What Is Ransomware?
Ransomware, or computer viruses which encrypt the files on a target computer, are a threat to the information security of a company, a government agency, a public institution or a company in general. The purpose of the ransomware is to steal the financial or other information from a user. The information is then used to…
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Ransomware Threats: 2021 Trends and Forecast
By Richard Farr and Dan Gillmor. The year is coming to an end and it’s time to talk about what we might expect to see in the coming year in terms of ransomware attacks. And, the year may end with more security breaches. A report was issued from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), titled…
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Kaseya Ransomware Attack – Revil Explodes 0-Day Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
REvil uses 0-Day in Kaseya Ransomware Attack : REvil, an unknown attacker has been able to exploit a vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to execute a ransom-themed malware called “Binj”. This malicious application was introduced in a new version of REvil that has been used in several recent Kaseya ransomware attacks. Binj is…
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The Chinese Government’s Crackdown on Pirated Software
As a result of the recent cyber-security breaches, the Chinese government has initiated a crackdown on Internet sites that sell pirated software. This crackdown is primarily aimed at sites selling pirated software, and it came about as a result of a combination of factors. First, the Chinese government has been experiencing severe censorship problems throughout…
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Apple’s Q1 2019 Results
Apple’s latest quarter was the company’s best ever, with revenues and profit-per-share (PPS) growth that far exceeded the estimates for the financial period ending March 31, 2021. Revenue grew by 5. 8%; operating income increased by 8. Apple’s guidance for the following quarter is expected to be a slight drop in per-share earnings, but the…
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