There’s no reason to throw your computer out the window. If you’ve noticed some websites have been loading slowly or not at all, you’ll be relieved to know it’s not you or your machine. The culprit is an Amazon Web Services issue, which has caused “increased error rates” for east coast based websites Tuesday afternoon.… Read More »
IBM’s Watson is on the move. With the new ability to quickly develop clever personalized treatment strategies for cancer patients, Watson is making its debut in hospitals around the world—from the US to India, Korea, and China. Earlier this month, a medical center in Jupiter, Florida, announced it too was welcoming the famed, Jeopardy-winning computing… Read More »
Electrically charged particles from outer space may be to blame when our electronic devices crash unexpectedly. According to Bharat Bhuva, a professor of electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University, many unexplained glitches that force a reboot could be the result of electrically charged particles generated by cosmic rays from outside our solar system. Once the rays… Read More »
Apple has bested Samsung as the number one global smartphone maker, but only by a razor-thin margin. A new Gartner report this week showed that Apple now has 17.9% of the total smartphone market compared with Samsung’s 17.8% market share. In the fourth quarter, Apple sold 77 million iPhones while Samsung sold 76.8 million of… Read More »
Windows shortcut files have seen a small rise in popularity lately. The shortcut files, using the .lnk file extension, are essentially small files Windows uses to point elsewhere in the file system. Normally you may think of shortcuts to other programs like your browser or a game residing on your desktop. Well this malware is… Read More »
You may recall that last year WeLiveSecurity presented a detailed white paper examining Windows 10 from a privacy and security perspective. Apparently, many readers found this helpful, particularly IT professionals contemplating enterprise upgrades to Windows 10 from earlier versions. With a number of analysts now predicting that 2017 will be the year most enterprises make the move to Windows… Read More »
The Phishing Attack: What you need to know A new highly effective phishing technique targeting Gmail and other services has been gaining popularity during the past year among attackers. Over the past few weeks there have been reports of experienced technical users being hit by this. This attack is currently being used to target Gmail customers and is also… Read More »
Stolen or weak remote desktop credentials are routinely used to infect point-of-sale systems with malware, but recently they’ve also become a common distribution method for file-encrypting ransomware. In March, researchers discovered a ransomware program dubbed Surprise that was being installed through stolen credentials for TeamViewer, a popular remote administration tool. But the trend had started… Read More »
First spotted in February 2016, the Locky crypto-ransomware has become a dangerous threat to both large organisations and residential users alike. In this blog we give a brief overview of what Locky is and cover the significant aspects of its infamous history. What is Locky? Locky is a crypto-ransomware which aims to infect machines, encrypt sensitive… Read More »
Apple is finally addressing the recent iCloud Calendar spam issues, with the rollout of a new Report Junk feature on the Calendar web app. Over the last several weeks, some Apple users noticed ad-based spam notifications in the Calendar app. Apple’s Photos app was also subjected to unprotected sharing invites and subsequent spam, and some… Read More »