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Wed Jun 28 02:05:46 EDT 2017

When I hear companies admit that they've lost access to files from this latest ransomware attack, all I can do is ask "WHY"? Why are they still using long-outdated versions of Windows that are vulnerable to these recent attacks? After the previous, recent attack (Wanna-Cry), no one can say that (s)he wasn't aware of ( Read more... )

Sat May 13 14:04:14 EDT 2017

Yesterday there was a widespread RansomWare attack outbreak that largely shut down many hospitals in the UK and affected many telecom services and other companies, mostly in Europe. The attack exploited a known vulnerability in MS Windows. The preventive defense was installing the available patches, i.e. simple. This ( Read more... )

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Tue Jan 1 02:25:56 EST 2013


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Mom watches a lot of TV. In the afternoon she watches those "Judge" shows - Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, Divorce Court, Judge Alex. There were 3 cases today with people who should have backed up their computers ( Read more... )

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I've had favorable things to say about the free online photo-hosting site I've been using, atpic.com - until today. My browser opened its windows and tabs from last week, and one tab that should have had a photo said "Oooops no pic 1012091". Navigating around showed a lot of nothing, although the site appeared to be up. So I logged in, and got ( Read more... )