Anything PC

01/08/2018

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/microsoft-halts-bitcoin-transactions-because-its-an-unstable-currency/

Microsoft has stopped supporting Bitcoin as a payment method for Microsoft products, Bleeping Computer has learned.

09/20/2017

https://www.ctvnews.ca/1.3596081

Equifax Canada says approximately 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information compromised in the massive cyberattack on the credit data company made public earlier this month.

07/01/2017

https://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2017/06/30/interac-taking-e-transfer-service-off-line-temporarily-to-address-technical-issue.html

“Financial institutions will not be able to process any transactions while we have the system off-line, nor will consumers be able to send or receive any Interac e-Transfer transactions,” an Interac spokesperson says.

05/24/2017

05/16/2017

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/05/17/wannacry-the-ransomware-worm-that-didnt-arrive-on-a-phishing-hook/

Email doesn’t seem to have been the initial vector for WannaCry, which initially took hold in south-east Asia

05/13/2017

A huge extortion cyberattack hit dozens of nations Friday, holding computer data for ransom at hospitals, telecommunications firms and other companies. The attack appeared to exploit a vulnerability purportedly identified for use by the U.S. National Security Agency and later leaked to the internet.

03/13/2017

Never provide personal information such as account or credit card numbers over the phone or online. | http://bit.ly/2mTyjfj

03/07/2017

Wow, interesting and scary! Uber is not JUST a ride sharing app!

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/03/06/uber-under-fire-for-greyball-program-used-to-dodge-enforcement-officials/

Uber defends ‘Greyball’ as a way to prevent users abusing its terms of service

03/02/2017

Wow!

11/12/2016

lol

Google’s new flagship just got hacked by a Chinese team at in under 60 seconds. At PwnFest, a hacking competition in Seoul, South Korea, a team of white-hat hackers known as Qihoo 360 demonstrated an exploit that allowed for remote code ex*****on on the Pixel. In under 60 seconds, the team used a ze...

10/26/2016

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/10/26/fake-blue-screen-of-death-faux-freezes-your-system-like-the-real-mccoy/

It hides your cursor, disables Task Manager and plasters your screen with a BSoD image. Calling the number leads to bogus help centers.

08/30/2016

Do you want to learn before or after you've discovered all your files are encrypted and a hacker group is demanding Bitcoin to release them?