Earlier today everything blew up. Multiple major companies suffered from crippling ‘technical glitches’ this morning. The affected companies include: New York Stock Exchange The Wall Street Journal United Airlines United Airlines suffered from problems with its reservation system and made an apology to travelers. The NYSE was forced to halt trading until 3:15pm. According […]
The Washington Post reports that Russian hackers have stolen more than 1 billion (with a ‘b’) passwords. This breach was made by the group dubbed CyberVor and was discovered by Hold Security of Milwaukee. Some of the passwords have been sold and others have been used to disseminate spam. Users are advised to change their passwords. […]
Ransomware has been all over the news lately, and for good reason. It’s a headache and a nightmare. And now that horror has come to a New Hampshire police station. Their computers became infected via an attachment in a cleverly crafted email that appeared to be legitimate and from a known sender. All their files […]
If you are in Australia (so far) and own an iPhone look out! Hackers are locking iPhone owners out of their phones then demanding ransom to get them unlocked. Hat tip CNN. Read the article here. #iphone #technology #security #it
