Tag Archives: malware

Ransomware and Colonial Pipeline

There are too many sources I could link, so I’ll just summarize what I’ve read so far. I’m sure it’s no consolation to anyone, but I learned yesterday that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack affected only the office computers and … Continue reading

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Politics and Malware Attacks

As I expected, it turns out the DNC operatives did attempt to use malware attacks on their political opponents during the election. In this case it was a limited attack on some of the folks at 4chan and 8chan. That’s … Continue reading

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The Moral Duty to Adblock

The Internet is a much better place if you and I agree to block advertising in our browsers. We have that word from a former insider, one of the guys who designed the current intrusive tracking of advertising on the … Continue reading

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Win10 Upgrade as Malware

Honestly, genuine IT managers are treating the upgrade with the same intensity and depth of analysis as a malware attack. They do this because they say that the unwanted upgrade acts just like malware. Go ahead and keep your Windows … Continue reading

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