Fifteen years ago, a simple oversight in technology development caused worldwide panic. The crisis was Y2K, and the fear was that, on New Year’s Eve, computers would reset to 1900 instead of 2000, causing all technology to fail. Thankfully, New Years Eve came...
It has been two weeks since the National Communications Association warned the world about the GameOver Zeus and Cryptolocker ransomware. If you haven’t taken steps to avoid these threats, it’s not too late, do so as soon as possible. Otherwise, your...
Microsoft put out the fire from the zero-day bug, which affected users of its popular web browser Internet Explorer, by releasing a security patch. This IE bug is a bad one that allows hackers to take over a PC. The patch was released on May 1st and if you...
When you were a kid, did you ever ask your parents for a cool new toy only to have your request denied because you were in the habit of breaking everything? Your parents would point out your destructive behavior and tell you, “This is why we can’t have...
Last week, the Heartbleed bug was identified as a weakness in the Open SSL cryptographic library. This flaw allows for the leaking of two-thirds of the Internet’s secure information from any websites utilizing this encryption style. While most major websites...
