Microsoft, don’t be evil

Microsoft is like an annoying salesman who pitches a product you don’t want then refuses to leave you alone after getting a loud and clear "No". So, it keeps trying, again, and again, and again, hoping that you will finally make the "right" decision. It does not care why, when or how you do it, just as long as it gets you on the Windows 10 bandwagon. This is the Microsoft of today, a company that risks being in the position of having what I consider to be the best Windows release yet and a user base alienated by its… [Continue Reading]

Tor Browser 6.0 arrives

The Tor Browser team has announced the first stable release of Tor Browser 6.0. This edition adds code-signing for OS X, which should allow Mac users to install Tor without any Gatekeeper hassles. The core Firefox build has been updated to Firefox 45-ESR, and there are similar updates for OpenSSL, HTTPS-Everywhere, Torbutton and more. The updater has gained an extra security layer, now checking the hash of a download file, as well as its signature, before applying it. A long-standing DLL hijacking vulnerability introduced by the NSIS installer has finally been fixed. The official Tor post on the release talks… [Continue Reading]

Hacker offers 427 million MySpace passwords for just $2,800

You know your website isn’t worth much when a database of 427 million stolen login credentials are being sold online for roughly $2,800 (£1,920). Yep, that’s what happened to MySpace over the weekend. But Myspace not being worth much nowadays is not the news. Possibly the biggest login credentials theft, is. Reports say that a hacker going by the name Peace is selling this huge database online, in the dark web marketplace called The Real Deal. He’s asking for six Bitcoin. It is hard to say if the database is legitimate or not. It seems like the person behind this database is the same… [Continue Reading]

Calendar and Countdown: quick and easy task countdowns for Chrome

Calendar and Countdown is a free Chrome extension with some handy calendar and task management features. Click C&C’s address bar icon and a full year calendar appears, along with week numbers and links to view different years. If you’ve some major event coming up, click that date and give it a text description and color code. The color code is visible on the calendar, and hovering your mouse over that date displays the text, as a reminder. Set the most important of the dates as your "Primary", and Calendar and Countdown’s icon displays a countdown of the days until it’s… [Continue Reading]

CEO falls for email scam, loses $47 million

An airplane parts manufacturer has fired its CEO after the poor guy got scammed, costing the company €42 million ($47 million). "In the supervisory board meeting, held on May 24, 2016, Mr. Walter Stephan (CEO) was revoked by the supervisory board as chairman of the management board of FACC AG with immediate effect for important reason. The supervisory board came to the conclusion, that Mr. Walter Stephan has severely violated his duties, in particular in relation to the 'Fake President Incident'. Mr. Robert Machtlinger was appointed as interim CEO of FACC AG". The 'Fake President Incident' the announcement is referring… [Continue Reading]

European Data Protection Supervisor says EU-US Privacy Shield needs 'significant improvements'

The proposed data transfer deal between Europe and the US, destined to replace Safe Harbour, has been dismissed as "not robust enough". The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) says that the pact is in need of "significant improvements" if it is to be of any value in protecting European data stored in the US. Safe Harbour has already been ruled invalid, and it had been hoped that the EU-US Privacy Shield would be finalized by June. While today's criticism does not mean the new pact is dead in the water, it does represent a serious stumbling block. As it stands,… [Continue Reading]

How IT admins can support cloud adoption

Iron Man. Captain America. IT administrator. Yes, you read that correctly. As organizations make their shift to cloud computing technologies, including Microsoft Azure and Office 365, IT admins can be crucial -- but often overlooked -- assets. These superheroes of the technology world can save their organization from technological chaos, stop compliance issues in their tracks, and spread their technical knowledge for the good of the organization. So how can admins prove their worth in the rise of the cloud? IT admins should consider these four ways to identify new opportunities within IT and continue to protect their organizations from… [Continue Reading]