Articles for August 2018

​Open-sourced Project Concord was released this week for customers to start experimenting on.

Source: ​Why VMware is involved in blockchain | ZDNet

T-Mobile has reported a security incident which may have led to the exposure of personal data belonging to approximately two million customers.

Source: Hackers help themselves to data belonging to 2 million T-Mobile customers | ZDNet

The bug was found in the core infrastructure of Apache Struts 2.

Source: Critical remote code execution flaw in Apache Struts exposes the enterprise to attack | ZDNet

Ryuk ransomware attackers demand huge sums of Bitcoin for returning encrypted files in what appear to be highly targeted attacks.

Source: This new ransomware campaign targets business and demands a massive bitcoin ransom | ZDNet

While the Russian military run cyber attack was economically damaging, it doesn’t cross the threshold into warfare, claims report by Marsh.

Source: NotPetya malware attack: Chaos but not cyber warfare | ZDNet

If you haven’t checked out OneDrive lately, you’re missing out. Over the past two years, Microsoft has methodically added a raft of new features that can help you back up personal files and photos. In this post, I show you some of the most useful options for saving and sharing files and folders.

Source: OneDrive tips and tricks: How to master Microsoft’s free cloud storage | ZDNet

Over 20 severe bugs were found using only manual methods by a single cybersecurity group.

Source: OpenEMR security flaws could have exposed millions of patient records | ZDNet

Vulnerable devices like routers and webcams are providing an easy means of cyber criminals conducting attacks – and staying anonymous while doing it.

Source: IoT security warning: Your hacked devices are being used for cybercrime says FBI | ZDNet

MicroTik… what were you thinking…

A patch was turned into an exploit and the exploit was turned into… why, CRYPTOCOINS, of course! Fortunately, there’s an easy fix.

Source: Routers turned into zombie cryptojackers – is yours one of them?

Um… they have always been cooler because you could always build them yourself if you wanted.

It’s time to admit that PCs now beat Macs on both tech specs and price.

I’m going to say something that I thought I’d never say.

Here we go… PCs have evolved to the point where they are now better and cooler than Macs.

There, I’ve said it. I feel better.

Source: Let’s face it: Windows PCs are now just better — and cooler — than Macs | ZDNet