Network security

Phishing Attacks Now Almost Always Include Ransomware

Sead Fadilpašić of IT Pro Portal discusses the high prevalence of ransomware in modern phishing attacks. -Article

Scam Of The Week: Fake Apps

Stu Sjouwerman of KnowBe4 reports on the the threat of fake apps. -Article

Microsoft has stopped selling Windows 7 Professional, Windows 8.1

Joel Hruska of ExtremeTech reports on Microsoft no longer selling Windows 7. -Article

Another IOT (Internet of Things) attack on the Internet

Brian Krebs on last week's IOT driven attack.  Scary reading! https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/

This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today

  William Turton of Gizmodo reports on the reasons behind major Internet outages. -Article

Latest Windows 10 cumulative update is failing

Ed Bott of ZD Net discuss what can cause the latest Windows 10 cumulative update to fail and what you can ...

Ransomware strain spreads like a virus in the cloud

  Stu Sjouwerman of KnowBe4 reports on a new form of Ransomware. -Article

500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked!

Stu Sjouwerman of KnowBe4 reports on Yahoo accounts being hacked. -Article    

  Lucian Constantin of Infoworld reports on a method of stealing credentials from a locked computer. -Article

Windows update, or is it?

     Justin Luna of Neowin reports on a ransomware attack that poses as a Windows update. -Article