This Website Charges You $1 To See How Many Other People Paid it a Dollar
Credit to Author: Samantha Cole| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:30:00 +0000
“How many people paid a dollar to see how many people paid a dollar?” is genius.
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Month: August 2017
Defining the truth: how Sophos overcomes uncertain labels in machine learning
Credit to Author: hillaryeatsdata| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:30:00 +0000
Uncertain labels are a challenge of applying machine learning to cybersecurity. We look at some of the ways Sophos overcomes this obstacle.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=41424&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/d-PHAiFCTxI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreSuccess! (in more ways than one)
Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:00:00 -0700
Government office is rolling out remote desktop connections over VPN for some of its users, and not everyone is jumping on board, reports a pilot fish working there.
“I was staffing our support desk when one of these users called in from home, two weeks after we had set up the provisioning task for him,” fish says.
“He admitted he wasn’t the most proficient with computers, so he had his wife with him to help, and wanted to get going on the process.”
Fish explains the steps, and quickly determines that the user didn’t respond to the provisioning task until the day before — when it had already expired.
No problem, fish says, I’ll regenerate the task. That will take an hour, but in the meantime I can remote into your laptop and we can make sure it meets the minimum requirements.
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It’s Back to School Time, So How Do I Keep My Child Safe Online?
Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:00:24 +0000
The end of the summer can be a pretty stressful time for parents as well as their kids. Apart from the prospect of a return to school, there’s a whole checklist of items to get ready. Schoolbag? Check. Sports kit? Check. Smartphone? Check. Internet safety guide? Errr… The truth is that today, there aren’t many…
North Korea’s Japan Missile Flyover Calls Donald Trump’s Bluff
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:02:27 +0000
Donald Trump’s scorched-earth rhetoric pushes North Korea closer to the brink—and, maybe, the US closer to the negotiating table.
Read MoreWe Want This One-Of-A-Kind Portable PlayStation 2
Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:58:46 +0000
This prestigious hardware mod places PlayStation 2 games in the palms of your hands.
Read MorePetya expands its scope: A global ransomware threat
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:47:44 +0000
One of the first steps in guarding against ransomware infections is remaining in-the-know about emerging threats and attack styles. Now, a new threat has come to the surface: Petya.
Android 8.0 in-depth: Oreo's not-so-obvious security enhancements
Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:01:00 -0700
When you read about a splashy new software update like Google’s fresh-from-the-oven Android 8.0 Oreo release, you tend to hear mostly about the marquee features — the most attention-grabbing elements and refinements you’re likely to notice when you get the update on your own device.
It’s understandable, since those are the things we all see most immediately and directly. Beneath the surface, though, Oreo has some pretty significant stuff going on in the realm of security — stuff that hasn’t been widely covered but is as important as anything else to understand.
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