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Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:02:30 +0000
Written by Guest Blogger, Jesse Gutierrez As many of you know, the month of June is known as Pride Month all around the world. This past weekend Schneider Electric celebrated… Read more »
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Credit to Author: Aamir Lakhani| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:00:00 +0000
We are currently tracking a new ransomware variant sweeping across the globe known as Petya. It is currently having an impact on a wide range of industries and organizations, including critical infrastructure such as energy, banking, and transportation systems. This is a new generation of ransomware designed to take advantage of timely exploits. This current version is targeting the same vulnerabilities that we exploited during the recent Wannacry attack this past May. This latest attack, known as Petya, is something we are referring to as…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:42:39 +0000
A new ransomware outbreak is happening right now. Here’s what we know so far and what you can do to protect yourself from the threat.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Mark Bidinger| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:00:27 +0000
IT companies for years have talked – or even bragged – about how they “eat their own dog food,” meaning they use the products they make. Personally I never liked… Read more »
The post To Thrive in the IoT Era, Colocation Providers Must Drink Their Share of IoT Champagne appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:22:00 -0700
For over 20 years, Microsoft stomped on its competitors and then defended itself against the resulting antitrust lawsuits. But with desktop Windows waning in importance and its desktop software rivals largely gone, Microsoft seemed to have turned a new leaf. Or had it?
In the one software sphere left where it still has rivals — antivirus and security software — Microsoft is up to its old anti-competitive tricks. Late last year, Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the eponymous antivirus company, said, “When you upgrade to Windows 10, Microsoft automatically and without any warning deactivates all ‘incompatible’ security software and in its place installs… you guessed it — its own Defender antivirus. But what did it expect when independent developers were given all of one week before the release of the new version of the OS to make their software compatible?”
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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:00:44 +0000
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:07:20 +0000
Welcome to our What is… series, where we turn technical jargon into plain English. Phishing is the word used when a cybercriminal sends you some sort of electronic message to trick you into doing something insecure. The “fishing” metaphor refers to the idea of getting you on the hook and then reeling you in. The […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40299&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jYAVEhKpqOI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:59:00 +0000
As human beings, we are continually looking for knowledge or information to help improve any situation. If we live or work in a crowded city, for example, we want to know which routes are best to avoid getting stuck in traffic. When we enter a restaurant or movie theater we look for the exits. And when suspicious looking person enters the room, part of our mind automatically keeps track of him. This behavior is known as situational awareness, and it’s second nature to most of us. But while such behavior often occurs in our everyday…
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