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A Tea Party with a Difference: Trend Micro Supports Arts and Cultural Education in Rural Taiwan

Credit to Author: Jenny Chang, Chief Cultural Officer (CCO)| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:23:28 +0000

Trend Micro has been at the cutting edge of technology innovation for almost 30 years. During that time, we’ve always had to have a keen eye on what’s coming next — anticipating threats so we can keep our customers protected, whatever comes their way. But we also recognize that in our race for the modern,…

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Microsoft Patch Alert: February's fixes aren’t as bad as last month, but problems abound

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:34:00 -0800

The January 2018 Microsoft patching cycle may have been the worst and most invasive set of Microsoft releases in recent memory. The February updates, by marked contrast, only clobber a limited number of machines. How many? We don’t know — and Microsoft isn’t saying.

Bad Win10 Fall Creators Update patch

What we do know for sure is that the buggy Win10 Fall Creators Update cumulative update KB 4074588 tossed many PCs into bluescreen hell and disabled USB devices of various stripes. That’s quite an accomplishment for version 1709 which, according to AdDuplex, is now said to run on 85% of all Windows 10 machines. To look at it a different way, Microsoft blew the cumulative update to the most-used version (1709) of the most-used Windows (Win10 now surpasses Win7).

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VPN 101 – Part 1: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe and Protect Your Privacy Online

Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:01 +0000

WikiLeaks has published more than 80 strains of malware.The Internet is a wonderful thing. But we all know there are also risks lurking around every corner. We want to protect ourselves from malware and identity theft, prevent third-party trackers and advertisers slurping our private information, and keep our kids safe when browsing. One way to do this is to use a virtual private…

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