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Dept. of Justice credits Microsoft with identifying tech-support fraud scheme that targeted seniors

GeekWire

According to a DOJ news release, the complaint filed in October alleged that Cotter worked with co-conspirators in India from at least 2011 to 2020 to operate a technical-support fraud scheme. The order bars all from selling technical-support services or software via telemarketing or websites.

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Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips

The Verge

“Its purpose is to protect encryption keys, user credentials, and other sensitive data behind a hardware barrier so that malware and attackers can’t access or tamper with that data.”. chips have existed since 2011, but they’ve typically only been used widely in IT-managed business laptops and desktops. So it’s all about security.

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It's the customer, stupid! - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

You now have laptops that are probably newer than the one sitting on your work desk (who hasn’t moved from the 3 year replacement plan to the 5 year replacement plan at work) and you have a smartphone and maybe even a tablet upon which you get your home email, watch movies, do your banking on the move and 25 other assorted things.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed.

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Sunburn - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

Do they want someone to be able to get into their bank account? ©2011-2012 A Screws Loose. When you talk to your users, especially if you have a BYOD program, spend less time talking about the corporate data and more time focusing on their personal data. How about posting on Facebook or Twitter as them? Crapplications. Innovation.

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