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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux

The Verge

By the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) count in October 2020, 3.2 percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. Desktop Linux can run on your Windows 7 (and older) laptops and desktops. You can run many native Windows programs on Linux using Wine.

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Linux has been ported to run on Apple’s M1 Macs

The Verge

Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing, has successfully ported Ubuntu over to M1 Macs and released a tutorial for others to follow. Virtualization seems to be Apple’s preferred method, but that hasn’t stopped people from making their own ports. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

SecureWorld News

It can capture screenshots, videos, and Windows clipboard data. Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Enforce MFA.

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Best Online eBook Authoring Software for Publishers

Kitaboo

The multimedia-rich digital content can be read across Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems. AI-enabled virtual assistant to help with word suggestions and grammatical errors. It works pretty well on Mac, Linux, and Windows. Digital Publishing / May 19, 2020. Importing Word documents. Adobe InDesign

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Ryuk Ransomware Evolution: Now 'Wormlike'

SecureWorld News

Here is a brief summary on the new version from the ANSSI: "Through the use of scheduled tasks, the malware propagates itself—machine to machine—within the Windows domain. Once launched, it will thus spread itself on every reachable machine on which Windows RPC accesses are possible. Who are the targets of Ryuk ransomware attacks?

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Technology Short Take 135

Scott Lowe

This will likely be the last Technology Short Take of 2020, so it’s a tad longer than usual. Wei Lien Dang discusses the recent MITM vulnerability in Kubernetes (assigned CVE-2020-8554). Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows.

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The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched

The Verge

None have managed to make much of an impact due to poorly designed operating systems and even poorer app support. BlackBerry’s utter failure at software and its attempt to launch a brand-new mobile OS and app store in late 2011 (an even worse start than Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7) doomed it before it began. Oh, Windows Phone.

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