Day: March 16, 2017

How to remove ransomware: Use this battle plan to fight back

Ransomware doesn’t sneak into your PC like ordinary malware. It bursts in, points a gun at your data, and screams for cash—or else. And if you don’t learn to defend yourself, it could happen again and again. Armed gangs of digital thieves roaming the information superhighway sounds like an overwrought action movie, but the numbers say

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Yahoo breach lessons IT can't ignore

As more details emerge about how a group of four Russians breached Yahoo, it’s increasingly clear that the Internet’s very interconnectedness is what makes us so vulnerable to online attacks. It’s enough to want to just unplug from the Internet and go back to semaphore and Morse code. The Justice Department’s indictments against four individuals

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IDG Contributor Network: Kellyanne Conway's microwave story is half-cooked

The Trump administration is the most powerful administration in the world. He and his team have access to the best intelligence in the world, so it’s disturbing to see that they get all of their intel from TV shows, radio shows, and alt-right websites. In a recent interview with Bergen County Record, Trump’s counselor Kellyanne

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