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Angler exploit kit may be dead, but malware lives on
InfoWorld Chalk one up for the good guys. When Russian law enforcement busted a banking malware gang for stealing approximately $ 45 million from the country's financial services firms, it disrupted several other cybercrime operations in progress. "For a period … |
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Information Warfare: Duqu Lives
Strategy Page Duqu 2.0 is one of a growing number of powerful malware systems showing up. In late 2014 another high grade Cyber War weapon has been found. This one is called Regin and it joined illustrious predecessors like Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame and several others … |
My wife got a call from a self-described technical services professional who said that 76% of Windows computers in Massachusetts were infected in the last 48 to 72 hours and would crash. Could she go to her computer and log in to their secure server?
She told him she thought it was very impressive that Microsoft was calling every one of its customers in Massachusetts to notify them of the problem. “I’ve been using Microsoft products for years, and this is the first personal call I’ve ever gotten,” she said.
He said that Microsoft wanted him to do this, and she said it sounded like a wonderful new service. He told her to go to her computer and together they could fix the problem.
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New biometric software developed by Michigan State University researchers and funded by the Gates Foundation promises to increase vaccination rates in developing countries by allowing for better record-keeping.
It also may concern some privacy advocates and explode a head or two among anti-vaxxers.
From the MIT Technology Review:
Billions of dollars a year are spent vaccinating children in developing countries, but about half as many immunizations are administered as could be because of unreliable vaccination records. Biometric researchers from Michigan State University have developed a fingerprint-scanning system for children under five years old that could replace ineffective paper vaccination records.
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