For the second time in a year, Baltimore city government computers have been infected by ransomware. Malicious hackers are demanding that a ransom is paid for the safe recovery of encrypted files on affected computers and servers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
We’ll get to the unusual computer configuration in a moment.
The Transportation Safety Administration may not be the most popular federal agency, but it does put out a blog post every week that is highly entertaining for the look it offers into the scary and sometimes mystifying panoply of weaponry that passengers believe they can either carry onboard or surreptitiously stow in their luggage.
Just this week for instance we have his example of fine cutlery:
TSAThe TSA notes: “These 5-bladed floggers were discovered in a carry-on bag at Houston (IAH). All bladed items should be packed in checked baggage.”
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The roughly 30-minute disruption occurred when hackers infiltrated a Washington Post content-delivery … rates are up for the third straight week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.85 percent …
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I took the above picture after dropping the kids off at school this morning.
Now I understand that in places where some of you folks live a temperature reading of eight degrees below zero is called Tuesday. I do get that.
However, I am also certain that this is the coldest outdoor temperature that I have ever experienced personally in my 50-plus years of living here in Massachusetts.
In fact, I don’t recall anything close.
The good news? It took my mind off all the snow for a few minutes.
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