Tag Archive for: Utility

Data breach could affect Tallahassee utility customers

  1. Data breach could affect Tallahassee utility customers  WCTV
  2. 8000 Tallahassee Utility customers’ data at risk after breach  Tallahassee.com
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data breach – Google News

On the Utility of Transparency through Disclosure of Software Bugs – Lawfare (blog)

On the Utility of Transparency through Disclosure of Software Bugs
Lawfare (blog)
A particularly poignant example of this failure is in the Android-ransomware space where, as Dave Aitel says, we are reaching a tipping point. So at first blush, I'm not sure transparency would matter at all from an economic perspective. But let's

\\”android+ransomware\\” – read more

Lenovo fixes hard-coded password in file-sharing utility

Lenovo has patched several software flaws in a file-sharing utility, which could allow attackers to browse and make copies of files.

The flaws were found by Core Security, which described in an advisory a lengthy back and forth dialog with Lenovo starting in late October over the problems.

The affected application is SHAREit, which is designed to let people share files from Windows computers or Android devices over a local LAN or through a Wi-Fi hotspot that’s created.

SHAREit is preloaded on Lenovo devices, including its ThinkPad and IdeaPad notebooks and other mobile devices. The vulnerable SHAREit versions are the Android 3.0.18_ww and Windows 2.5.1.1 packages, Core Security said.

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How to check your CPU temperature: use the free SpeedFan utility – PC Advisor

How to check your CPU temperature: use the free SpeedFan utility
PC Advisor
There is no malware and no annoying search engines included, so if you see any options to install the Delta search engine, you've inadvertently clicked on an advert instead of downloading SpeedFan. SpeedFan install. Step 3: Run SpeedFan either by

flame malware – read more