by jnelson | Dec 19, 2014 | Interesting Items, News, Warnings
ISP giant Comcast has quietly implemented a plan to turn its home Wifi routers into public hotspots. On the surface, it seems like a good idea, as it would allow their customers to get online easily over a much larger area, no longer confined to the environs of coffee...
by jnelson | Oct 11, 2014 | Security, Warnings
Among the many kinds of wicked online traps that users must beware, one of the most vicious kinds is called “ransomware”. This is a generic term for a type of malicious software that encrypts all or the most useful of the victim’s files, making it...
by jnelson | Sep 20, 2014 | News, Security, Warnings
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has recently been touting the company’s new privacy policy. In a letter to customers, he said that while the company collected user data, that was not the basis of their business model. In an obvious swipe at Google, he claimed: Our...
by jnelson | Aug 8, 2014 | News, Security, Warnings
[Note: This is derived from articles originally published in the July and August editions of the SWCP Portal, our monthly newsletter. Due to the importance of the security information they contained, we’re republishing them here for everyone.] Ars Technica tech...
by jnelson | Apr 29, 2014 | Security, Warnings
UPDATE: As of Thursday, May 1, Microsoft has issued a patch for Internet Explorer. It’s available through Windows Updates, and the good news is they’ve included Windowx XP in the fix. Please note, however, that XP is still otherwise unsupported, and an...
by jnelson | Apr 24, 2014 | Events, News, Warnings
One of the key principles determining how the Internet operates is in danger. And it may disappear altogether if big corporations and the Federal Communications Commission have their way. The result could turn the information superhighway into a toll road, where...
