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Cyber-thieves are adopting ransomware in “alarming” numbers, say security researchers. There are now more than 120 separate families of ransomware, said experts studying the malicious software. Other researchers have seen a 3,500% increase in the criminal use of net infrastructure that helps run ransomware campaigns. The rise is driven by the money thieves make with […]

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Lenovo has fixed vulnerabilities in ShareIT that it created by using the sort of password that a dog would use. This is woeful, head-in-the-hands stuff and follows a recent publication of the most rubbish passwords out there. A password that Lenovo was using as a default is third on the list. It is ‘12345678’, which […]

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  Those of you who read my blog regularly (my mom and my aunt Clara) might think I’m a bit overboard with the Vembu articles. I’ve been warning you about this Storegrid software for years – warning that it is insecure and dangerous – installing it can cause harm to users’ data and seriously compromise […]

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Amazon has done it again – their 42nd price reduction in six years. Here’s the story… It is always fun to write about price reductions. I enjoy knowing that our customers will find AWS to be an even better value over time as we work on their behalf to make AWS more and more cost-effective […]

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I am seeing a considerable number of articles lately with titles like “Cloud Storage vs. Online Backup,” and “Which is Best: Cloud Storage or Online Backup?” Many of the articles seem to be written by people with a bias toward one or the other, with most written by authors defending the claim that Cloud Storage […]

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