It begins with a simple phone call. A scratchy voice, often sounding distant and foreign…
Tag: The Microsoft Tax
Microsoft held back free fix that could’ve contained the devastating WannaCry Windows PC epidemic
Microsoft held back from distributing a free repair for old versions of its software that could have slowed last week’s devastating ransomware attack…
The Microsoft Tax: How to avoid the WannaCry virus if you’re slumming it with Windows on your Mac
The worm/virus combination could hit a Mac user with a Boot Camp partition or Windows virtual machines…
Russian hackers exploit Microsoft Windows to spy on the West
The bug the hackers used exists in all modern versions of the Windows operating system…
Malicious virus shuttered U.S. power plant, says Department of Homeland Security
A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company…
The Microsoft Tax: Malicious worm on Skype lets hackers hold Windows PCs for ransom; Macintosh unaffected
Yet another ‘malicious worm’ that infects Windows PCs…
Windows PCs: Now pre-loaded with viruses!
Cybercriminals have opened a new front in their battle to infect computers with malware – PC production lines…
The Microsoft Tax: Critical Windows flaw affects millions of high-value PCs with self-replicating attacks
All supported versions of Windows that allows attackers to hit high-value computers
The Microsoft Tax: Virus infects Windows PC control systems of US Predator and Reaper drones
The U.S. government’s unmanned Predator and Reaper drones’ U.S.-based control systems are infected…
The Microsoft Tax: ‘Indestructible’ botnet attacks millions of Windows PCs; Macintosh unaffected
The botnet, known as TDL, targets Windows PCs and is difficult to detect…
