Hopefully we are all aware that we should exercise caution when downloading programs from the internet. There have been plenty of cases of malicious software being distributed via the web, and even legitimate programs being tampered with in order to carry an unexpected payload in order to compromise security on the computer which downloaded them. […]
A new Ransomware-as-a-Service project has sprung up, and the “service providers” are allowing others to use it for free, but take a 20 percent cut out of every ransom that gets paid by the victims. The ransomware is called Shark. According to security researcher David Montenegro and Bleeping Computer, the project’s site is accessible to […]
After repeated attacks, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has decided to retire a Web-based tool for obtaining PINs that taxpayers could use to file tax returns electronically. The Electronic Filing (E-file) PINs Web application is no longer available on the IRS website “because of questionable activity,” the agency announced last week. In February, the IRS […]
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