Ransomware-like tech support scam locks screen, labels Windows product key as invalid

Tech support scammers have been inspired by ransomware authors and have come up with lock screen claiming a user’s Windows license has expired. A tech support number is provided, and a fake Microsoft technician is happy to help so long as the victim pays to have their computer unlocked.After installing whatever rogue program has been tainted with the screen locker, Malwarebytes reported that users will see what “truly resembles a genuine Microsoft program.” It installs and waits for the victim to restart their computer. Upon restart, “the program activates to take over the desktop and display what looks like Windows updates.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Ransomware-like tech support scam locks screen, labels Windows product key as invalid

Tech support scammers have been inspired by ransomware authors and have come up with lock screen claiming a user’s Windows license has expired. A tech support number is provided and a fake Microsoft technician is happy to help, so long as the victim pays to have their computer unlocked.After installing whatever rogue program has been tainted with the screen locker, Malwarebytes reported that users will see what “truly resembles a genuine Microsoft program.” It installs and waits for the victim to restart their computer. Upon restart, “the program activates to take over the desktop and display what looks like Windows updates.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

A hacker is selling 167 million LinkedIn user records

A hacker is trying to sell a database dump containing account records for 167 million LinkedIn users.The announcement was posted on a dark market website called TheRealDeal by a user who wants 5 bitcoins, or around $2,200, for the data set that supposedly contains user IDs, email addresses and SHA1 password hashes for 167,370,940 users.According to the sale ad, the dump does not cover LinkedIn's complete database. Indeed, LinkedIn claims on its website to have over 433 million registered members.Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I been pwned?, a website that lets users check if they were affected by known data breaches, thinks that it's highly likely for the leak to be legitimate. He had access to around 1 million records from the data set.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

A hacker is selling 167 million LinkedIn user records

A hacker is trying to sell a database dump containing account records for 167 million LinkedIn users.The announcement was posted on a dark market website called TheRealDeal by a user who wants 5 bitcoins, or around $2,200, for the data set that supposedly contains user IDs, email addresses and SHA1 password hashes for 167,370,940 users.According to the sale ad, the dump does not cover LinkedIn's complete database. Indeed, LinkedIn claims on its website to have over 433 million registered members.Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I been pwned?, a website that lets users check if they were affected by known data breaches, thinks that it's highly likely for the leak to be legitimate. He had access to around 1 million records from the data set.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

10 hopeful startups strut their stuff at TechCrunch Disrupt

New businesses try for successImage by Barbara KrasnoffTechCrunch Disrupt is a city-by-city gathering of technology startups looking for seed money, partnerships and/or media attention; investors looking for possible investments; techies looking for jobs; and tech fans looking for the Next Big Thing.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Google to shutter SSLv3, RC4 from SMTP servers, Gmail

Mark your calendars: Google will disable support for the RC4 stream cipher and the SSLv3 protocol on its SMTP servers and Gmail servers on June 16.After the deadline, Google's SMTP servers will no longer exchange mail with servers sending messages via SSLv3 and RC4. Users still using older and insecure mail clients won't be able to send mail using Google's SMTP servers after that date.[ Safeguard your data! The tools you need to encrypt your communications and Web data. • The tools you need to encrypt your communications and Web data. • InfoWorld's encryption Deep Dive how-to report. | Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security newsletter. ] Most Google Apps organizations have already stopped using RC4 or SSLv3, but those on older systems have a month to update to modern Transport Layer Security configurations. However, there are plenty of systems still using SSLv3, including inbound/outbound gateways, third-party emailers, and systems using SMTP relay. Administrators should consider fully transitioning to newer standards as soon as possible.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Still Using Perimeter Defenses To Protect Your Data Center? Stop, Drop, and Defend—With Micro-Segmentation

There are a lot of reasons that IT organizations are virtualizing their networks more and more—and chief among them is micro-segmentation.

Micro-segmentation, which comes hand-in-hand with network virtualization, divides the data center into distinct segments. Each segment can be secured separately. When security controls and network services are separately defined and communications is isolated, an attacker’s movements are restricted even if a breach in your data center perimeter occurs.

Micro-segmentation doesn’t just improve on traditional perimeter defenses. It is a whole new way of securing the data center.

Sign up to get our FREE “Micro-segmentation for Dummies” eBook, and check out our infographic below to find out more about how it works.

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Microsoft leaves feature-phone business as Nokia moves back in, sort of

Nokia is back in the mobile phone business, after a fashion.It has granted HMD Global an exclusive, 10-year license to the famous brand, allowing the Finnish startup to sell Nokia mobile phones and tablets.Meanwhile Microsoft, which bought Nokia's mobile phone activities in 2013, is finally getting out of the feature-phone business, selling its remaining interests in the Nokia brand and its Vietnamese phone factory to HMD and to FIH, a subsidiary of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn, for around US$350 million.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Verizon, unions agree to involve federal mediator in contact talks

After meeting with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez yesterday, Verizon and union leaders representing some 40,000 striking workers agreed to continue stalled contract negotiations with the assistance of a federal mediator who has on her resume decades of experience as general counsel for a major union.  From a U.S. Department of Labor press release:“The parties involved in the Verizon labor dispute, including the senior leadership of the unions and the company and their bargaining teams, met today in Washington with Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Allison Beck, an experienced federal mediator who the parties agreed today would assist in the ongoing contract negotiations. Discussions will continue in Washington this week under the auspices of the Department of Labor.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Verizon, unions agree to involve federal mediator in contact talks

After meeting with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez yesterday, Verizon and union leaders representing some 40,000 striking workers agreed to continue stalled contract negotiations with the assistance of a federal mediator who has on her resume decades of experience as general counsel for a major union.  From a U.S. Department of Labor press release:“The parties involved in the Verizon labor dispute, including the senior leadership of the unions and the company and their bargaining teams, met today in Washington with Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Allison Beck, an experienced federal mediator who the parties agreed today would assist in the ongoing contract negotiations. Discussions will continue in Washington this week under the auspices of the Department of Labor.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

25 best cities for jobs

Looking for a new job and a new city? See which metro areas made Glassdoor's ranking of the best locations in the U.S. for job seekers.Several of the top sites are major U.S. cities and tech hubs, but if that’s not your speed, don’t fret. Some of the best job opportunities are located in small and midsize metro areas, Glassdoor reports.To come up with its list, Glassdoor equally weighted four factors: hiring opportunity, cost of living, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.The report also includes median pay for employees and a few in-demand jobs for each metro location. While the ranking covers all kinds of jobs across all industries, a wide variety of tech positions appear among the in-demand jobs in most of the 25 cities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

25 best cities for jobs

Looking for a new job and a new city? See which metro areas made Glassdoor's ranking of the best locations in the U.S. for job seekers.Several of the top sites are major U.S. cities and tech hubs, but if that’s not your speed, don’t fret. Some of the best job opportunities are located in small and midsize metro areas, Glassdoor reports.To come up with its list, Glassdoor equally weighted four factors: hiring opportunity, cost of living, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.The report also includes median pay for employees and a few in-demand jobs for each metro location. While the ranking covers all kinds of jobs across all industries, a wide variety of tech positions appear among the in-demand jobs in most of the 25 cities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

ARM acquires Apical to add eyes to IoT

ARM has acquired Apical, a U.K. designer of embedded computer vision technology, and plans to incorporate that technology into future ARM microprocessor and system-on-chip designs, it said Wednesday.The move will open up new opportunities for designers of autonomous vehicles and security systems, among other connected things, according to ARM CEO Simon Segars. Computer vision is in its early stages, and Apical is at the forefront of embedding such technology, he said.Apical's technologies is already used in 1.5 billion smartphones, according to ARM, although many of those phones may be using nothing more sophisticated than a display brightness control Apical calls Assertive Display. That technology also turned up in Samsung Electronics' new laptop, the ATIV Book 9.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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