WHAT IS RANSOMWARE? Ransomware is a type of malware that infects computer systems, restricting users’ access to the infected systems. Ransomware variants have been observed for several years and often attempt to extort money from victims by displaying an on-screen alert. Typically, these alerts state that the user’s systems have been locked or that the …
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Intel’s mainstream consumer processors are mostly of the dual- and quad-core varieties, but the server CPUs go much higher than that. Case in point: the most expensive member of the new Broadwell-based Xeon E5-2600 v4 family has a whopping 22 cores running at 2.2GHz—and all of that fits in just one processor socket. The new …
Andrew Cunningham Apple today released iOS 9.3.1 to fix a bug that could cause tapping links to stop working in Safari and other apps. The problems were caused by certain apps with poor implementations of the “Universal Links” feature introduced in iOS 9, as we detailed earlier this week. If you’re using an older iDevice …
Congratulations to Beamdog. I’m pretty sure that Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear now holds the record for “Longest Time Between Base Game and Expansion,” at seventeen years. Described somewhat tongue-in-cheek as Baldur’s Gate 1.5, Siege of Dragonspear sees Beamdog move from a curatorial role (Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition) into a more authorial role in the …
Slowly, Microsoft Office is becoming a platform—and with a future update that allows you to pin apps to the Office ribbon, that message will be front and center on your monitor. Developers will be able to build apps and place them directly inside the ribbons of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, said Qi Lu, executive vice president …
Manufactured with Saffiano leather, the fashionable Wallet (iPhone 6/6s; $79) sports a folio design with a zippered back pocket for your change or your cash. The case features a soft-to-the-touch, scratch-resistant finish, three interior credit card slots, and a gold cradle to secure your iPhone. The Wallet comes in baby pink, black, navy, pink, or red. …
iOS 9.3.1 is now available for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Credit: Apple If you updated to iOS 9.3 within the past ten days and you found that tapping on web links would crash your device, you’ll be happy to know that there’s finally a fix. On Thursday, Apple released iOS 9.3.1. According to …
Usually when groups like iFixit and Chipworks break open a popular new gadget, they turn up some sort of surprise. But that’s not the case with the iPhone SE. In Chipworks’ iPhone 5 SE teardown, Apple’s first 4-inch phone since 2013 is exactly what it seems to be. Most of its internal components are transplants …
Starting with iOS 9, Apple has tried to make it harder for attackers to trick users into installing unauthorized apps on their devices by abusing stolen enterprise certificates. However, it left one door open that attackers can still exploit: the protocol used by mobile device management products. In a presentation at the Black Hat Asia …