Ragnar Locker is deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim's files while evading detecting from security software installed on the host. It is the latest ransomware launched at the end of December 2019 targeting corporate networks in company-wide attacks, also well known for its attack on energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP), where the attackers asked for a $10.9 million ransom after claiming to have...
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Google has been giving Chrome users plenty of reasons to quit its browser recently, including controversial changes, security problems, data concerns and rivals offering greater privacy. But now Google has introduced a great reason to stay. After a surprise release U-turn last month, Google has now rolled out Chrome 81 and it brings a wide roll-out of ‘Tab Groups’, the company’s biggest change to how Chrome tabs work since the browser launched 11 years ago. As the...
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Expect to see shortcut keys like Ctrl + Alt + Del and Alt + F4? Nah. This is a list of no common sense and little-known computer tips you will actually use. Google Chrome To open Chrome’s built-in task manager: Press Shift+ Esc. Extremely useful when Chrome freezes. To remove specific suggestion: Select the suggestion, then press Shift+ Delete. Go and delete your embarrassing searches now. To drag multiple tabs to a new window: Press Ctrl+ Click...
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Internet Explorer is dead, but not the mess it left behind. Microsoft earlier today issued an emergency security advisory warning millions of Windows users of a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) browser that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild — and there is no patch yet available for it. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0674 and rated moderated, is a remote code execution issue that exists in...
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Microsoft spent the last year giving its Edge software a browser brain transplant, and now the company is convinced it's smart enough to help everyone who uses it. Microsoft stripped the beta label from the browser on Wednesday, and you can now download it from Microsoft's Edge website. Introduced in 2015, Edge was part of a modernization effort that stripped out old Internet Explorer code. The software giant couldn't keep the...
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Performing a regular disk-cleaning regimen frees up precious space on your hard drive and helps keep Windows 10 operating smoothly. Follow some or all of these steps for a lean, clean machine. These days, a relatively clean and uncomplicated Windows 10 system disk might be home to more than 150,000 files and 90,000 folders. A more complex, application-heavy system disk might contain between half a million...
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