DecryptedTech

Friday31 March 2023

News

News (2763)

Shellshock used to spread botnet through SMTP

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
There appear to be developments in the way that Shellshock is used to push malware around. According to new information the Bash Bug is now being used to send malware out through the use of compromised SMTP gateways. The clever…

Dotcom Must Hand Over Financial Information to US Studios

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
Kim Dotcom has faced a series of setbacks in his defense against the US copyright lobby. Incensed that the original suit did not impoverish Dotcom as they had hoped the US copyright industry has continually sought to identify where Dotcom…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
Social Media can be a great thing if used properly. However, lately people tend to use it for… well let’s call it ranting. I cannot count the number of rants and tantrums I have seen on Twitter, Facebook and even…

AMD Posts Lackluster Q3 Results

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
If you were to look back over the years and pick one seriously mismanaged tech company it would probably be AMD. Even going back into the K6 days we find that AMD just did not know what it wanted to…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
Yesterday morning we told you about a rumored bug in an older encryption protocol, SSL 3.0. Today the details of this bug were released and although it looks bad, it might not be as big as first hinted. The bug…

8k is the Next Golden Age of Gaming

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
When I first started covering the computer world the most common resolution was 640x680 with the hard core gamers getting 800x600. The dream of the day, which some called the golden age of gaming, was 1600x1200 with around 30Fps. Now…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
When you are a sysadmin there is nothing like waking up to not one, but two troubling bits of news. The first one centers on a new and fun Zero-Day vulnerability that affects just about every version of windows that…

Samsung Claims to Have Created 4.6Gbps 60GHz Wireless

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
One of the biggest issues with wireless is that you never really get the speeds you are promised. Right now the maximum theoretical speed you can get in consumer wireless is about 1.3Gbps. This is assuming you are running the…

Rory Read to step down as AMD CEO: Lisa Su to Take Over

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
In any technology based company there is a need for strong leadership. The problem comes in finding the right person to take the role of leader. We have seen how much of an impact the right and wrong choices can…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
It is the dream of many computer enthusiasts to have a mobile system that is at least as powerful (if not as flexible) as their desktops. I know that I personally have spent a small fortune on finding mobile devices…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
In late 2013 Apple made the announcement that it was entering into a deal (some said exclusive) with GT Advanced Technologies. This company was going to revolutionize the next generation(s) of devices from Apple including the iPhone, iPad and more.…

Suspected Windows 10 Spying Will Impact Future Sales

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
Microsoft had a brief moment in the sun with the release of Windows 10 after the less than stellar market performance of Windows 8.x. However, it seems they are determined to make sure that they screw things up as it…

New Mac Botnet Uses Reddit To Hand out C&C Server IPs

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
The Mac world had an unsettling wakeup call today as it found out what most people have known for years: Macs are no more secure than any other PC. This wakeup call is not the first of its kind and…

JP Morgan Chase Breach Affects 76 Millionn Accounts

Written by
Rate this item
(0 votes)
242 Million. This is the number of people that have been affected by the corporate culture of short cuts and fiduciary excuses on security. We have talked at length about the lack of proper security planning in the last 12…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
We have been trying to stay out of the conversation about the strength of the iPhone 6 and all that goes with it. However some recent items in that story have changed our minds. The most recent is the alleged…
Rate this item
(0 votes)
Microsoft announced their next version of Windows yesterday and the world focused on one thing: the name. While it is true that the decision to jump from Windows 8 to Windows 10 was an unusual one, it certainly should not…

Page 10 of 173