NEWS
Switching to a Cloud-Based System
It’s the 21st century—if you aren’t online, you might have a problem. For the modern day business owner, this means going digital with your business. Not only is going digital the standard, but storing the information in a place other than your hard drive is essential...
How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management
Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Interchangeable parts spurred ideas about structuring assembly lines and logistics. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by...
Security News This Week: An Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit US Power Utilities
This week saw some aftershocks from recent revelations about a large-scale iOS hacking campaign. Brokers of so-called zero day exploits—the kind that companies haven't yet patched—have started charging more for Android hacks than iOS for the first time. And Apple...
Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware
Thousands of web servers have been infected and had their files encrypted by a new strain of ransomware named Lilocked (or Lilu).Infections have been happening since mid-July, and have intensified in the past two weeks, ZDNet has learned.Based on current evidence, the...
Microsoft’s quirky musical video mocks Vista, Windows Phone, and more
150 full-time employees and interns at Microsoft have volunteered their mornings, weekends, and nights to create a Microsoft musical video. The video was shot in various buildings at Microsoft’s corporate campus in Redmond, Washington and it features interns and staff...
Fake PayPal Site Spreads Nemty Ransomware
A web page pretending to offer an official application from PayPal is currently spreading a new variant of Nemty ransomware to unsuspecting users.It appears that the operators of this file-encrypting malware are trying various distribution channels as it was recently...
What is the expanding role of IT within the business?
IT is now central to businesses in terms of revenue, growth and strategic direction, and the development of 'big software' is providing businesses with a larger infrastructure to keep up with growing demands The digital transformation wave is causing widespread change...
20 TEXAS CITIES HIT BY COORDINATED RANSOMWARE ATTACK, STATE’S IT DEPARTMENT SAYS
Twenty local government entities across Texas have been hit by a coordinated ransomware attack, the state's Department of Information Resources (DIR) announced on Friday."Currently, DIR, the Texas Military Department, and the Texas A&M University System's...
Windows 10 news recap: Microsoft aims to make Chrome and Edge more battery efficient, designer imagines a “Modern OS” from Microsoft on a Lumia X, and more
Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.Recent Chromium contribution from Microsoft aims to make Edge and Chrome more battery efficientMicrosoft has been working...