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• There’s finally reason to hope in the war against ransomware

  22-05-2016 19:30
  
  Now when ransomware tries to take over your computer, there’s something you can be sides pay up: stop it, buy more time to deal with it or mitigate the damage it might do.
  These options include both hardware and software approaches IT pros can take to defeat the malware, a group at this weekend’s Security BSides Boston conference was told.
  By looking at how several variants of ransomware work - CryptoLocker, CryptoWall, Locky, SamSam - researcher Weston Hecker found characteristics
  
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• How Microsoft's nasty new Windows 10 pop-up tricks you into upgrading

  22-05-2016 18:20
  
  This morning, the unthinkable happened: My wife, an avowed PC user who long ago swore to never touch an Apple device, started shopping around for a Mac Mini. And it’s all thanks to Windows 10. Or rather, the nasty new way that Microsoft’s tricking Windows 7 and 8 users into automatically updating to Windows 10.
  I adore Windows 10, but I’ve long been a vocal critic ofthe heavy-handed tactics that Microsoft’s been using to force people into the upgrade, all to hi
  
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• Boston BSides needs more space to grow

  22-05-2016 16:31
  
   The Boston BSides conference is bursting at its seams and may have to find a new place to carry out its mission of providing inexpensive IT security training, educational sessions and informal networking where peers can share experiences and help guide aspiring security pros.
  The conference this weekend at Microsoft’s New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, Mass., was full to capacity with about 400 people attending – the NERD limit, says Daniel Reich,
  
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• Mirrors start fire at world's largest solar plant

  22-05-2016 00:51
  
  One of the world's largest solar power plants had to be shut down after a fire started by mirrors on a 452-ft high water boiler tower melted steam ducts and water pipes.
  The fire at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California forced firefighters to climb 300 feet up the tower to a water boiler that's superheated by tens of thousands of mirror to create steam to run a turbine.
  According to an AP report, San Bernardino County fire Capt. Mike McClintock said the small fire occurred
  
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