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Ransomeware Attacks Reported in Australia & Globally
A recent alert from an Internet security organisation: “For a few hours, bad news is spreading quickly about a massive wave of infections by a new ransomware called “WannaCry”. We are still trying to collect more information about it. It seems that 45K attacks were detected from 74 differents countries: Big targets have been telecom…
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It’s Not Just Sony Pictures Facing Security Issues – It’s Pharmacy!
Editor’s Note: Steve Jenkin has an interest in cybersecurity and is the “go to” person for i2P in these matters. The recent hacking of Sony in the US when it was about to release a movie based on the North Korean dictator (and the hackers also thought to be the North Korean government) illustrated vividly…
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Apple Opportunities or Not – Disruption and Vision
If you think back to 2001 and the iPod, it changed the music market (eventually impacting CD sales) and replaced Napster & Kazaa file-sharing. For around $0.50-$2/song, Apple established a price point consumers were willing to pay and the Music Copyright Moguls (not artists) would entertai They weren’t the first MP3 player, but the first…