Phishing messages to your work email can be costly if the wrong person replies with confidential information. If you use Outlook for your email client, it can help identify those messages from outside senders to make sure they stand out. Having some context before opening a message will help prevent falling for the phishing scheme when you know it is coming from an outside … [Read more...]
182,000 new tech jobs were created in 2016, organized by state
The 2017 report from Cyberstates is out. It tells the job growth in the tech sector for 2016, across the nation, by state, or by metropolitan area. Overall, there were 182,000 net new jobs in 2016. This was around 10 percent of the new jobs added to the US economy. Key findings of the report include: The tech sector employs approximately 4 percent of the total U.S. … [Read more...]
Unboxing and reviewing Amplifi HD mesh networking
Home networking has been a frequent topic that I pursued for personal reasons to get the best coverage in my house. My last house was a ranch style with the cable Internet coming in the center of the house. With cheap routers, this meant the signal dropped off at either end of the house. I first used powerline adapters to distribute the Internet to the ends of the house and … [Read more...]
Pwn2Own 2017 results
As the second year under Trend Micro's ownership, the popular hacking event Pwn2Own is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. The targets this year include VMware Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Adobe Flash in Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari. There are also demonstrations of local Escalation of Privilege bugs against Windows, … [Read more...]
ARRIS introduces their first DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem with the SURFboard SB8200, available on Amazon
ARRIS (the company designing and selling the cable modems formerly under the Motorola name) introduced its flagship DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem available for retail sale from their website and Amazon.com. The cable modem brings the DOCSIS 3.1 standard to market, which means you can enjoy the higher speeds of cable Internet (if your ISP provides it) and not have to pay the modem … [Read more...]