Monthly Archives: October 2014

Cybercriminals taking advantage of a ‘malvertising’ attack on big name sites including Yahoo, Match.com and AOL were making in the region of $25,000 per day through ransomware, according to Forbes.

ComputerWorld reckons at least three million people will have been exposed to the campaign that was first spotted on 18 September. IBTimes reports that the fake ads used images and copy lifted from brands including Bing, Fancy and Case Logic to hide in plain sight.

To read more, click this link: http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/10/23/yahoo-match-aol-hit-ransomware/

Microsoft is ditching the Nokia brand name from new devices, less than a year after acquiring the Finnish mobile firm.
New Nokia Lumia smartphones will instead by known as Microsoft Lumia, the company said.
Nokia’s non-mobile division, which is not owned by Microsoft, will continue to use the name.
The announcement comes despite Microsoft agreeing to a 10-year deal to use the Nokia name on mobile products.
Microsoft is currently having a big shake-up. In July, chief executive Satya Nadella announced the cutting of 18,000 jobs. The bulk of the cuts, around 12,500, will be from staff taken on after the Nokia acquisition.