An Old Netbook Spills Its Secrets

For a brief moment in the late ’00s, netbooks dominated the low-cost mobile computing market. These were small, low-cost, low-power laptops, some tiny enough to only have a seven-inch display, …read more Continue reading An Old Netbook Spills Its Secrets

Beware of New Wiper Malware Distributed through Free Software / Crack Sites

A new piece of wiper malware is being distributed through warez sites, locking users out of their Windows computers after they unknowingly run the program. As reported by BleepingComputer’s Lawrence Abrams, the malware is apparently distributed t… Continue reading Beware of New Wiper Malware Distributed through Free Software / Crack Sites

MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive.

Talos team at Cisco Systems has re… Continue reading MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware

Tetris in 446 Bytes

You want to play Tetris. You want to play Tetris on any operating system. You want to play on an old IBM PC, you want to play Tetris on a new MacBook. You want a Tetris that’ll fit inside the master boot record of a disk. You want Tetris as an operating system. You want TetrOS.

Or maybe you don’t, but it’s a fantastic piece of work, and we love tiny demos. Check it out below the break. Or read through the source code in the banner image.

It doesn’t have scores, or fancy graphics, or an intro splash screen. …read more

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Latest Petya Ransomware Strain Comes with a Failsafe: Mischa

The latest Petya ransomware attacks come with a twist; if Petya is not granted privileges to encrypt the Master File Table, it instead installs Mischa ransomware. Continue reading Latest Petya Ransomware Strain Comes with a Failsafe: Mischa