Computer Safety & News

Team leaders cannot be effective if they fake a positive attitude and internal conflicts of this nature should be worked out in advance so the team sees a sincere and genuine interest by the team leader. http://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/what-you-say-before-you-say-a-word More Than Words — Everyone can choose to use words that lift up, encourage, and express a positive […]

While this Proof-of-Concept attack requires some physical access assistance to plug into a computer, the new “PoisonTap” exploit design use highly inexpensive devices to intercept and capture all unencrypted web traffic.  This could be used in espionage or to intercept backups where this captured information could be misused in a malicious way   http://www.pcmag.com/news/349673/5-poisontap-usb-exploit-easily-cracks-sleeping-macs-pcs A sleeping Mac or PC, […]

A 10 day timeframe is likely not enough time to patch & fully test a privately reported Windows issue before going public. However, it may lead to a more expedited fix to prevent exploited code from accessing critical resources outside a sandboxed environment.    http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/31/google-discloses-actively-exploited-windows-vulnerability-just-10-days-after-reporting-it-to-Microsoft/ Google today shared details about a security flaw in Windows, just […]

Microsoft’s PGO technology is used to make Google Chrome browser load pages faster on Windows starting with version 53 http://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-on-windows-10-google-gains-15-percent-speed-boost-using-microsoft-tech/ Speed is one way Google can make Chrome more appealing to Windows users in the face of competition from Microsoft’s Windows 10 Edge browser. For its latest effort to make Chrome faster, Google turned to Microsoft’s […]