Blake DowlingMarch 2, 2019
6min427
One click and your files are toast; all encrypted.
Tag: CryptoLocker
Blake DowlingMarch 2, 2019Blake DowlingNovember 4, 2017
7min261
This year has been exceptionally brutal on the cybersecurity front, and ransomware in particular. You know it is terrible when Webster tosses the name in the book. According to the 2017 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “ransomware” is malware requiring the victim to pay a ransom to access encrypted files. Also added were other random words that have […]
Blake DowlingJuly 27, 2016
7min209
Debbie Wasserman Schultz got to “Feel the Bern” from a hostile crowd of Florida delegates at the Democratic National Committee. Why were these Bern Victims so fired up? The email scandal, of course, which led to Schultz’s resignation. The pro-Clinton digital documentation revealed in this breach and scandal is a mess. There are several old school […]
Blake DowlingJune 27, 2016
8min1653
I visited Russia for the first time this summer. Growing up a Cold War kid, the prospect of visiting the Motherland was a little freaky — and the constant visibility of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea had me sleeping with one eye open. Once I overcame these minor fears, the country was truly […]