So, we thought it was high time to put McAfee Total Protection and McAfee LiveSafe to the test with our McAfee Antivirus review. Below, you can read all about what this software offers regarding security and privacy. To get started, let’s take a look at our overall score for McAfee’s antivirus software: McAfee Antivirus Review: A Brief Overview McAfee’s antivirus packages offer excellent protection against viruses and other malware. There are also use some useful extra features tucked inside....

“The weaponisation of people’s private information in an effort to extort payment is malicious and an attack on the most vulnerable members of our community,” Medibank CEO David Koczkar said in a statement Thursday. “The release of this stolen data on the dark web is disgraceful.” The company urged the public against downloading the data, which hackers last week had threatened to begin releasing on the forum. Reports have pegged ransom demands upwards of $10 million, or $1 for each compromised customer account....

Merlin is also announcing $25 million in funding from GV (formerly Google Ventures). This places Merlin into a small but active pack of companies scrambling to bring autonomy to aviation. “We’re proud to partner with Dynamic to begin the process of moving autonomy from the lab and to the market,” said Matthew George, Merlin co-founder and CEO. “This deal represents a major commercial milestone as well as Merlin’s commitment to supporting larger and more complex aircraft....

Microsoft threat researchers have observed a change in tactics used by card-skimming malware. Over the past decade, card skimming has been dominated by so-called Magecart malware that relies on JavaScript code to inject scripts into checkout pages and deliver malware that captures and steals payment card details. Injecting JavaScript into front-end processes was “very conspicuous”, Microsoft notes, because it might have triggered browser protections like Content Security Policy (CSP) that stop external scripts from loading....

Internet Explorer (E) 11 is on its way out with Microsoft ending support for it in key apps like Teams and Office last year. However, IE 11 still remains a component of Windows 10 until June 15, 2022, after which support will be dropped in some versions of Windows 10. IE mode within Edge can be used to ensure backwards compatibility with legacy business apps and internal sites. IE mode in Microsoft Edge is supported through at least 2029 to give web developers eight years to modernize legacy apps and eventually remove the need for IE mode, Microsoft said last year....

AT&T and Microsoft are working together on Azure Operator Distributed Services, with initial testing stages planned for later this year, Microsoft officials said. As part of today’s announcements, Microsoft said a private preview of the Azure Operator 5G Core, which deploys on the Azure Operator Distributed Services platform, is now available. Microsoft is also making a public preview of the Azure Private 5G Core, a 5G packet-core-as-a-service for the aforementioned Azure private MEC solution....

Many, though, simply aren’t equipped to deal with the mistakes that technology induces them to make. A fear surely shared by almost everyone is the absent-minded, wrong-headed response to an email. How are you supposed to say you didn’t mean it? How are you supposed to fix what you’ve done? I’m indebted – as I hope you will be – to Microsoft for airing these questions and inciting the world’s ingenuity in reply....

Also: How to create the perfect Windows 11 virtual machine Build 22000.282 fixes an L3 caching issue that could affect the performance of devices with AMD Ryzen processors running the RTM release of Windows 11, the Microsoft release notes say. The new build doesn’t address the preferred core part of the problem, however. The Microsoft release notes also say this build fixes an issue resulting in some people not seeing the new centered taskbar design in the RTM release of Windows 11....

Also: Microsoft just added this ’top requested feature’ to Windows 11 January 31 will be the last day Microsoft sells the Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Home downloads, filling in one more piece of the puzzle in the plan to wind down what still remains the most widely used version of Windows. The move was announced on the Windows 10 home page where Windows 10 Home is available for $139 and Windows 10 Pro for $199....

NCC Group researchers have so far seen five instances in their client base of active exploitation of Log4Shell in MobileIron, noting that the “global scale of the exposure appears significant.” In a blog post updated on Wednesday, the company shared a screenshot of a Shodan search showing 4,642 instances around the world. NCC Group Global CTO Ollie Whitehouse told ZDNet that Shodan isn’t real-time but that there has been a small drop in total systems since yesterday....

Also: How to convert your home’s old TV cable into powerful Ethernet lines Although they both serve the common purpose of connecting your devices to the internet, they have distinct and complementary functions. A modem connects your home network to your internet service provider (ISP), while a router allows all your wired and wireless devices to use that connection simultaneously and communicate with each other. Which is best for you?...

The summit included representatives from the US, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, European Union, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, South Korea, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UAE, and the United Kingdom. All of the countries agreed that ransomware is an “escalating global security threat with serious economic and security consequences.” The countries reiterated that ransomware requires a “shared response” because of how complex and global the issue is....

The study carried out by not-for-profit global trade body the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) has found that 66% of Brazilian professionals are using their own devices for work. This represents a rise of 5 percentage points in relation to the previous edition of the study published at the end of 2019. Of the professionals using their personal devices in a professional setting, 75% are not being subsidized by their employers, the research has found....

Conducted since 2010, the TIC Educação survey investigates school communities – students, teachers, directors of studies and principals – to map access to, as well as use and appropriation of, information and communication technologies in public and private schools. The research covered 3678 schools nationwide and also analyzed aspects of technology used in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the research, 84% of students in urban areas in Brazil don’t have connectivity at home or access to equipment such as desktops, laptops or tablets....

However, before we get to those details, let’s recap just what the 2022 edition of the Edge Plus brings to Motorola’s flagship lineup. Inside the Motorola Edge Plus is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 8GB or 12GB of memory, up to 512GB of storage, and a 4,800mAh battery. Its OLED display measures 6.7-inches, with a resolution of 2400x1080. On the backside of the Edge Plus is a triple camera array that boasts a 50MP camera for ultra-wide angle photos, a 50MP main camera and a 2MP depth camera....

The announcement was made by Aussie Broadband stating it was taking part in the program, and has 9,000 eligible customers on FttN and FttC technologies. “We’ve been taking part in trials over the past few months, and we’re keen to participate in NBN’s new fibre upgrade scheme,” Aussie Broadband managing director Phil Britt said. “Eligible FttC customers will be able to apply for the Fibre Connect program from the end of May....

Good marketers know that you got seconds or less to impress a potential customer on the web. A fantastic idea and a slick website aren’t enough. You got to make it easy and enticing for people to go there in the first place. That’s why LINKEM might be the most effective weapon in your marketing arsenal, no matter what (or who) you try to drum up interest for. You can purchase a lifetime LINKEM subscription for $49 or 89% off for a limited time....

According to Python developers at Netflix, the language is used through the “full content lifecycle,” from security tools to its recommendation algorithms to its proprietary content distribution network (CDN) Open Connect, which ensures that content is streamed from network devices that are as close as possible to end users. Python is one of the most popular languages today and is widely used for data analysis, machine learning, DevOps, and web development....

At the end of October, cybersecurity researchers from Cleafy found the malware, which does not appear to belong to any known family. Now dubbed SharkBot, the Android malware has been traced in attacks focused on stealing funds from vulnerable handsets running on the Google Android operating system. So far, infections have been found in the UK, Italy, and the United States. It is believed that SharkBot is likely a private botnet and is still in the early stages of development....

After testing NordLocker’s features, I can honestly say that the hype is real. I easily encrypted my files, shared them with the people I wanted, and accessed them from any device without any hassle. It didn’t matter how big the files were either. However, I was a bit disappointed that it didn’t have an app for my smartphone. But since NordLocker is developed by the same company that owns NordVPN, I’m confident that it’ll only improve over time....