Published August 13, 2012
Account details for millions of players have been stolen in a hack attack on Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Blizzard president, CEO and co-founder Michael Morhaime has released a statement explaining that: “Some data was illegally accessed, including a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, outside of China. For players on North American servers, the answer to the personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In…Read more
Published July 23, 2012
I have been a fan of the Diablo series since the 1st installment was released on December 31st, 1996. After waiting over ten years since the 2nd installment in 2000, Diablo III finally arrived in May. As one of the most highly anticipated games this year, it was only a matter of time before malware authors began targeting it. Besides its immense popularity, another thing that is bound to make Diablo III even more attractive to cybercriminals is a new feature called Real Money Auction House. The…Read more
Published July 09, 2012
Brian Krebs over at KrebsOnSecurity.com has just issued a warning regarding a new Java exploit, powered by The Blackhole Exploit Kit. It is very important to make sure your Java is constantly up-to-date and patched since it is one of the most common vulnerabilities related to malicious attacks. For more details, you can check out Brian Krebs' original post on the Java exploit We here at New River Computing would like to thank Mr. Krebs for all of his great work on keeping everyone informed with…Read more
Published June 26, 2012
I recently stumbled across a fantastic article written by Marcin Kleczynsk that I’d like to share with our readers. Mr. Kleczynsk is the CEO of Malwarebytes, a provider of highly effective, award winning anti-malware solutions. To read the full article check out Mr. Kleczynsk's Fighting cybercrime: How to avoid malware and other computer viruses Read more
Published June 22, 2012
If you go to Microsoft Support, you will find a ton of keyboard and mouse short-cuts designed to save you time and let you work more efficiently. Once you get used to using Hotkey shortcuts, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them. Here’s a list of some that you’re likely going to find very useful. Windows system key combinations F1: Help for the currently selected item CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs ALT+F4: Quit program SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item…Read more