November, 2014 Blog archives
Battling fake Microsoft Support scammers
Published November 10, 2014
Fake antivirus support is a problem. We know fake “Microsoft representatives” call targeted Windows users to persuade them that their computers are inundated with warnings and errors as shown in the Windows Event Viewer, a legitimate Microsoft application that lists system information. We even watched Jerome Segura, a senior security researcher at Malwarebytes—catch some of these over-the-phone tactics on video. Unfortunately it seems scammers still use the telephone to cold call folks…Read more
NRC’s George T Probst films first 360-degree great white shark video
Published November 03, 2014
George Probst, NRC's web designer, was asked early this year to test out a new underwater camera rig that films 360° footage. In addition to George's work at NRC, he's also an accomplished underwater wildlife photographer, who specializes in shark. George took the Kolor Abyss 360 on his recent great white shark diving trip to Isla de Guadalupe, and was able to capture some close-up footage of great white sharks. As far as we know, this is the first published video footage of great white sharks…Read more