There seems to be a sudden rise these days in fraudulent tech support phone scams. You hear more often these days people are getting calls from wood-be Microsoft support employees claiming they are getting reports sent from your computer that it is in need of repair. Usually if you comply …..
TechTalk on VOCM “Poodle Security Bug”
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode the Poodle Security Bug is discussed. To listen, click on the PLAY button above.
Poodle Security Bug
It seems like each week brings news of either hackers breaking into big box store databases or security researchers discovering software bugs in aging software and this week is no exception. Following the discovery of April’s ‘Heartbleed’ bug in OpenSSL and last month’s ‘Shellshock’ bug in a piece of Unix …..
Tech Talk On VOCM “BadUSB”
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode BadUSB is discussed. To listen, click on the PLAY button above.
BadUSB
Computer users normally pass around USB thumb drives much like silicon business cards these days and although we know they could carry malware and virus’ on these devices, we depend on antivirus scans and the occasional reformatting or deleting of these devices to keep our thumb drives from becoming the …..
Tech Talk On VOCM “Ello – A New Social Network”
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode ELLO is discussed. To listen, click on the PLAY button above.
Ello – A New Social Network
Ello is a new social networking service that offers basic Facebook-like features that was launched in March of this year but has not really gained traction until recently. The service is currently invite-only, but requests for invites are easy to come by and as a result user numbers have skyrocketed …..
Tech Talk On VOCM “The BASH Shellshock Bug”
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode The BASH Shellshock Bug is discussed. To listen, click on the PLAY button above.
The Bash Shellshock Bug
“…as of last week, the technology world discovered a new security vulnerability known as the Bash Shellshock Bug, potentially much more serious than Heartbleed…” This bug, which has actually gone un-noticed (we hope) for about a decade, is found in a shell scripting command-line interpreter called BASH and it is used by …..
iPhone 6 Frenzy
Earlier this month was the announcement of the new Apple watch and last week the release of Apple’s new flagship device the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Massive lines at stores across Canada with record breaking sales goes to show that people are willing to wait and pay premium just to get the …..
Tech Talk On VOCM “Home Depot Security Breach”
Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode Home Depot’s security breach is discussed. To listen, click on the PLAY button above.