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Want to protect your ZIP archives with a password? While Windows doesn’t have a built-in option to do that, you can use free apps like 7-Zip and WinRAR to add password protection . We’ll show you how to use those apps. Make sure to note your password somewhere safe, like in a password manager , as you’ll need it each time you want to extract files from your password-protected ZIP. Table of Contents Password Protect a ZIP Using 7-Zip Encrypt a ZIP Archive Using WinRAR RELATED: How to Password Protect Files and Folders With Encryption Password Protect a ZIP Using 7-Zip 7-Zip is a free and open-source app that you can use to create and extract files from various archive formats, including ZIP. With this app, you choose the files to add to an archive, set the password, and let the app secure your archive’s contents. To start, download and install the free 7-Zip app on your Windows PC. Next, open a File Explorer window and locate the files … [Read more...] about How to Password Protect a ZIP File on Windows

Some Michigan counties can’t immediately report Tuesday night’s election results due to a confusing mix of federal vote reporting guidance and AT&T’s decision to retire its 3G networks this past February. In a website alert , the Wayne County clerk’s office confirmed that 65 of Michigan’s 83 total counties “are no longer modeming unofficial election results.” Wayne County is where Detroit is located, and it’s the state’s biggest county by population, with about 1.8 million residents. It’s unclear how many are due to county officials that did not upgrade their own modems, or if this is due to U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) guidelines advising against using modems. In section 14.2-E, the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0 established in February 2021 advised against connecting voting systems to the internet. The guidelines cited the risk of ransomware, the ability for attackers to view files within the system, or modify files within it that have to do … [Read more...] about AT&T’s 3G shutdown catches blame for a major election headache in Michigan

Following the release of Chrome 104 , Microsoft is now rolling out the same update for its Edge browser. Edge 104 includes an important security change, a new import option for Chrome, and more. RELATED: What's New in Chrome 104, Available Now Basic Security by Default Microsoft Edge has three security modes to choose from: Basic, Balanced, and Strict. Just like with Firefox’s privacy modes, moving up the levels can improve your web privacy and security, but can also break more sites or cause some unexpected behavior. Starting with Edge 105, Basic is now the default security option, instead of Balanced. Microsoft says this change “preserves the user experience for the most popular sites on the web.” Apparently, enough people were having issues on Balanced that downgrading the default option was the only way for everyone to start with a functional experience. If you already use Edge, the update won’t change your security settings — the new default should only apply … [Read more...] about What’s New in Microsoft Edge 104, Available Now

Audio player loading… Open redirects, a classic weakness found in many of the world’s biggest web pages, are reportedly being used to steal login credentials (opens in new tab) for Microsoft 365 accounts. According to experts from security firm Inky, the method was used to send more than 6,800 phishing emails from Google Workspace, posing as Snapchat, in the last two and a half months. As for American Express, the team identified more than 2,000 phishing emails. Identity theft (opens in new tab) is one of the more popular cybercriminal activities, as the data can be successfully leveraged for other forms of fraud. AmEx moves fast, Snapchat lags Open redirects allow threat actors to use other people’s domains and websites as temporary landing pages, before sending the victims to the phishing page. That way, when the attacker sends a phishing email, the link in the email’s body might look legitimate, further encouraging people to click. "Since the … [Read more...] about Hackers are using this classic technique to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts

Audio player loading… If you get an “urgent” message from Twilio (opens in new tab) , be extra careful, as it’s most likely a scam aiming to trick you into giving away sensitive data, or hard-earned money. This warning was sent out by the company itself, confirming it suffered a recent data breach with attackers using the stolen (opens in new tab) data to attack its customers. Twilioy says it doesn’t know just yet who the perpetrators are, but it did describe them as “well-organized, sophisticated and methodical in their actions”. Whoever it was, they first tricked a couple of Twilio employees into giving away their login credentials. Then, they used that information to sneak into the company network, map out the endpoints , and steal even more data. Usual phishing topics Once enough data was collected, the attackers then used it against Twilio users and employees. The company said that recently, both current and former employees started getting text … [Read more...] about Don’t click on that Twilio message – it could be a scam

Audio player loading… Businesses faced more cyberattacks (opens in new tab) than ever before in 2021 with new data from Check Point Research (opens in new tab) revealing that corporate networks saw 50 percent more attacks per week when compared to the previous year. Back in October of last year, the cybersecurity firm reported a 40 percent increase in cyberattacks globally with one out of every 61 organizations worldwide impacted by ransomware (opens in new tab) each week. Now though in a new report (opens in new tab) , Check Point Research has highlighted the fact that from mid-2020 throughout 2021, there has been an upwards trend in the number of cyberattacks. While the trend increased during this entire time period, it reached an all-time high at the end of the year with a peak of 925 cyberattacks a week per organization globally. Data research manager at Check Point Research, Omer Dembinsky explained in a press release that the Log4J … [Read more...] about Cyberattacks on businesses saw a huge rise in 2021

Privacy-centric internet search engine DuckDuckGo has earlier promoted its browser saying that it blocks hidden online trackers on websites. However, in May, the company faced huge criticism for not blocking some third-party Microsoft trackers in the DuckDuckGo browser as both companies had a search content agreement between them. According to a report by Bleeping Computer, DuckDuckGo has recently confirmed that it has started blocking all third-party Microsoft tracking scripts in their privacy browser which it was unable to block earlier. Why was DuckDuckGo criticised The Apple App Store listing for the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser explains that the Tracker Radar in the browser automatically blocks hidden third-party trackers that are lurking around on the website. This feature stops the companies behind those trackers from collecting and selling user data. , However, trackers discovered some Microsoft trackers were allowed by the DuckDuckGo browser. While the … [Read more...] about microsoft: Explained: Why DuckDuckGo has started blocking Microsoft’s web trackers

Sponsors of a key bipartisan antitrust bill have tried for months to secure a Senate vote and potentially pass “the first major bill on technology competition” to come before the Senate “since the dawn of the Internet.” Now, The Wall Street Journal reports , that bill will remain “in limbo” as Congress has failed to schedule a vote before its recess. This could signify that Big Tech companies will prevail— through intense lobbying and criticism —and prevent the bill from passing a Senate floor vote. In just one week this summer, one industry group reportedly spent $22 million in ads against the bill. The bill is controversial because it targets large companies like Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Apple. It stops them from self-preferencing business practices, like promoting their products above others or forcing smaller businesses to buy ad space to compete. Critics, like Google , say the law could threaten everything from the quality of online services to national … [Read more...] about Big Tech just got one step closer to squashing key US antitrust bill

Since Congress passed legislation in February ordering the Federal Aviation Administration to fast-track the approval of unmanned aerial vehicles—more colloquially known as drones—for use by law enforcement agencies, police and sheriff departments across the country have been scrambling to purchase the smaller, unarmed cousins of the Predator and Reaper drones which carry out daily sorties over Afghanistan, Yemen, and other theaters of operation. Alameda County in California has become one of the central battlegrounds over the introduction of drones to domestic police work. Earlier this year , Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern raised the hackles of local civil libertarians (and there are quite a few of those in the county, which encompasses Berkeley and Oakland) by declaring his intention to purchase a drone to assist with “emergency response.” According to Ahern, Alameda Sheriff's personnel first tested a UAV in fall 2011 and gave a public demonstration of the machine's … [Read more...] about California law enforcement moves to buy drones, draws controversy

Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: How one man designed the Windows 7 boot animation : Rolf Ebeling, a senior user experience lead for the User Experience Design and Research Team for Windows, is the man who designed the Windows 7 boot animation. Microsoft to switch internal focus to Windows 8 in July 2010 : Seven more job postings were posted last month that mention Windows 8. From them, we can glean a few small tidibits about Windows 7's successor. Silverlight-powered Bing Maps beta is beautiful, slow : Microsoft is offering a new version of Bing Maps, powered by Silverlight, that pushes mapping a step forward with a new Application Gallery, among other features. Pirates offer Windows 7 on USB sticks : The Chinese black market has started selling copies of Windows 7 on USB disk drives. Microsoft considered doing this at one point, but that idea never came to fruition. Microsoft asks Windows 7 testers for … [Read more...] about Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Bing Maps