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Windows 7 hardest hit by WannaCry worm

According to the latest findings from two security firms, the majority of victims of the WannaCry attack were Windows 7 users. BBC News reports:

More than 97% of the infections seen by Kaspersky Lab and 66% of those seen by BitSight used the older software.

WannaCry started spreading in mid-May and, so far, has infected more than 200,000 computers around the world.

In the UK, some hospitals had to turn away patients as the worm shut down computer systems.

Many suggested that the reason UK hospitals suffered was because many of them still relied on programmes that required Windows XP - a version of Microsoft's OS that debuted in 2001.

But infections of XP by WannaCry were "insignificant" said Costin Raiu from Kaspersky Lab.
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by Becky, May 22, 2017 at 6:24 PM

French team finds way to unlock computers infected with WannaCry virus

The WannaCry virus has infected an estimated 300,000 computers across the globe since 12th May, and affected users have their data held to ransom. Thankfully it seems that a French team have now found a way to unlock affected computers, just in the nick of time.

French researchers have found a way to save Windows files encrypted by the WannaCry virus, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.

But the researchers said their solution would only work in certain conditions, namely if computers had not been rebooted since becoming infected and if victims applied the fix before WannaCry carried out its threat to lock their files permanently.
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by Becky, May 19, 2017 at 6:19 PM

AMD Unveils 16-core Ryzen ‘Threadripper’ Enthusiast CPU

AMD has announced a new addition to it's consumer CPU line-up - a 16-core, 32 thread Ryzen beast that goes by the name of ‘Threadripper’. This is extreme high-end stuff, and will debut on a new motherboard platform. Even if you're not a high-end user, this is still important news - the current CPU war between AMD and Intel will likely result in better tech at a cheaper price for everyone.

Why this matters: Grab your popcorn, because after years of Intel domination, the CPU wars are on—and that's great news for PC enthusiasts. If previous Ryzen chip performance is a predictor of how Threadripper will do, the 32-thread chip should easily surpass Intel's current 10-core Core i7-6950X in heavily multi-threaded and heavy multi-tasking chores. "Ryzen Threadripper is targeted at the absolute ultra high-end of performance in desktop," Anderson said.
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by Becky, May 17, 2017 at 6:37 PM

More than half of Xbox One's backwards compatible library is on sale

Microsoft has put 280 backwards compatible Xbox One/Xbox 360 games on sale today - Games Radar has more:

Microsoft is holding a huge Backward Compatibility Super Sale on hundreds of games for Xbox One/Xbox 360 right now. If you've been holding off on picking up Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 since it hit Xbox One in April, now would be the time. You can check the full list of discounted items on the Major Nelson Blog. Honestly, though, you don't really need the list. If you want it, it's probably on sale.
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by Becky, May 16, 2017

Leaker claims Intel launching powerful 'Core i9 Skylake X' processors in June

According to a leak today, Intel may be preparing to launch a new line of high-end processors in June based on the Kaby Lake X and Skylake X architectures. Apple Insider has more:

The post on the Anandtech forums by user "Sweepr" indicates there will be four Core i9 processors, two each in the i9-7900 and i9-7800 ranges, along with two Core i7 chips. The highlight of the list is the Core i9-7920X, which will have 12 cores and 24 threads, and 16.5 megabytes of L3 cache, but clock speeds for the chip were not revealed.

The Core i9-7900X has 10 cores, 20 threads, and 13.75 megabytes of L3 cache, with both 7900-series chips offering 44 PCIe lanes. It is claimed the i9-7900X will offer a base clock speed of 3.3GHz, rising to 4.3GHz under Turbo Clock 2.0, and up to 4.5GHz under Turbo Clock 3.0, a third clock state that can allow the processors to perform at a higher clock speed than in Broadwell-E.
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by Becky, May 15, 2017

HP laptops have been logging keystrokes since 2015

It has been revealed that HP laptops may have been logging all user keystrokes since December 2015, according to security firm Modzero.

The security company found that HP had released an update for the audio drivers in its laptops which can detect if a specific key have been pressed as part of a debugging and diagnostic function.

However, Modzero found that the debugger, developed by audio chip manufacturer Conexant, collects all the keystrokes and either records them in a log file in a public folder on the laptop or displays them through a debugging interface.

“This type of debugging turns the audio driver effectively into a keylogging spyware.
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The logged keystrokes are not sent to an external source, but represent a potential security flaw which could be taken advantage of. Read more at Silicon
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by Becky, May 11, 2017

GeForce GT 1030 Graphics Cards leaked

TechPowerUp reports that details of various NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 graphics cards have been leaked online, suggesting that this entry-level graphics card may be launched in the near future.

According to VideoCardz, the GT 1030 are based on the GP108-300 ASIC, featuring 384 CUDA cores, 24 TMUs, 8 ROPs, and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 64-bit wide memory bus. With a TDP of just 35W, the GPU can power low-profile and completely fanless graphics cards, although for those who prefer their cards with elaborate fan-heatsink cooling solutions, there will be full-height cards as well.
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by Becky, May 10, 2017

Microsoft makes emergency security fix

This weekend Microsoft was forced to fix a bug which could have allowed hackers to take control of a PC with a single email, whether or not it was opened. The flaw was in the anti-malware software itself (such as Windows Defender): once the software scanned the hostile email, the exploit would have been triggered. Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 were all affected, but the bug has now been fixed.

Anti-virus software such as Windows Defender would merely have to scan the malicious content for the exploit to be triggered.

On some computers, scans are set up to occur almost instantly - "real-time protection" - or to take place at a scheduled time.

"Anti-virus normally tries to intercept these things before you get to them," said cyber-security expert Graham Cluley.

He added it was "tremendous" that Microsoft had released the patch so quickly.
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by Becky, May 9, 2017

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