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Hackers Have Cut Power Grid In Several Cities
We had reported a couple of days back the the NYPA had injected $7m to bolster its cyber security. We had also mentioned that this was an eery throwback to Die Hard 4. Now the CIA is reporting that malicious hackers have managed to infiltrate the computer systems via the Internet and cut the power [...]
MS Excel Under Hack Attack
This was yesterday’s big news and the situation hasn’t changed much today. Microsoft has warned users of a vulnerability in several versions of MS Excel.
The Microsoft advisory goes on to say that this vulnerability allows hackers to create a malicious Excel document, which, upon being opened, can put your computer to risk. The vulnerability [...]