Quote:Shock revelation: criminals prove to be untrustworthy

Paying off a ransomware demand is a great way to end up losing both your money and your files.
This according a study from security company CyberEdge, which found that for those hit by a ransomware infection the best bet is probably to just restore from a backup. The survey, based on a poll of information security professionals, found that less than half of those who pay a ransom demand end up getting their data back.
The report says that 55 per cent of the people it surveyed reported a malware infection hitting their systems in 2017. Spain had the highest rate, with 80 per cent of respondents reporting malware, followed by companies in China (74 per cent) and Mexico (71.9 per cent.) In the US, 53.8 per cent of respondents were hit by ransomware, while slightly under half of those in the UK, 49.5 per cent, were hit.
Overall, 72.4 per cent of those who were infected with ransomware were able to get their data back. Most of those, however, were companies that simply ignored the ransom demands, then restored their systems with uninfected backup copies. The study found that 86.9 per cent of those who refused to pay the demand ended up recovering their data.
Of those who caved to the demand and paid the ransom, 49.4 per cent said they could recover their data, while 50.6 ended up losing it anyway. The not-so-shocking conclusion is that criminals don't always stay true to their word.
"It's like flipping a coin twice consecutively – once to determine if your organization will be victimized by ransomware, and then, if you decide to pay the ransom, flip it again to determine if you'll get your data back," CyberEdge says.
"The clear lesson here is the critical importance of maintaining up-to-date offline backups."
There is some good news to be had in the report, at least. CyberEdge notes that, for the first time in the five years it has been doing the annual report, the number of respondents reporting at least one attack was down (from 79.2 per cent to 77.2) and the number of companies that were frequently attacked, more than six times in a year, was also down.
"Perhaps this is more evidence that IT security has finally stopped the bleeding of rising cyberattacks," CyberEdge says.
We can only hope so. 

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Mozilla Firefox, a free Web browser. Firefox is created by a global non-profit dedicated to putting individuals in control online. 

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  By blocking some ads and scripts that bog down browsing, pages load up to 44% faster. Now that’s a win-win.
  

• Performance enhancements:
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  - Faster page load times by loading either from the networked cache or the cache on the user’s hard drive (Race Cache With Network)
  - Improved graphics rendering using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) for Mac users (OMTP for Windows and Linux was released in Firefox 58)
  
• Drag-and-drop to rearrange Top Sites on the Firefox Home page, and customize new windows and tabs in other ways
  
• Added features for Firefox Screenshots:
  - Basic annotation lets the user draw on and highlight saved screenshots
  - Recropping to change the viewable area of saved screenshots
  
• Enhanced WebExtensions API including better support for decentralized protocols and the ability to dynamically register content scripts
  
• Improved Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities.
  - Implemented RTP Transceiver to give pages more fine grained control over calls
  - Implemented features to support large scale conferences
  
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EQ550 from Overloud is a plugin modeled after a famous classic American equalizer(EQ). This EQ has a unique proportional cue whereas the gain of the filter increases, its bandwidth becomes proportionally narrower.

Just like the rest of Overloud Gem Series, EQ550 recreates the sound of the original analog hardware while expanding upon its original features.
First, it has five total bands instead of three, next it offers continuous controls where the original has discrete knob positions.Each band also has a cue button which solos that specific band so you can hear the exact frequency at which the filter is working.

The high and low bands can be switched between peak and shelf modes, in shelf mode, the filter boosts or cuts everything beyond the selected frequency.

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1. Hyper-realistic simulation of the original Proportional Q equalizer, thanks to the 4th generation DSP technology
   
   
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7. Multilevel undo-redo
   
   
8. A/B Comparison
   
   
9. Lots of presets designed in real mixing sessions
   
   

EQ550 is available as a stand-alone application as well as VST, AudioUnit and AAX plug-ins.The stand-alone application supports both 32 and 64-bit MacOS and Windows operating systems

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Due to the big amount of requests, activation servers of Overloud are struggling and you may get errors such as “your computer is offline so activation cannot be done”. You may retry activation after few hours.

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ByteScout BarCode Reader reads various types of 1D and 2D barcodes (Code128, Code39, PDF417, Datamatrix, QR Code). The program also reads barcodes from live web camera devices, bitmaps, JPG, PNG, TIFF or PDF, it works quickly and independently. Use the activation key to allow your registration and to run the program for business purposes.

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The Mouse and Key Recorder allows to record any keyboard strokes and mouse clicks and to store them as macros. The macros can easily be edited. Additional more than 135 commands allow to customize the macros to your needs.

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DVDFab Player 5 Takes on PowerDVD 17?

Media player application is one of those must-have companions for people who often watch movies, TV Shows and other videos on their personal computers. There are tons of software players available, some are from big names, such as the Windows Media Player and Movies & TVs app from Microsoft, the QuickTime player from Apple, some are from dedicated software vendors, such as the VLC player, the TotalMedia Theatre, DVDFab Media Player (the latest version removes the Media from its name), and PowerDVD, etc., and still others might from those small names you might not even heard of.

Moreover, the overall capability of the media player software varies from one to another. Depending on the types of your media contents, say, DVDs, Blu-rays, 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays, ripped ISO files or folders, etc., the encoding formats, such as H.264, H.265 (aka HEVC), AVC, MPEG, etc., and the various audio types that come with the videos, like DTS-HD Master, DTS:X, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, etc., sometimes, you might need a particular software in order to handle a particular video, audio even subtitles format, after all, not every player software has the ability to handle all the things out there.

That said, there are still a few capable of being an all-in-one media player, like the two I’m going to talk about next, the all-new DVDFab Player 5 from the Beijing headquartered Fengtao Software and the brand-new PowerDVD 17 from the Taiwan based CyberLink Corp., which are probably the best two comprehensive media player software nowadays money can buy on the market. These two products, as claimed on both websites, literally play back everything you have at home. However, each of these two has its own pros and cons. In the following sections, I will compare the two in a toe-to-toe manner, so that you don’t have to but still can decide which one to go with.

Before I start, I would like first to stress out that, in order to make the comparison as fair as I can, I will compare only the Ultra versions of both products, which pack all their respective feature sets and functionalities.

For the rest of the article,you can visit it here:https://www.dvdfab.cn/resource/4k-media/dvdfab-player-5-vs-powerdvd-17

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Sandboxie uses isolation technology to separate programs from your underlying operating system preventing unwanted changes from happening to your personal data, programs and applications that rest safely on your hard drive.

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http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Police-...ked-544700       Jerusalem Post  Israel News
POLICE ISSUE WARNING AFTER CAMERAS AT WOMEN’S APPAREL SHOP HACKED
‘Assume every camera on a network can be hacked,’ cautioned the police cybercrimes unit.
BY DANIEL K. EISENBUD   MARCH 10, 2018 07:18  
1 minute read.   viral Peeping Tom who hacked into the closed-circuit TV surveillance camera at a women’s bathing suit shop has led to a warning from the Israel Police Cybercrimes Unit that similar systems may be compromised and violate the privacy of unsuspecting persons.

According to police, an unidentified 41-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly used his computer to hack into the CCTV system at a high-end boutique in northern Tel Aviv and recorded customers as they undressed and tried on bathing suits.
While details of the incident remain unclear due to a gag order, police said the suspect subsequently posted the videos to a social media page.

“When the footage became public earlier this week, the national Cybercrimes Unit opened an investigation and arrested the suspect on Wednesday,” said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, adding that a Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court judge ordered the suspect be remanded through Sunday.

Following the hacking, the Cybercrimes Unit recommended a number of preventive measures that should be taken by the public and by store owners to protect their privacy in similar situations.

“Take into account and assume that every camera that is on a network system can be hacked,” the unit warned in a statement. “Therefore, clothing store owners should ensure no cameras are placed in changing rooms or other sensitive locations.”

Additionally, the unit recommended that those who implement CCTV systems use complex passwords for accessing surveillance footage to make it difficult to hack into such video, and not connect the network systems used by the cameras to a public computer.

According to cyber-researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, security cameras infected with malicious software can use infrared light to receive covert signals and leak sensitive information.

The technique, called “aIR-Jumper,” also enables the creation of bidirectional covert optical communication between air-gapped internal networks that are isolated and disconnected from the Internet without remote access to the organization.

https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/file-recovery/      Auslogics File Recovery - Version History
8.0.6.0
Resolved several user interface issues.
Fixed all known bugs.  :  https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/file-recovery/    Auslogics
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The most effective undelete tool for files you may lose by accident or to a virus attack.
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Compatible with
Win XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Latest ver. 8.0.6.0 (03/12/2018)
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https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/du...le-finder/         Auslogics Duplicate File Finder - Version History
7.0.6.0
Made more improvements to the processing of large volume disk drives.
Resolved some user interface issues.  : https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/du...le-finder/     Auslogics
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The easiest way to sort through images, music, videos and other personal files to remove duplicate copies and free up disk space.
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https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/browser-care/     Auslogics Browser Care - Version History
5.0.6.0
Resolved some user interface issues.
Fixed some minor bugs.  : https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/browser-care/      Auslogics
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Get rid of unneeded add-ons or toolbars and take full control of all your browsers with this program's
easy-to-use 'Central Command' interface.
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No adware, no spyware, no toolbars
Compatible with
Win XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Latest ver. 5.0.6.0 (03/12/2018)
File size: 11.9 Mb  :  100% Scanned Malware Free & Clean With Kaspersky Free & Trusted ( Kaspersky Security Network) Digital Signature :    ( Auslogics Labs Pty Ltd)

https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/        Auslogics Registry Cleaner - Version History
7.0.6.0
Search for and removal of invalid shortcuts will now work better.
Fixed incorrect detection of website shortcuts.
Resolved some user interface issues.  : https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/        Auslogics
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The best tool to safely and effectively clear invalid entries from your Windows registry and get your PC running smooth again.
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Compatible with
Win XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Latest ver. 7.0.6.0 (03/12/2018)
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https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag/      Auslogics Registry Defrag - Version History
11.0.6.0
Resolved some user interface issues.
Fixed some minor bugs.  : https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag/        Auslogics
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Compatible with
Win XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
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https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/      Auslogics Disk Defrag Free - Version History
8.0.6.0
Improved support for the newest SSD drive models.
Resolved several user interface issues.
Fixed all known bugs.  :  https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/         Auslogics
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Compatible with
Win XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
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https://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html     Wise Care 365 4.8.2
PC Cleaning and Speed up Tool
Last updated: 2018-03-12
Size: 8.30 MB
Windows XP, Vista, 
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http://www.novirusthanks.org/products/win-update-stop/         Win Update Stop v1.3
This small Windows OS utility allows you to manually disable or enable automatic Windows updates. Sometimes you may want to stop Windows updates so you can choose when to download and install new Windows updates. As you know, Windows updates are very important but they are also known to occasionally create some incompatibilities or problems with the Operating System and the applications installed. Use this utility to block Windows updates and re-enable them when you desire.

For Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 (32\64-bit)    Disable Windows Updates
First, keep in mind that it is very important to keep your system up-to-date. However, if you want to disable or stop automatic Windows updates, you can use this free utility. There is no built-in option to permanently disable automatic Windows updates via Control Panel or Settings App in Windows 10, and by default Windows automatically installs any update found. With this simple tool you can permanently disable Windows Updates and re-enable Windows Updates when you want.

Stop Windows Updates
Permanently disable automatic Windows Updates via a simple GUI.

Windows Update Status
Find out if the Windows Updates are enabled or disabled in your PC.

Check for Updates
Click on ”Check for Windows Updates” to open the Windows Update App.

Works on XP, 7, 8, 10
This tool works on all Windows OS version, from Windows XP to Windows 10.

Command-line Params
Run the program via command-line with /disableupdates or /enableupdates

Free to Use
This software is completely free to use for anyone, at home and at work.

Product Details
Version 1.3
Last Updated March 12, 2018
Operating System For Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 (32\64-bit)
Category General Utilities
License Type Freeware
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