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  1. Follow these best practices when working out of the office Fostered by available broadband connections, remote working has been a growing trend over the last several years - whether for a day here and there, or full time off-site work. With Covid-19 resulting in many offices shut down, this movement has been pushed even further. When working out of the office, there are plenty of things you can do (or ask your employees to do) to make sure you remain safe. Some are practical tips that you can action immediately - downloading a VPN or antivirus software, for example. While others are much more revolved around mindset End-to-end encryption from a VPN This time five years ago, only IT technicians had really heard of virtual private networks. Now - largely thanks to their ability to unlock foreign Netflix catalogues and get around other blocked websites - VPNs are a commonly downloaded bit of software. When it comes to business VPNs, the number one priority is security. Once installed and turned on, all the data shared between companies and their employees will be kept encrypted at both ends. That means super security. And the best proponents maintain a fast enough connection between servers that you'll barely notice any difference at all to your everyday life online if you have it working away in the background. Antivirus software With all of the malware out there, a defense on each and every device you own has become a necessity. It is therefore important to implement a robust antivirus solution, for protection - we have a full rundown of the best business antivirus out there right now. Also, make sure that it is kept up to date with the latest virus signatures, and that provides real time protection. Finally, the solution needs to protect from spyware, and ransomware as well, which can sometimes require a combination of products. Strengthen the logins Login credentials are a key aspect of computer security, and it is important to choose a strong password. This involves a longer password, twelve or more characters, with a random combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It can be difficult to keep track of so many passwords, so a password manager is a useful tool, too. Sometimes, despite best efforts, passwords become compromised. Therefore, the additional protection of two-factor authentication should be implemented to provide another layer of security. Separate work/life Working from home can certainly blur the lines between work life and home life as we answer another email after business hours, or have meals with our phone at our side. However, there should be a division, with work occurring on dedicated company devices, that won’t be in danger of being compromised from personal computer activities after hours. Back up your data Nobody wants to lose data, particularly when it involves ‘Work product’. Working in the office allows the company to backup data, but this responsibility often shifts to the remote worker. So keep in mind the 3-2-1 rule of data, which indicates that there should be three copies of data, on two different media, one of which should be offsite to keep your hard work safe at all times. Avoid public Wi-Fi When out in public, open Wi-Fi is often available...and quite unsafe. As these public Wi-Fi spots have no password, or only a shared password, data can be easily poached as it is transmitted, resulting in a data breach. Using the mobile broadband connection on your phone is a step in the right direction as it is considered more secure, but the better solution is to encrypt all data before transmission via your VPN no matter what network you are on. Phone charging station Devices need charging when out of the office, with the smartphone leading the list as it gets used most often. Many establishments offer USB charging stations, and conveniently located so patrons can juice up their phones. However, in some cases, the offer of free electricity is really a way that the data on the phone can be downloaded. The defense is to use a USB data blocker, also known as a ‘USB condom.’ This useful, protective device has the data pins removed so that the electric can flow to charge the device, but no data can be possibly transmitted as it lacks the pathway to travel.
  2. Initial release date: July 21, 2017 Designer: Darren Sugg Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS Developers: Epic Games, People Can Fly Publishers: Epic Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Awards: Teen Choice Award for Choice Video Game, This guide will help you find Craggy Cliffs and a fishing pole with which to catch three little fish friends. Fortnite: Chapter 2 Season 3 has gotten a new batch of challenges. Week 5 challenges are now live after leaking early (as always), and among the tasks put forth this week is one that asks you to catch fish at Craggy Cliffs. While it's a simple task on paper, you'll need to know where Craggy Cliffs is located and how to catch fish (as well as where to find a fishing pole to do so). In the guide below, we'll cover everything you need to know about how to complete this challenge quickly and easily. Where Are The Craggy Cliffs? Craggy Cliffs are located at the northern end of the map, above Frenzy Farms and Pleasant Park. There is a flooded group of buildings to explore. Check out the map below for the exact location: Fortnite Season 3 Craggy Cliffs Location Where Is A Fishing Pole Closest To Craggy Cliffs? Fishing poles are close to every body of water on the map, either as individual pickups or packed together in a barrel. I found several while walking around Craggy Cliffs. Fortnite Season 3 Fishing Rod Example Location What Do I Get For Completing This Challenge? Catching three fish at Craggy Cliffs will net you 35,000 experience points toward getting your battle pass to the highest level. Be sure to hop over and read our guide on how to use a Firefly Jar or Flare Gun at Misty Meadows in order to complete another challenge.
  3. Your Outlook account is vital for emails and more Your Outlook password holds the keys to your kingdom if you use Microsoft's online service - you need it to access your emails, calendar, contact list and more, whether you're a web user or are checking the services using your smartphone or tablet. You'll want to change your Outlook password pretty frequently then, because this can be the best way to keep your account secure, and you don't want anyone getting into your account who shouldn't be there. That's why we've come up with this handy guide on how to change your Outlook password, as well as how to reset it in case you forget what the password is. We'll run you through the steps on a Windows browser, as the process is slightly different on various mobile or tablet platforms. How to change your Outlook password When you're on the Outlook website, click your initials to the far top right of the screen (not the cog icon, as you don't change your password through the outlook settings menu). Select 'my account' from the menu that appears to the side. You'll be taken out of Outlook to your main Microsoft account settings menu. From the grid that appears, select 'Security'. In the Security menu, click the second option for 'Password Security', and you'll be prompted to verify it's definitely you using your mobile phone. Enter the last few digits of your phone number, click 'send code', and then enter in the seven-digit code that's sent to your smartphone. Now you'll be prompted to enter your current password, then your new password twice. Once you hit 'Save' this will be your new password, and you'll have to start using this new code whenever you want to access Outlook. How to reset your Outlook password If you've forgotten your Outlook password you're able to reset it from the log-in screen. When you're at the screen to put it in, instead click 'Forgotten your password?' below. You'll be prompted to verify your account, as above. The process is exactly the same as above, so if you're unsure on verifying your phone number, just follow the above steps to do it. The only difference here is that you won't be asked to enter your current password when creating a new one. Once you've done this, the new password you've entered will work for your account now. Make sure to remember it this time!
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  6. Name game: The House of Da Vinci Price: $4.00 Link store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/522470/The_House_of_Da_Vinci/ Offer ends up after X hours: 40 h; 55 min SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: OS: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with 1024MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space
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  7. Initial release date: February 7, 2019 Composer: Ola Strandh Producer: Cristian Pana Modes: a group video game Software developer: Ubisoft Massif Platforms: Playstation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows 10.1 Is Just A Few Days Away, Brings Loot Changes A new State of the Game for The Division 2 has revealed that the Title Update 10.1 patch is tentatively scheduled to arrive on July 21 for PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One. In the broadcast, members of the Massive Entertainment development team discussed what's to come in Title Update 10.1. Along with addressing various bug fixes and balance adjustments, the upcoming patch will tweak the attributes and stats of loot drops. Loot will now have its minimum item power increased on higher difficulties, with slight bumps for Challenging and bigger bumps for Heroic and Legendary difficulty settings. This is in direct response to the item power change from last month's Title Update 10 patch. Additionally, Ubisoft is looking into how skills can be swapped when Title Update 10.1 drops. This change is for skills with long cooldowns that make switching between them a hassle. "The team's main priority is to give players back the ability to switch their loadouts while a skill is on cooldown," Ubisoft said. "The planned change will let players switch their loadouts while the skill on cooldown remains equipped." While Title Update 10.1 is slated to arrive later this month, Ubisoft confirmed that Title Update 11 is currently in the works. No release date has been announced, but the studio said more details will come soon. These could arrive during today's Ubisoft Forward event, which is an E3 replacement presentation focused on Ubisoft's upcoming projects. In the past, these presentations have also included information on live-service games. Season 2 of The Division 2's Warlords of New York expansion is still underway. The looter-shooter recently received a new Iron Horse raid that was reserved exclusively for Level 40 players. However, the eight-player raid is now available for non-expansion pass owners who are also Level 30. It should allow more players to continue experiencing the game together, particularly with it now being over a year old. System Requirements :
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  8. The upcoming Compute Module 4 will probably support NVMe storage. A Pi 4A might also. An NVMe SSD Next to a Raspberry Pi 3A+ and Compute Module 3. Even with the best microSD cards for Raspberry Pi, you get maximum sequential transfer rates around 40 MBps and 4K random reads and writes, the kind that matter most, are under 5 MBps. To get faster storage, you can boot your Raspberry Pi from a USB SSD, but many Pi fans would like to go a step further and attach a storage device directly to the PCIe bus and some have even tried soldering on special chips to make this happen. These hacks may not be necessary in the near future, because the Raspberry Pi Foundation is looking at ways to add PCIe NVMe storage support to a future Pi, most likely the upcoming Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. On yesterday’s episode of the Pi Cast, Raspberry Pi Trading CEO Eben Upton said that he and his team are planning to launch the Compute Module 4 within the next year and hope to support NVMe storage on it. “The Raspberry Pi Compute Module, CM4, we will support NVMe to some degree on that, because of course it [Raspberry Pi 4] has a PCI Express channel,” he said. “We have a single lane Gen 2 which is used to supply USB 3 on the Raspberry Pi [4]. On the [Compute] Module that would be exposed to the edge connector and we’re likely to support NVMe over that.” Raspberry Pi’s Compute Modules are designed for embedded and industrial applications and therefore don’t come with any I/O ports. Developers build their own boards and attach the Compute Modules to them. Most end users probably wouldn’t buy a Compute Module, which leaves us wondering about NVMe support on a traditional model B and according to Upton such support is possible, but it would require a lot of changes. “In the core product, maybe a future Raspberry Pi may pick up something, but it is challenging,” Upton explained. “It is not without cost, both in terms of the silicon and in terms of the connector, as the connectors are not free. Also providing board area for the connectors, if you look at the Raspberry Pi there's not obviously not room for an M.2 slot” When asked about a possible Raspberry Pi 4 Model A, Upton hinted that it’s possible a future Model A could have NVMe support. “What would a 4A look like? We have a decision to make about what we do with the USB 2. The USB 2 on Pi 4 is brought to the power jack, the OTG is brought to the power jack so we’d have a question in our minds about whether we undid that, probably, as we do on other A boards [and] brought it to the right hand edge as a single connector” Upton posited. “We’d also have a question about what we did with PCI Express . . . and that’s probably the obvious option to get something that has exposed PCI Express that isn’t a Compute Module.” Upton explained it would be a challenge to keep a Raspberry Pi 4 Model A close to the same price point as the current Raspberry Pi 3A+, which currently retails for $25. If the price had to rise to $30 or more, he opined, most people just pay the extra few dollars to get the $35 Pi 4B. Weekly, you’ll find the Pi Cast by Tom’s Hardware streaming live on Tom’s Hardware’s channels on YouTube, FaceBook and Periscope and available afterwards on leading podcast platforms such as Spotify, Google and Apple. Tune in Live at 2:30 pm ET (7:30 pm BST) every Tuesday.
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  9. Amazon IVS brings Twitch livestreaming tech to AWS customers Businesses may be able to add live and interactive video to their mobile and web applications thanks to a new release from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company has announced the general availability of Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) to make it easier for customers configure and stream live video through their website or mobile application with scalable delivery capable of supporting millions of global concurrent viewers. Livestreaming continues to grow in po[CENSORED]rity which is why Amazon has made the very same technology that powers Twitch available in a new fully managed service. AWS users can now use the Amazon IVS SDK and APIs to build interactive features into their livestreams including virtual chat spaces, votes and polls, moderated question and answer sessions and synchronized promotional elements. Amazon IVS By removing the cost and complexity associated with setting up live, interactive video streams, Amazon IVS allows customers to focus on building engaging experiences for their viewers instead. To get started using the new fully managed service, customers simply need to send their live video to it using standard streaming software like Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). Amazon IVS then ingest the video and automatically transcodes and optimizes it, making it available for live delivery across AWS-managed global infrastructure in seconds. There are no additional charges or upfront commitments required to use Amazon IVS and customers only pay for video input to the service and video output delivered to viewers. The service also has a very low latency that can be less than three seconds as opposed to the 20-30 seconds offered by other platforms. GM of Amazon IVS, Martin Hess explained why the company decided to add livestreaming capabilities to AWS in a press release, saying: "Customers have been asking to use Twitch's video streaming technology on their own platforms for a range of use cases like education, retail, sports, fitness, and more. Now with Amazon IVS, customers can leverage the same innovative technology that has taken Twitch over a decade to build and refine. Any developer can build an interactive live streaming experience into their own application without having to manage the underlying video infrastructure.”
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  10. Quickly capture what you see If you’d like to learn how to screenshot on Windows, then you’ve come to the right place. There are a lot of different ways to take screenshots on a Windows 10 PC. Some methods will let you capture your whole screen, while others will let you pick areas of the screen to capture – like a particular Window or a certain spot selected free form. Knowing how to screenshot on Windows is a handy, albeit simple, skill that’s proven useful for so many things – from quickly sharing something with friends and colleagues to showing tech support what you’re seeing if your computer is misbehaving. And, it’s easy to do as well. Taking a screenshot on a Windows PC may be, in some ways, easier than taking screenshots on a Mac. You don’t even need to be savvy with the computer to do it yourself. Let’s go over the various methods you can take a screenshot in Windows 10 and explain the options for more advanced and fine-tuned screenshots. First, identify your Print Screen key Your keyboard should have a Print Screen key, and it’s easy to find. Look for a key, usually somewhere around the top right section of your keyboard, with the “Print Screen” on it. On some keyboards, it’s written in shorthand, like "PrtSc" or it may be the secondary function of a key, in which case you’ll need to use the "Fn" key of your keyboard to use it. Once you've identified your Print Screen key and whether you need to press the "Fn" key to use it, you're ready to go. How to screenshot on Windows with Print Screen With the Print Screen key on your keyboard, you can either take a screenshot of your full screen or capture an active window. 1. Taking a screenshot of the entire screen Press the Print Screen key. This will immediately take a screenshot of your whole display (including any extended desktops you have). The screenshot is added to your clipboard, allowing you to paste it elsewhere, and automatically saved to your Screenshots folder. 2. Taking a screenshot of an active Window To capture just your active window, press Alt + Print Screen instead. This will take a screenshot of just the active window – so, if you’ve got several windows open, be sure to select the specific window you want to capture to make it active. Like with the full screen screenshot, this is added to your clipboard as well as automatically saved to your Screenshots folder. 3. Paste the capture screenshot where you want it. Once you take a screenshot, that screenshot is added to your clipboard, allowing you to quickly paste it into some applications. You can paste it into an image editor, like Paint 3D, to edit and save it. Or, you can share it with a friend or colleague by pasting the image into a chat or email. That's all there is to it if you just need a way to quickly share what's on your screen. However, there are more advanced ways to screen capture on PC. How to capture portions of your screen If you'd rather be a little more precise with your screenshots, Windows 10 has a couple tools that can help you. Microsoft has rolled out this app called Snip & Sketch, replacing the old Snipping Tool, and it allows you to take screenshots in several different ways, as well as edit and annotate those screenshots. Snip & Sketch gives you the option to take screenshots now or in a few seconds, if you need some time to prepare. Additionally, it will allow you to edit, crop and annotate existing screenshots, even the ones you haven’t taken with the app. To run the Snip & Sketch app, simply type "Snip & Sketch" into the Windows 10 search bar to find the app and launch it. 1. Taking a screenshot of a specific area To take a screenshot of a section of the screen you want to capture, click “New” and select when you’d like to take the screenshot. If you select “Snip now,” your screen should darken and your mouse cursor should turn into a crosshair. Simply position your mouse to the corner of the area you’d like to capture, click it, hold and drag until the entire area is selected then let go. As with the first screenshotting technique we went over, this method captures the screenshot and adds it to your clipboard. Snip & Sketch will also immediately display your new screenshot inside the app. There, you can edit your new screenshot, annotate it and save it as a file. 2. Taking a screenshot freeform You can also draw a freeform capture space. To do this, click “New” and select the Freeform option from the buttons at the top of the capture screen. Much like the step above, simply position your mouse to the corner of the area you’d like to capture, click it, hold and drag until the entire area is selected then let go. This method also adds your screenshot to your clipboard and displays it on the Snip & Sketch app. 3. Taking a screenshot of a Window The Snip & Sketch app also allows you to quickly take a screenshot of a specific window, even the non-active ones. To do so, click “New” and select the Windows Snip option from the toolbar at the top. If you have several windows open, simply highlight the window you’d like to capture with your mouse pointer and click. Bear in mind that if you’ve got cascading or stacked windows, you can still highlight and select a window behind the first one to take a screenshot of it. However, unlike on a Mac, Windows 10 doesn’t actually take a screenshot of it as how it would look if it was the active window. Instead, it also captures the portion of the active window that’s obstructing it, resulting in a funky looking screen capture. Before using this tool, make sure that the window you’d like to capture is unobstructed for a more successful screenshot. 4. Snip & Sketch shortcut If you'd like to take an extra quick screenshot with Snip & Sketch, some more recent versions of Windows 10 (Creators Update and later) use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Windows Key + S to jump right into capture mode.
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  11. Name game: A Plague Tale: Innocence Price: $15.29 Link store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/752590/A_Plague_Tale_Innocence/ Offer ends up after X hours: 20 July SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 Storage: 50 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: 4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 480 Storage: 50 GB available space
  12. Initial release date: July 17, 2020 Director: Nate Fox Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi; Ilan Ishkiri Developer: Sugar Bench Production Platform: Playstation 4 Genres: Action-adventure game, infiltration game Ghost of Tsushima is out this Friday, and there's still time to pre-order the PS4 exclusive. Ghost of Tsushima, one of the last major PS4 exclusives, is now just a day away. Initially planned for June 26, Ghost of Tsushima was delayed and will now release tomorrow, July 17--just one month after Sony's other major game for the year, The Last of Us Part 2. Ahead of its release, PlayStation showed off around 18 minutes of new Ghost of Tsushima gameplay in its latest State of Play livestream on May 14, and we got an up-close look at the game's open-world exploration, combat, stealth mechanics, character customization, and much more. It also has multiple pre-order bonuses and editions available to pre-order ahead of its release date. Developed by Infamous series studio Sucker Punch, Ghost of Tsushima is an open-world action stealth game set in feudal Japan. You play as one of the only samurai to survive the Mongol invasion of the island of Tsushima in 1274. Your job is to sneak around, fight enemies, and take the island back. Ghost of Tsushima gameplay first debuted in an E3 2018 trailer, giving us our first glimpse at its stunning world. Reminiscent of traditional samurai films, we see the protagonist, Jin, in the Otsuna Grassland. He squares off with three Mongol invaders to meet up with his ally Masako. Not only is the open world absolutely breathtaking, but the battles are also beautifully choreographed to fit into the picturesque beauty of feudal Japan. In GameSpot's Ghost of Tsushima review, senior editor Edmond Tran praised the game's gorgeous open world and stylish combat but felt the mission structure of loops were dull, giving it a positive 7/10. "The game hits a lot of fantastic cinematic highs, and those ultimately lift it above the trappings of its familiar open-world quest design and all the innate weaknesses that come with it--but those imperfections and dull edges are definitely still there," he wrote. "Ghost of Tsushima is at its best when you're riding your horse and taking in the beautiful world on your own terms, armed with a sword and a screenshot button, allowing the environmental cues and your own curiosity to guide you. It's not quite a Criterion classic, but a lot of the time it sure looks like one." In addition to the release date and story trailer, Sucker Punch released a slew of pre-order information for Ghost of Tsushima, including multiple special editions and pre-order bonuses. July 17 will be here before you know it, so read on for everything you need to know about pre-ordering Ghost of Tsushima.
  13. Walk in the power of Zen 2. AMD Ryzen Pro Processor There is still no word on when AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (codename Renoir) desktop APUs will launch, but the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G is here to delight us in the meanwhile. Someone has put the octa-core APU through its paces (via @TUM_APISAK) on Geekbench 5. By now, it shouldn't be any surprise that Renoir will come wielding the Zen 2 microarchitecture. The 7nm APUs will retain the Vega iGPU, but Zen 2 alone is enough to put AMD's APUs on the radar again. While the previous generation of APUs maxed out at four cores, Renoir is pushing the limit to eight cores, and that's with simultaneous multithreading (SMT). This dangerous maneuver effectively creates some conflict between certain Renoir APUs with AMD's Ryzen 3000-series (codename Matisse) offerings. The Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G checks in with eight cores and 16 threads, the same configuration that's used inside the Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 7 3800X/XT. Naturally, the clock speeds vary between the four chips since they adhere to different thermal limits. The Ryzen 7 3700X, which has a 65W TDP (thermal design power) rating, would be the apples-to-apples comparison to the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. A few days earlier, the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G seemingly appeared to be on the same level as the Ryzen 7 3800XT. However, the APU's performance was likely a fluke with that specific benchmark. Today's Geekbench 5 benchmarks prove that the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G's performance closer to that of the Ryzen 7 3700X. This is more credible since both processors share almost identical specifications. AMD hasn't launched desktop Renoir yet so the final specifications for the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G are still a bit blurry. Thus far, the octa-core APU has been rumored to operate with a 3.6 GHz base clock and 4.4 GHz boost clock, the same clock speeds as the Ryzen 7 3700X. Due to the two processors' distinct compositions, the Ryzen 7 3700X has four times as much L3 cache as the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. Of course, the latter comes with an iGPU and the first doesn't. AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G The Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G scored 1,239 points in the single-core test and 8,288 points in the multi-core test. The Ryzen 7 3700X scored 1,242 points and 8,276 points in the same tests. The difference between the results is less than 1% so it's safe to assume that the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G and Ryzen 7 3700X perform the same, at least in Geekbench 5. By all means, only a thorough evaluation can really decide for us, and that won't be possible until desktop Renoir is out. Dutch retailer Centralpoint listed the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G for $370. As always, we should take the pricing with a bit of salt for various reasons. Hardware is more expensive outside the U.S. and retailers often use placeholders for pricing. The Ryzen 7 4700G is the non-Pro Variant of the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G and should arrive with similar performance albeit a cheaper price tag. The Ryzen 7 3700X debuted with a $329 MSRP, but the processor is selling for as low as $273. We expect the Ryzen 7 4700G to launch with a bit higher price tag because of Vega iGPU. For now, the Ryzen 7 4700G appears to be a Ryzen 7 3700X with integrated graphics. Let's not forget that the Ryzen 7 3700X has quadruple the L3 cache, which will ultimately help it beat the APU in workloads where cache matters.
  14. GoldenHelper spyware utilized sophisticated techniques to hide its delivery, presence, and activity The cybersecurity firm Trustwave has released a new report detailing its discovery of a new type of malware hidden inside Chinese tax software. Back in June, the firm's SpiderLabs reported on malware inside Chinese tax software it dubbed GoldenSpy which installed a backdoor that gave attackers complete access to a company's network. However, Trustwave's new report highlights a new piece of spyware it uncovered in a different tax software used to pay VAT by businesses operating in China. While this new malware the company is calling GoldenHelper is also delivered via tax software, it is “entirely different from GoldenSpy” according to the report. GoldenHelper spyware The GoldenHelper malware campaign was active in 2018 and during most of 2019 before it was abruptly shut down in July of last year. The malware itself was hidden in China's Golden Tax invoicing software which is used by businesses to account for and pay VAT taxes. After releasing its report though, Trustwave found that a program had been inserted into the tax software to erase all traces of the malware. While the company is not saying who is behind GoldenHelper at this time, it believes the spyware was part of a nation-state campaign. Organizations operating in China must use the country's tax software to continue doing business there but VP of Cyber Threat Detection & Response at Trustwave, Brian Hussey explained the best way to do so in a blog post, saying: “It is important to remember that as a security community protecting critical data and infrastructure, we must remain vigilant and weigh all options and risks individually. Trustwave SpiderLabs understands that the VAT tax invoice software is a government requirement and recommends that any system hosting third-party applications with a potential for adding a gateway into your environment, be isolated and heavily monitored with strict processes and procedures in their usage.”
  15. Finding the right web hosting for your site with security in mind Web hosting has a much bigger impact on your website than you might expect, so much so, in fact, that the type of hosting you choose could leave your site open to exploit and downtime. Here’s what you need to know about web hosting and security, and how shared hosting could be putting your site at risk. Shared hosting becomes a shared responsibility Shared hosting is a po[CENSORED]r choice for many businesses because it can keep costs low, but it comes with several drawbacks in relation to security. Shared hosting works by having multiple sites share the same infrastructure, and that’s where problems can begin. One of the biggest drawbacks of shared hosting, from a security perspective, is the fact that your site may become exploited by something from the other sites with which it shares a server if file and directory permissions are weak. On a practical level, shared hosting means you can be affected by someone else’s mess. If other sites on your server choose to use weak security measures or fail to regularly update their plugins, your site will suffer the consequences of slowdowns, downtime and even injected code and added attack files. This lack of isolation can undo your best efforts to keep your site online and it’s security strong. Exploited sites could mean offline suspension If your site gets exploited, the shared host may decide to simply suspend your site until it’s cleaned of the malicious content. A responsible host can’t risk it affecting other customer that share the same server. This can happen very quickly at a responsible host. There’s a big incentive for the hosting provider to shut down your site before it adversely affects others or spreads malware to site viewers. No hosting provider wants to harm their own reputation or contribute to an even bigger mess, so it’s better for them to cut off your site and quarantine it. That means that your site is offline as if you no longer exist on the web. For businesses with a big e-commerce component or reliant on an online presence, that will be lost revenue. Don't get suspended At that point, your website could be stuck in limbo until you use your own time and resources to cleanse your files and mitigate further exploit. That’s your responsibility with unmanaged hosting. There’s no one else to manage security for you, so a breach or infection becomes a much bigger hassle. It can mean extended downtime for your site and added costs for you. With managed private server hosting, the hosting provider generally manages all of the server’s security and would be responsible for getting an exploited server to work properly again. It’s very hands-off for the organization that owns the site. Dealing with exploited servers can mean much more work on your part. Which leads to my next point … Your hosting provider dictates how time consuming security is for you The time and effort website security takes largely depends on who your hosting provider is and what type of hosting plan you have. The worst shared hosting providers can make your security a nightmare, while great private hosting providers can make security a dream. Most website hosting is somewhere in between these two extremes. How to find the right hosting provider Finding the right host and the best type of hosting for your website is often the difference between having to task some portion of your in-house IT staff to focus almost solely on security and being able to assign your in-house team to other projects. This is why it’s important for website owners to put some real thought into how they want to manage their website security. Even if you do ultimately decide that shared hosting makes the most sense for your business, you may be able to find a plan and a vendor that works best for your needs. The key here is asking the right questions and giving hosting providers the opportunity to share their knowledge with you. Try to find a host and hosting plan that prioritizes your security and also frees up as much of your team’s time as possible. Here are a few questions to ask a potential hosting provider: How will you help me secure my website? If my site’s exploited or defaced, how do you respond? Do you offer DOS (Denial of Service) protection? Do you offer an uptime guarantee? Do you handle backups? What’s your policy? How easy are they to restore? With answers to those simple questions, you can get a better idea of how a potential host manages security and how they respond to incidents. At the end of the day, that’s how you find the best provider and keep your site as secure as possible. Security best practices It’s good to find a host that takes your security seriously. However security is one aspect of hosting a website that you have to take an active interest in. Web hosts can ensure they provide with the building blocks for constructing a secure website. But using the tools at your disposal effectively is your prerogative. These are some of the things you should consider to ensure you are running a tight ship: 1. Create multiple users with different levels of access. 2. Use strong passwords and implement a password rotation policy. 3. Encrypt traffic with a SSL certificate. 4. Vet all plugins and extensions to ensure they are from trustworthy sources and have an active community. 5. Ensure your host applies security updates as soon as they are available. 6. Activate malware detection and removal if you regularly correspond through your website. 7. Use secure means like SFTP to upload files to your host, instead of plain FTP. 8. Use the available monitoring tools to look for suspicious activity and network traffic. 9. Keep offsite backups.
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  17. Initial release date: January 23, 2020 Publisher: Skydance Interactive Mode: Single-person video game Genre: First-person shooters Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows Macintosh operating systems Developers: Skydance Interactive, Skype Entertainment The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners‘ Meatgrinder update arrives today. First revealed in our Summer Showcase, it adds several new features and is available as a free update for PC VR and PSVR players. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners was one of the first big VR releases this year, and it remains 2020’s best, even with some seriously tough competition. The Meatgrinder update is the first free content update for the game. Its main feature is a whole new mode called ‘The Trial’, which is essentially a horde mode with a few Saints & Sinners twists. The development team released a dev walkthrough video of the new mode, detailing how everything works, which you can see below. In essence, it’s not an endless mode, but it will get increasingly harder and is aimed at advanced players who want to show off their combat skills. Making your way through each successive wave, until you reach the very end, sounds like it will be a considerable challenge. You’ll start the mode with just a single screwdriver and enough bitecoins (the update’s new currency) to purchase one weapon of your choice. You’ll earn more bitecoins by killing walkers in each wave, however in true Saints & Sinners style, you’ll get higher rewards for more stylish kills — think headshots, long range shots, using explosives or throwing weapons. As always in this game, the gorier the better. The update also adds in a new difficulty setting, Story Mode, for those starting a new game. As the title implies, this is an easier setting with reduced health and stamina impact from certain actions, allowing you to focus more on the narrative, if that’s your style. There’s a new weapon skin for the katana as well, called Absolution, The Meatgrinder update for Saints & Sinners is available today for players on PC VR and PSVR. We’re expecting an Oculus Quest version of the game later this year, but we’ve got no further details on that just yet. The developer of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners walk you through gameplay of 'The Trial', the new horde-like mode being introduced as part of the Meatgrinder update. The Meatgrinder update is available now and is free to everyone who owns Saints & Sinners. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i7 8700k / AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon Vega 56 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space
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  18. Name game: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III Price: $1.49 Link store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359900/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_III/ Offer ends up after X hours.: 47h 14 min SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 8800, Radeon HD4000, Intel HD4000 (min. 512 MB VRAM) DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit) Processor: Quad Core CPU 2.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 560 or Radeon HD5800 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
  19. Microsoft has finally fixed three of Windows 10’s biggest problems Windows 10 has received fixes for three major bugs which have been plaguing users in recent times, with the resolutions delivered by Microsoft’s monthly dollop of patches for July. The issues in question are serious problems with OneDrive, along with printer functionality being accidentally torpedoed (by a previous batch of Windows 10 security patches), and gremlins with forced reboots. These are all cured – at least theoretically – by the latest monthly patches as mentioned (KB4565503 for the May 2020 Update, and KB4565483 for the November 2019 Update and May 2019 Update). The issue with OneDrive was specific to those who have upgraded to the latest May 2020 Update for Windows 10. Microsoft notes that cumulative update KB4565503 does the following: “Addresses an issue that might prevent you from connecting to OneDrive using the OneDrive app. This issue occurs on some older devices or on devices that have older apps, which use legacy file system filter drivers. As a result, this might prevent these devices from downloading new files or opening previously synced or downloaded files.” Printer fix The major printer issue was introduced by the cumulative updates released in June, and although Microsoft did usher in a fix shortly afterwards, it had to be manually applied. As promised, it’ll now be automatically delivered to your PC via the relevant July cumulative update. Microsoft further notes that there’s also a solution for a separate problem that prevents some apps from printing documents which play host to graphics or large files. Finally, Microsoft has resolved a bug whereby Windows 10 would randomly reboot some PCs due to an issue with the Local Security Authority Process. Affected users receive a message telling them their PC is going to reboot. Microsoft explains that it has addressed the issue which “might cause lsass.exe to fail with the error message ‘A critical system process, C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe, failed with status code c0000008. The machine must now be restarted.’” That’s a pretty nasty flaw, so it’s good news to see it fixed. Hopefully these resolutions will make the May 2020 Update available to more users who have previously seen it blocked due to the OneDrive problem, but as we’ve seen recently, there could be other ‘safeguard holds’ which interfere with the upgrade for some folks.
  20. Redefining the workstation market with 64 cores AMD's new Threadripper Pro processors include four new chips that span from 12 cores up to 64 and support up to eight channels of DDR4-3200 memory and 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes on all models, creating what AMD bills as the ultimate processor for professional workloads with up to more than twice the number of cores as Intel's competing workstation processors. The Threadripper Pro chips debut exclusively in new Lenovo ThinkStation P620 workstations, which are custom-built to support the new chips with a specialized chassis and cooling system, but AMD says the Threadripper Pro chips will become available through other OEMs in the future. The only pricing information we have for now outlines an entry-level ThinkStation P620 with a 12-core Threadripper Pro 3945WX with 16GB of memory, a 256GB PCIe 3.0 SSD, and an Nvidia Quadro P620 that commands a $4,599 price point. Those systems will start shipping at the end of September, and we have a more thorough breakdown below. AMD Threadripper Pro Specifications The Threadripper Pro chips differ from their standard Threadripper counterparts with eight channels of DDR4-3200 support and a maximum capacity of 2TB of memory, much like their EPYC server chip counterparts. All models also support 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0 connectivity. However, the chips feature a 280W TDP rating that stretches beyond the maximum 250W TDP found with the EPYC frequency-optimized series of processors. The Threadripper Pro chips come with the 'WX' suffix to denote they are designed specifically for the professional workstation market and drop into specialized single-socket WRX80 motherboards featuring the sWRX8 socket. The LGA4094 socket is physically identical to the Threadripper consumer and EPYC data center platforms, but features different pin assignments: AMD enabled pins to support more memory channels and PCIe lanes that aren't enabled on the Threadripper consumer chips, and the company doesn't use pins that support multiple sockets on EPYC platforms. The processors and motherboards are designed specifically for tight integration into OEM and system integrator (SI) platforms, so they won't be available as a product in box (PIB) at retail. AMD feels the standard Threadripper models maintain their HEDT leadership and address the retail market well, and as such, the company isn't sharing pricing information. All of the Threadripper Pro processors feature a maximum frequency over 4.0 GHz, which is important not only for lightly-threaded workloads but also for applications that are licensed on a per-core basis, meaning you pay higher licensing fees based on the number of cores present in the system. Naturally, having faster cores extracts the most performance for your licensing dollar. The 280W Threadripper Pro 3995WX is the first 64-core workstation processor and, like it's comparable EPYC and Threadripper models, comes with 256MB of L3 cache. Base frequencies weigh in at 2.7 GHz, which is much higher than EPYC's maximum of 2.25 GHz for a 64-core processor, and 4.2 GHz for the single-core boost, which also outstrips EPYC's 3.4 GHz boost. However, the 3995WX's boost is 100 MHz lower than the consumer-focused Threadripper 3990X. The 280W Threadripper Pro 3975WX weighs in at 32 cores and 64 threads that run at a 3.5 GHz base and 4.2 GHz boost, which is significantly lower than the Threadripper 3970X's 3.7/4.5 GHz base/boost. The chip has a significantly higher boost frequency than its 32-core EPYC 7542 comparable (+800MHZ), but a lower base frequency. Meanwhile, the 16-core 32-thread Threadripper 3955WX offers the same core counts as the Ryzen 9 3950X that drops into mainstream desktop platforms, but has quadruple the memory throughput with eight memory channels along with 128 lanes of the PCIe 4.0 interface. The chip features much lower peak frequencies of 4.3 GHz compared to the 3950X's 4.7 GHz, but a 400 MHz higher base clock of 3.9 GHz. Finally, the Threadripper Pro 3945WX slots in as AMD's first 12-core processor that surpasses a 4.0 GHz boost speed, weighing in with 4.0/4.3 GHz base/boost frequencies. This processor also comes with the full complement of eight memory channels and 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0, with high clock rates obviously positioning for applications that prize per-core performance. Unlike the standard models, AMD has locked Threadripper Pro's multiplier, so overclocking is not supported. AMD positions the Threadripper Pro chips for professional studios, designers, engineers, and data scientists, all of which can benefit from increased connectivity. As such, all of the Threadripper PRO chips come with 128 lanes of the PCIe 4.0 interface, leveraging the company's advantage of twice the throughput of the PCIe 3.0 interface that represents Intel's maximum supported speed. In addition to the higher bandwidth, AMD also offers more than 2.5X more PCIe lanes than Intel's finest, amplifying its advantage. While the PCIe 4.0 interface doesn't equate to large gains in many consumer-class workloads, it offers tremendous improvements in professional workstation graphics and storage performance, provided the application is optimized for the faster interface. That gives AMD a bigger performance advantage than implied on the spec sheet. The PCIe 4.0 GPU and storage ecosystem, not to mention networking NICs, is still expanding, so the forward-looking support will ensure that workstations armed with Threadripper Pro processors can evolve to take advantage of the latest interface tech, while Intel's systems remain hamstrung by the PCIe 3.0 bus. Intel recently made news with its security requirements for Thunderbolt 4 (TB4) certification, which raised questions as to whether or not AMD systems can support the updated TB4 interface. In response to a question of whether Threadripper Pro will support TB4, AMD said the Lenovo systems will support Thunderbolt and the company expects future Threadripper Pro-based systems to support the interface, too, but the company didn't specify Thunderbolt 4. The company later clarified it meant the chips will support Thunderbolt 3, and that Lenovo is responsible for Thunderbolt support. The Lenovo systems also support both Nvidia and AMD professional GPUs. [EDIT 7/15/2020: AMD clarified its position on Thunderbolt 4 support, so we amended the text in this paragraph.] Threadripper Pro supports eight channels of DDR4-3200 memory outfitted with up to 2TB of memory capacity, thus doubling the available memory bandwidth to the processor over the standard Threadripper models, and quadrupling memory capacity. The improved per-core memory throughput should address some of the shortcomings of the 64-core Threadripper 3990X, such as limited scalability in heavily-threaded memory-constrained applications. AMD says its four Threadripper Pro chips compete with Intel's entire confusing stack of core-heavy chips, which includes three families (W-3200, W-2200, and Xeon Scalable) that have varying features, sockets, and memory support. Even with a huge product stack that spans 85 chips, Intel's systems top out at six channels of DDR4-2933, meaning that AMD has the memory throughput advantage that is key for large-scale simulations and models. Of course, other factors, like latency, will obviously come into play. Intel's Xeon W taps out at 1TB of memory capacity, half that of Threadripper Pro. Meanwhile Intel's Xeon Scalable lineup, which is largely meant for servers as opposed to workstations, reaches the same 2TB of memory capacity. AMD stepped up Threadripper Pro's ECC memory support to include UDIMMs, RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, and 3DS RDIMMs (3D stacked memory). The processors also support memory encryption, as we'll cover below, and AMD says that comes with a slight performance penalty that is offset by the security advantages. Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Workstation Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 platform is the industry's first 64-core workstation system, but it will also be available with AMD's other Pro options. The system is powered by a single socket, so it can offer more performance in some threaded workloads than competing dual-socket Intel workstations. Lenovo positions the P620 for workloads spanning from product design, architecture and 3D CAD/CAM to AR and VR workloads and simulations. The system slots inbetween Lenovo's single-socket P520 and the company's dual-socket P720, both of which are powered by Intel processors. The P620 is the first and only PCIe 4.0-capable workstation and supports up to two Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000 or four RTX 4000 GPUs, 1 TB of memory and 20TB of storage spread over up to eight storage devices. The systems come with 10Gb ethernet (via an Aquantia NIC) as a standard networking option, which is obviously attractive to the workstation crowd. As expected, Lenovo supports Threadripper Pro's 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0, but it doesn't use all of them for this particular chassis – the P620 supports 80 PCIe 4.0 lanes for the PCIe slots, though, which leads the workstation segment. The system also only supports one DIMM per channel, which leads to 1TB of maximum memory capacity as opposed to Threadripper's support for 2TB. Lenovo supports all of AMD's Pro manageability features, along with support for ThinkStation diagnostics and TPM 2.0 data security. Connectivity includes two USB-A 3.2 Gen2 and two USB-C 3.2 Gen2 ports. The system comes armed with a tool-less 1000W PSU (92% efficiency). The system comes with Windows 10 Pro, which stands in contrast to other Lenovo workstations that come with Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. Lenovo says that it has an agreement with Microsoft to only use the Windows Pro for the first-gen Threadripper Pro platform. Lenovo doesn't believe that results in the loss of any key features and also plans to add certified support for various Linux distributions. Lenovo built the chassis around many of the fundamental design tenets of its ThinkStation portfolio, including support for flexible graphics configurations, tool-less PSUs, and interchangeable fans, but the company worked closely with AMD to accommodate Threadripper Pro's 280W TDP. The company paid particularly close attention to its cooling solution. The system features a custom-built air cooler for the processor (sorry, we don't have pics or details yet), and uses a dedicated air channel in tandem with larger fans to optimize thermal dissipation. Threadripper Pro Benchmarks and Software Support Both Lenovo and AMD shared internal performance benchmarks that outline impressive performance from the Threadripper Pro processors, but as always, we should take vendor-provided benchmarks with a grain of salt. That said, the test results generally align with our performance expectations given the improvements and what we already know about the both the Threadripper client chips and EPYC data center silicon from our own testing. Many of Intel's competing dual-socket solutions have to contend with the vagaries of the NUMA subsystem, which carves the system up into distinct banks of near and far memory. That can reduce the performance advantage of using two processors to reach higher core counts, while AMD obviously benefits from using a single processor that has uniform access to all eight memory channels. AMD has also worked hand in hand with independent software vendors (ISVs), providing them with pre-production Lenovo ThinkStation systems to enable software optimizations for the bulked-up processors, not to mention the full certification and support that's prized in the workstation market. Highlights of the benchmark claims include up to a 1.86X advantage in read throughput and 1.58X gain in write throughput from storage devices, which will benefit a large number of workloads, especially as more professional applications are optimized to take advantage of the PCIe 4.0 interface. The Threadripper Pro processors are obviously well-suited for workloads that rely heavily upon memory throughput, like crash and airflow simulations, but the 12-core model is also surprisingly adept at rendering performance. AMD's benchmarks recorded a 12% win in single-threaded Cinebench and a 28% win in multi-threaded Cinebench over the 12-core 24-thread Xeon W-3235, both of which come courtesy of the increased L3 cache and clock rates. As expected, AMD also touted the 3995WX's 136% performance advantage over the W-3275 in Cinebench, and also threw in benchmarks claiming a 136% speed-up in Luxion Keyshot. It's noteworthy that the comparisons use the Xeon 8280 that has been supplanted in dual-socket systems by the Cascade Lake Refresh Gold 6285R that some with a 60% price reduction, but similar performance to the 8280. The benchmarks also include the 3995WX's 27% Cinebench performance improvement over dual Intel Xeon Scalable 8280 processors and performance leadership over the 8280's in the SPECviewperf suite, along with substantial advantages in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro (among others). Like AMD's other Pro series Models, these chips have multiple layers of security, including AMD memory guard that enables fully encrypted memory, and the manageability features that are consistent with other Pro-branded AMD processors. That includes tools for simplified deployments, long-term imaging (via stable drivers), extended software stability (18 months) and long-term availability of the chips (two years). Thoughts Lenovo's adoption of the Threadripper Pro chips for its ThinkStation P620 platform could be a watershed moment for AMD as it works to gain deeper penetration into the workstation market. In spite of AMD's leading core counts from its consumer-focused Threadripper lineup, the lack of properly validated workstations have hampered its adoption in the professional segment. Threadripper's copious core counts and PCIe 4.0 connectivity have enticed many professional users, particularly in the movie industry, but those users have to cobble together systems that lack the support and stability offered by qualified OEM systems. They also have to contend with a lack of professional-class manageability and security features. Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 addresses those concerns, particularly with enablement of TPM security, memory encryption support, and fully-validated ECC memory support. Lenovo is a trusted industry leader in the workstation segment, which will likely spur other OEMs and a broader spate of ISVs to adopt the Threadripper Pro platform for workstations. The development work that went into both the hardware side of the equation, particularly with the WRX80 motherboards, and the work done to enable software optimizations and ISV certifications, will also benefit other system designers, thus paving the way for Threadripper PRO's broader uptake in the workstation market. Intel has already felt a considerable amount of pricing pressure on its mainstream, HEDT, and server platforms, forcing it to cut per-core pricing significantly as it marches forward to new product generations. For instance, the Xeon Scalable line took a 60% pricing haircut for dual-socket and below systems with the Cascade Lake Refresh generation. We can also expect the company to become more competitive with its Xeon W pricing soon, too.
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