There are various tools out there you can buy or download for wiping hard drives, but it’s easy to do this using the built-in Windows commands Diskpart and Format. Just take the drive you want to wipe out of the ...

Microsoft has released multiple microcode updates that mitigate additional variants of the speculative code execution vulnerabilities affecting Intel processors. The patches cover the recently disclosed CPU flaws generically referred to as Foreshadow or L1 Terminal Fault. All security gaps covered by ...

Polish law enforcement announced on Friday the arrest of Tomasz T., a well-known cyber-criminal believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware strains. The arrest took place on Wednesday, March 14, in the Polish town of ...

A new ransomware was discovered this week by MalwareHunterTeam called Zenis Ransomware. While it is currently unknown how Zenis is being distributed, multiple victims have already become infected with this ransomware. What is most disturbing about Zenis is that it not encrypts your files, ...

Almost two years ago, The Document Foundation announced it was going to bring LibreOffice to the cloud. With the release of LibreOffice 5.3, that day has finally come. LibreOffice’s new MUFFIN-based interface gives users a more flexible document creation experience. ...

OpenToonz, the open source version of the Toonz animation software used by Studio Ghibli, was released to the public this weekend. If you want to get your hands on the software, OpenToonz can be officially downloaded at Github.io. The robust ...

Wine is an open source project that, on the face of it, seems to offer something wondrous: the ability to run Windows applications under Linux (or any other open source OS). It does this by attempting to recreate the Windows ...

Dell wants push more users from Mac and Windows to Linux with it’s Project Sputnik effort. In a world of PCs dominated by Windows and Macs, Dell’s line of “Project Sputnik” laptops with Ubuntu Linux have secured a cult following. ...

Libreoffice is immediately available for Linux, MacOS X, Windows and available in localised version (Maltese version in development) The Document Foundation  has announced LibreOffice 5.1, a full featured open source office suite which compares head-to-head with every product in the ...