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Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: The logic bomb that launched an industry

Tech Time Warp: The logic bomb that launched an industry

Whether you called it Jerusalem, Friday the 13th, Datacrime, or the Columbus Day virus, the malware was first uncovered in October 1987 and the variants it inspired are remembered nearly 50 years later for the good they did. No—really, you...

/ September 27, 2024
Tech Time Warp: Kenzero more than Kenough in terms of problems

Tech Time Warp: Kenzero more than Kenough in terms of problems

It was obvious in the late 1990s and early 2000s—the heyday of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks—that the concept was too good to be true. In this edition of Tech Time Warp, we will take a look at, aside from the...

/ November 24, 2023
Tech Time Warp: The great Michelangelo scare

Tech Time Warp: The great Michelangelo scare

Thirty years ago, PC users around the world were left saying “Huh?” after the much-hyped Michelangelo virus turned out to be, well, not much. The virus’ enduring legacy might say more about the media than about a security risk, as...

/ March 4, 2022
Barracuda innovates with new updates to RMM platform

Barracuda innovates with new updates to RMM platform

Leveraging the right remote monitoring and management tool (RMM) has become a critical part of many leading MSPs’ efforts to bolster their cybersecurity offering. Barracuda recently enhanced its already robust, security-centric Barracuda RMM with its latest release, which offers MSPs...

/ August 17, 2021
Tech Time Warp: Jerusalem malware inspires antivirus industry

Tech Time Warp: Jerusalem malware inspires antivirus industry

Even malware can produce silver linings — at least in the case of the Jerusalem virus, which inspired computer science students to develop some of the first antivirus software. In November 1987, Omri Mann and Yuval Rakavi were computer science...

/ November 1, 2019