You probably do not think much about it as you press the three-key combination of Control-Alt-Delete, commonly known as security keys or the “three-finger salute” whenever Windows acts up. You probably also use it when locking or logging out of Remote Desktop. But did you know that this combination came…

The Dyre Wolf phishing malware targets primarily businesses and organizations (rather than individuals). This is because it tricks the victim into giving up bank credentials, and then does a wire transfer. However it works by tricking individuals using social engineering, which is also how it gets around 2 factor authentication (2FA). Dyre Wolf is distinct from the dire wolf – Dyre Wolf is phishing malware, the dire wolf is an extinct member of the wolf family (and the direwolf is a mythical dire wolf featured in Game of Thrones).

Employees of more than a dozen high tech giants were subject to a secret agreement (see the smoking gun documents) between the companies to not poach each other’s employees. The deal, labelled “Techtopus” by journalist Mark Ames, included Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Dell, IBM, eBay, Microsoft, Comcast, Clearchannel, Dreamworks and Pixar, and British public relations company WPP (which stands for Wire and Plastics Products – they started out as a manufacturer of shopping baskets).

The IBM computer Watson won a three-day Jeopardy! tournament tonight, convincingly beating the two greatest Jeopardy! players of all time in an event that was billed by some as a “Man vs. Machine” showdown.

The IBM computer Watson destroyed all-time Jeopardy! greats Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter tonight, finishing the second round of competition with a commanding lead that will be hard to overcome in tomorrow’s IBM Jeopardy! finale.

Watson, an IBM computer (or supercomputer) that serves as a highly-advanced Question Answering system (QA system), is tied with Brad Rutter, the all-time Jeopardy! money winner (3.2 million) who has never lost a game of Jeopardy!, after the first round of the game show concluded tonight.

Nathalie Blanchard had been out for a year-and-a-half on paid long-term sick (disability) leave following a diagnosis of severe depression. That is, until her insurance company, Manulife, got a gander at the pictures she’d posted to Facebook, which showed a smiling Natalie Blanchard at a Chippendales (male strip) bar, at a birthday party, and on vacation at the beach.