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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum since the project started. A professional with 10+ years of experience in creating engaging content. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim

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SVE-2019-15435 Critical Bug: 40 Million Samsung Users at Risk

SVE-2019-15435 is one of 21 vulnerabilities in Samsung devices which affect Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S10e, S10 Plus, S10 5G, Note 9, Note 10 and Note 10 Plus users. SVE-2019-15435 in particular is a critical issue, which is described as…

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Phishing Alert: 1 in 4 Malicious URLs Are Found on Trusted Domains

Webroot has released a new threat report which sums up what has been happening in the malware sector so far in 2019. The report is described as a “mid-year update to the annual Webroot Threat Report” and it showcases data…

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Remove Catchynews.net Redirect and Stop Push Notifications

Catchynews.net is a suspicious domain that is associated with the display of push notifications and pop-up ads. In this article, we will try to explain why you are seeing the catchynews.net push notifications, and we will present a possible solution.…

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LiLocked Ransomware Currently Encrypting Thousands of Servers

LiLocked ransomware, also known as LiLu, is once again active in campaigns, this time affecting thousands of web servers. This is a new strain of the LiLocked ransomware which we wrote about in July this year. LiLocked Ransomware Currently Targeting…

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Unpatched Android Bug Puts Owners of Samsung, Xiaomi Phones at Risk

Are you holding an Android device in your hands? Perhaps you are reading this article on your Android phone? Android appears to be the most popular mobile operating system. In fact, in the second quarter of 2018, 88 percent of…

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.LOCKED_PAY File Virus (MAYA Ransomware) – How to Remove

Our research indicates that there’s a new version of the Jigsaw ransomware, called MAYA. The MAYA ransomware virus would append the .LOCKED_PAY extension to encrypted files. As seen in nearly all ransomware instances, the main purpose of the MAYA ransomware…

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vBulletin Forum Hack: Hackers Are Selling Data of Flirtsexchat Users

Remember CVE-2019-16759, the vBulletin vulnerability which was found to affect hundreds of thousands of internet forums? The bug has been exploited in attacks. What is worse, it was leveraged to steal data from Flirtsexchat. As the name suggest, Flirtsexchat is…

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Remove Montmeloroute.com Browser Redirect

Are you witnessing unwanted redirects related to Montmeloroute.com Montmeloroute.com is considered a potentially malicious URL address that was created with the sole purpose of redirecting users to a range of dubious sites. You should be aware that sites stemming from…

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The checkm8 Exploit Can’t Be Patched, and It Affects Millions of iPhones

There’s a new iOS exploit that affects all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The exploit is dubbed checkm8 and it was discovered by a researcher known as axi0mx. The checkm8 Exploit Explained The checkm8 exploit leverages vulnerabilities…

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Disinformation-as-a-Service Now Offered on Dark Web Forums

There’s a new trend in the black market, and it’s known as disinformation-as-a-service. Security researchers report that underground forums where malware is typically sold are know offering the so-called commercial disinformation services. Cybercriminals are now offering their services to create…

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Major Vulnerabilities in PDF Encryption Create the PDFex Attack

PDFex is the name of a new type of attack that is built by German researchers from several universities, to prove that the PDF encryption is quite vulnerable. PDFex was tested against 27 desktop and web PDF viewers, such as…

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Remove Driver-windows.exe Cryptocurrency Miner

The Driver-windows.exe is considered to be a miner virus. The process likely belongs to a Trojan or malware infection that may have compromised your computer. This miner virus is most likely trying to infect your machine while flying under the…

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Remove WannaCry Hacker Scam “Keep your secrets safe”

“Keep your secrets safe” is the subject line of another sextortion scam currently being spread via email. The sextortion message claims to be authored by “the WannaCry hacker group”. However, this claim is a lie, as the scammers are just…

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Remove “Your account is being used by another person!” Scam

A new email sextortion scam is circling the web, using the subject line “Your account is being used by another person!”. As seen in many other similar scams, scammers are extorting users with the pretext that their email accounts were…

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CVE-2019-12648: Cisco IOS Vulnerability Has a CVSS Score of 9.9

A number of high-severity vulnerabilities were unearthed in Cisco IOS and IOS XE network automation software. One of the flaws affects the company’s industrial and grid routers, making the impact incomprehensible. Severe Cisco IOS and IOS XE Vulnerabilities Discovered According…

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Vulnerabilities Ransomware Uses in Enterprise Attacks

Ransomware has been known to leverage various known vulnerabilities to gain access to systems. Some vulnerabilities are more common in ransomware attacks, so security researchers at RiskSense decided to analyze the most common ones which are used across multiple families…

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Remove Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club – Redirect Instructions

Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club is a suspicious domain and a website associated with fake alerts about viruses. Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club is targeting Mac users. If you’re experiencing redirects stemming from Lp.macsmart-cleanupc.club, continue reading to find a possible solution for your issues. Also note that the…

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New Skimming Trend: Injecting Malicious Scripts into Routers

Cybercriminals appear to be working on a new way to steal payment card data. According to IBM security researchers, a group of hackers is currently developing malicious scripts to use against commercial-grade Layer 7 (L7) routers. This would entirely change…

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CVE-2019-16759: vBulletin Zero-Day Impacts Millions of Users

A new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2019-16759, was just unearthed in vBulletin, a proprietary Internet forum software package. The vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous security researcher who published the details about the exploit online, thus exposing vBulletin users to plenty of…

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“The system is badly damaged” – Remove Tech Support Scam

The”The system is badly damaged” and “virus found (4)!” are fake alert messages, most certainly triggered by a tech-support sam. Such fake virus alerts may also indicate that a PUP (potentially unwanted program) or rogue software has sneaked into your…

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