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What is one of the consequences of having so many people stuck at home, working remotely, streaming online, living (mostly) online? Video Streaming Platforms Reduce Streaming Bit Rates Apparently, you are getting streaming video services utilizing large amounts of bandwidth.…
In November 2015 we shared that Microsoft’s ultimate plan was Windows 10 running on 1 billion devices. Five years ago, the company had no choice but to admit that it was downloading Windows 10 on every Windows 7 and Windows…
Cybercriminals have no integrity, and the fact that they are currently launching crypto and malware attacks against healthcare institutions proves that once more. There have been several devastating ransomware attacks amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Some of the attacked facilities…
What Is Rogue Antivirus Software? Rogue antivirus software, also known as rogue antivirus, fake antivirus, and in some cases fake tech support, may not be classified as the biggest online threat but, if successfully installed, it has consequences. Consequences that…
A coronavirus app is collecting sensitive information from Iranian people, including real-time geo-location, reported Iranian researcher Nariman Gharib. Coronavirus App Spying on Iranian People The researcher believes that the app was released by the Iranian Ministry of Health via SMS,…
115 vulnerabilities were patched in March 2020 Patch Tuesday, with 24 of these classified as critical, 88 as important, and 3 as moderate. However, one particular vulnerability stands out. CVE-2020-0796: A Ghost Vulnerability? Microsoft leaked information about CVE-2020-0796, a wormable…
A new health-related scam has been detected circling the web, and it’s not related to the coronavirus. Apparently, phishers are now exploiting the fear of HIV. Scammers have been sending people fake HIV test results containing malicious code, masqueraded to…
Unnamed state-sponsored hacking groups are exploiting CVE-2020-0688, a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange email servers patched by the company in February 2020 Patch Tuesday. As part of the Patch Tuesday routine, Microsoft released cumulative updates and a service pack addressing this…
What Is Hi.ru and How to Remove It Permanently? This article aims to show you how to remove Hi.ru hijacker from your computer completely and protect your computer against future infections as well. Hi.ru is Russian website that is most…
A 17-year-old remote code execution bug that impacts the PPP daemon software (pppd) in nearly all Linux operating systems was just reported. The PPP daemon comes installed on a wide range of Linux distros, and it also powers the firmware…
According to Statista, by 2021, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach up to 100 million, with some estimates putting the figure at 200 million. With the multitude of all types of devices expected to be running on…
Have you encountered a program called FastDataX 1.20 on your system? FastDataX 1.20 Adware Pop-Ups FastDataX 1.20, also known as FastDataX.exe, is an adware (ad-supported program) which is commonly bundled with legitimate software. As a result of this bundling process,…
There’s a new significant vulnerability affecting a wide range of products. Dubbed Kr00k (CVE-2019-15126), the vulnerability can be exploited to intercept and decrypt WiFi network traffic relying on WPA2 connections. The CVE-2019-15126 flaw was disclosed during the RSA 2020 security…
You should know by now that the best method to protect your computer from ransomware and malware in general, is to prevent it from entering it on the first place. The second best thing is to backup your files so…
What does Webroot Threat Report 2020 reveal about the state of malware? To create the report, the researchers went through some “massive amounts of data”. To be precise, they analyzed samples from more than 37 billion URLs, 842 million domains,…
More than 500 malicious Chrome extensions have been removed from Google’s Web Store, all of which were discovered to be part of a large malvertising campaign. The extensions contained malicious ads and were siphoning users’ browsing data to suspicious servers.…
A new data-related incident was recently reported, affecting some personal details of plastic surgery patients. The exposed personal data includes hundreds of thousands of documents and photos, and at fault is an improperly configured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket. NextMotion’s…
Where will ransomware stand in the forthcoming years? According to various statistics, ransomware attacks increased discernibly in 2019. The reason? The vulnerable state of organizations and the increasing level of sophistication seen in attack mechanisms. In other words, attackers are…
A GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress has turned out to be vulnerable, exposing website owners to critical security issues. GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Vulnerable The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin by the Cookie Law Info developer has been offered through WebToffee,…
The general belief for a very long time has been that macOS is safer than Windows. However, new statistics reveal that the number of Mac threats is increasing faster than the number of Windows threats. According to the 2020 Malwarebytes…
