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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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Extensive Mac Malvertising Campaign Delivers Shlayer Trojan

A new, large-scale Mac malvertising campaign was just discovered. Security researchers at Confiant say that approximately 1 million user sessions have been potentially exposed. The payload of the malvertising campaign is the Shlayer Trojan. Who’s Behind the Mac Malvertising Campaign?…

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New Mirai Botnet Adds 11 Exploits in Attacks against Enterprises

The infamous IoT botnet Mirai has a new variant which is specifically configured to target embedded enterprise devices such as presentation system devices, surveillance systems and network storage devices. The discovery of the latest Mirai variant was made by Palo…

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New Kit on the Block: Spelevo EK (CVE-2018-15982)

There’s a new exploit kit in town, and it’s called Spelevo EK. According to reports, the exploit kit is using the CVE-2018-15982 vulnerability to gain access to unpatched systems. The vulnerability is located in Flash Player. Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153…

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LockerGoga Ransomware Hits Norsk Hydro, Situation Quite Severe

A dangerous ransomware attack has hit one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers. The Norsk Hydro plant in Norway was likely attacked by the so-called LockerGoga ransomware. The attack took place on Monday, March 18, and appears to be ongoing.…

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Beware the “Central Intelligence Agency – Case #47928153″ Scam

Scammers are getting more creative and persuasive in their attempt to trick the potential victim into conducting a payment, typically in Bitcoin. All recent scams delivered via email have this in common – creating a sense of fear and urgency…

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Remove Bodcall.com Notifications and Ads

Bodcall.com is a browser redirect which may try to trick you into subscribing to its notifications. The site will likely display a “confirm notification” message. However, if you click on the “allow” button it is very possible that you will…

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“Airlines plane crash Boeing 737 MAX 8” Scam Emails – Beware

A new scam has been detected in the wild, exploiting the tragic Boeing 737 Max crashes in the attempt to drop malware. The spam emails use the following subject: “Airlines plane crash Boeing 737 MAX 8”. If you’ve received such…

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CVE-2018-20250 WinRAR Flaw Used in 100 Unique Exploits

CVE-2018-20250 is a critical vulnerability in WinRAR, which has been estimated to have been a part of the software for 19 years or even more. The vulnerability even forced the development team to drop support for a file format. This…

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20 Vulnerabilities in Intel Graphics Driver for Windows (CVE-2018-12214)

20 vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Intel Graphics Driver for Windows. The flaws could lead to a range of attacks such as escalation of privilege, denial of service and information disclosure. It should be mentioned that local access to…

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3 Million New Users for Telegram While Facebook Was Down

Perhaps you’ve experienced the outage of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram yourself when you were unable to use their services properly. Users from all over the world were reporting issues with the apps. And while the three widely popular services were…

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Arletrinsin.info – Removal Instructions

This article gives details about a suspicious website known as Arletrinsin.info which generates pop-up ads. Here you will find help in the removal process of all suspicious and potentially undesired files associated with Arletrinsin.info. Arletrinsin.info is yet another suspicious website…

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Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce WordPress Plugin Exploited in Attacks

Unpatched versions of the Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress have been exploited in attacks, researchers say. Apparently, there’s a dangerous XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability in the plugin which affects both paid and free versions of the plugin. Last…

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Actively Exploited CVE-2019-0797, CVE-2019-0808 Fixed in March 2019 Patch Tuesday

March 2019 Patch Tuesday is here, addressing 64 vulnerabilities in Windows, 17 of which are critical, 45 important, oe moderate and another one low-severity in rating. Two of these vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-0797 and CVE-2019-0808, have been exploited in the wild. This…

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Remove Justresonter.com Redirect from Your Browser

Justresonter.com is a browser redirect which may try to trick you into subscribing to its notifications. The site will likely display a “confirm notification” message. However, if you click on the “allow” button it is highly likely that you will…

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Yatron RaaS Appends .yatron Extension, Aims to Utilize EternalBlue Exploit

Yatron is the name of a new ransomware-as-a-service which is currently being advertised on Twitter. Apparently, the ransomware plans to use the [wplinkpreview url=”https://sensorstechforum.com/eternalblue-exploit-backdoor-nitol-gh0st/”] EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits for distribution purposes. .yatron Ransomware – Update October 2019 The good news…

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Buggy Windows 10 Updates Will Be Uninstalled Automatically

Microsoft has introduced a new safety feature which is designed to improve the way updates are installed and removed on Windows 10. Buggy Windows Updates to Be Automatically Uninstalled The new feature will automatically uninstall problematic software updates whenever Windows…

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STOP Ransomware Now Dropping AZORult Trojan via 5.exe File

The STOP ransomware family has been circling the web for a few months now, successfully infecting victims and encrypting their files. In addition to the encryption capabilities, the ransomware is now able to install a particular password stealing Trojan known…

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“This is my final warning” Email Scam – Remove

Yet another extortionist scam has been detected in the wild. The scam uses the “This is my final warning [user’s spoofed email address]” subject line, and it aims to scare people that hackers made a fake video of them watching…

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Social Security Administration Scam Caused $16.6 Million in Losses

The Social Security Administration scam has turned out to be one of the most successful scams last year. It appears that scammers representing themselves as SSA employees have caused losses in the size of at least $16.6 million or more.…

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Users Experiencing Gaming Issues with KB4482887 Cumulative Update

According to multiple user reports and complaints, the February KB4482887 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809 has been causing great graphics performance issues in a number of games. Issues range from FPS drops and mouse input lag to severe…

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