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Kaspersky Lab researchers made an alarming discovery. ASUS, one of the biggest computer makers, was used to install a malicious backdoor on customers’ machines. The installation took place last year after hacker compromised a server for the maker’s live software…
A number of heart defibrillators are vulnerable to severe, life-threatening attacks. The flaws, located in Medtronic’s Conexus radiofrequency wireless telemetry protocol, could allow attackers to hijack the devices remotely, thus putting the lives of countless patients at risk. More specifically,…
Windows Defender will be available for Mac business users, Microsoft announced. The company is bringing its anti-malware program to macOS in its attempt to expand the reach of the Defender Advanced Threat Protection platform. The application’s name is renamed as…
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?…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
