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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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Vivaldi Browser Lets You Customize Your Experience (Review)

There is hardly a person not dependent on web browsing. It’s needed for work, it’s needed for entertainment. And if you are looking for a way to spice up your browsing experience by making it more customizable and enjoyable, Vivaldi…

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All in One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Could Allow XSS Attacks

All in One SEO Pack is one of the most popular plugins for WordPress. It is actually the most downloaded plugin, with approximately 30 million downloads! Any security-related issue with such a trendy application would be a nightmare for users.…

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CryptoDrop Prevents Ransomware from Encrypting All Data

Since the vast popularization of ransomware campaigns seen in the past couple of years, security researchers have been trying to establish ways to prevent these crypto virus infections. In addition to the best free anti-ransomware tools, brand new (anti-ransomware) solutions…

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Free Jigsaw Decryption Tool Now Available Thanks to Check Point’s Research

Since its first appearance in April this year, the operators of Jigsaw crypto virus have released other variants (Epic ransomware, Payms ransomware) besides the original version appending .fun, .kkk, .btc extensions. If you have been victimized by any of Jigsaws’s…

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D-Link Security Exploit Threatens 120 Products and 400,000 + Devices

Last month, a Senrio research team discovered an exploit in some of D-Link’s Wi-Fi cameras that could potentially be used to take full control of hacked devices. That way the cameras can be used for a number of malicious activities,…

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Click-Ad-Fraud Kovter Malware Employs Firefox Update, Legitimate Certificate

The Kovter malware family has been plaguing systems for many years and seems to be restless. A new click-ad-fraud strain of fileless Kovter is currently being spread via drive-by download attacks. The infection is triggered by a legitimate Mozilla Firefox…

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Wondershare Data Recovery Software Review

The demand for data recovery programs has been increasing lately due the so-called “boom” in malware and ransomware attacks. Sophisticated computer viruses such as STOP ransomware and Dharma ransomware encrypt files of users making them lost forever, or at least…

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Avast and AVG to Join Forces. What Should the AV Market Expect?

Avast Software has just announced their intentions to acquire AVG Technologies, the company that owns the popular AVG Antivirus program. The announcement was made today in the form of a blog post by Avast’s CEO Vincent Steckler. Shortly put, Avast…

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UEFI ThinkPwn Lenovo Exploit Also Affects HP, Gigabyte Technology?

How does an unpatched UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) vulnerability in Lenovo ThinkPad firmware sound? This is exactly the type of vulnerability independent security researcher Dmytro Oleksiuk recently “stumbled upon” – a zero-day that exists not only in Lenovo but…

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OSX.Pirrit – the Malware Adware Compromising Macs

Pirrit Adware (Adware.Pirrit, Adware: Win32/Pirrit) was detected plaguing Windows systems in 2014. The adware now has a Mac variant, first thought to be nothing out of the ordinary. Security analysis shows that OSX.Pirrit is more complicated and capable of malicious…

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Android Overlay Malware Drains Credit Card Data from European Victims

Android malware, and respectively Android security, is no joke. The mobile OS is constantly being attacked by malicious apps, draining the victim’s personal and banking information. The latest Android overlay malware case registered by security researchers at FireEye is no…

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The Security Risks Of Clickjacking – from Social Media to Site Cloning

What Is Clickjacking? Clickjacking is exactly what it sounds – hijacking your click. It’s a way to trick Internet users to click on something they wouldn’t want to click on voluntarily. It’s achieved through visual misinformation. The user clicks on…

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Symantec Products Guilty of Charge of Multiple Severe Flaws

Tavis Ormandy has found and reported multiple vulnerabilities in Symantec’s security products, endangering both home users and enterprises. The story doesn’t end with his disclosure of the terrifying CVE-2016-2208, found in the core Symantec Antivirus Engine applied in most Symantec…

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CCTV Botnet Performing Layer 7 DDoS Attacks Global Businesses

A very intriguing and intensive DDoS/botnet attack has been just investigated by security researchers at US security vendor Sucuri. The botnet in question comprises of more than 25,000 bots targeting businesses at a global level. More specifically, it’s a Layer…

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CryptXXX’s Creators Bank $45,000 from Their Latest Ransomware

The developers of the CryptXXX made $45,000 worth of Bitcoins in just one of their accounts since the ransomware resurfaced with new encryption a few weeks ago. As of now, this new version is still locked. Users should be extra…

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MIRCOP Ransomware Virus Demands 48.48 Bitcoins, Blames the Victim

Ransomware virus authors are restless when it comes to inventing new ways to extort victims for money. One of the more original new crypto viruses, dubbed MIRCOP, employs a rather unusual method to make the victim pay. The ransomware claims…

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Nuclear EK Is Dead, Long Live the Exploit Kit!

It’s always good news when a prevalent malicious threat is taken down. However, cyber criminals quickly regroup and as a result, new ones appear on the threat landscape. Nuclear EK Exits the Malware-as-a-Service Market Exploit kits have been a major…

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Retefe Banking Trojan after Customers of UK Banks NatWest, Barclays, HSBC

Banking Trojans and ransomware are the top financial cyber threats, currently putting millions of users at risk. Besides the emergence of brand new threats, security researchers also observe already known and detected ones reemerging with updated code and capabilities. Retefe…

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Is Google Chrome Update Fake?

What Is Fake Google Update? The Fake Google Update is a virus located in “C:\ProgramData\Google\update\GoogleUpdate.exe”. It’s disguised to look like legitimate Google update, which can lead to unwitting installation if the user isn’t careful. Once installed, the virus spams ads…

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New Locky Spam Attacks! Beware of Necurs Malware

Necurs is once again a threat to Web security. After a pause that continued for a few three weeks, the malware is back. The botnet has millions of units at its disposal and is one of (if not the) the…

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