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Do you know what day is today? It’s November 30th and it’s the Day of Computer Security! This annual celebration is dedicated not only to computer geeks and professionals but to all PC users around the Web. The initiative was…
Potentially unwanted applications, also known as potentially unwanted programs (PUPs and PUAs) are a major pain for both home and enterprise users. Considering how vulnerable an enterprise environment can be and how sneaky a suspicious browser extension is, Microsoft has…
Have you heard of Mr. Grey? Well, not that one. The Mr. Grey we are talking about is a Russian hacker that is discovered to have participated in the theft of 1.2 billion passwords from 420.000 websites. According to both…
A new vulnerability has been discovered. It affects some VPN services and can be leveraged to disclose real IP addresses. Among the users who are endangered by this flaw are the active users of BitTorrent. The vulnerability, dubbed ‘Port Fail’,…
A new research on 4000 devices from 70 different vendors reveals the alarming reuse of private keys. The research has been led by Stefan Viehböck from SEC Consult. The senior security consultant has investigated the HTTPS certificates and SSH keys…
A new version of CryptoWall arrived in the beginning of November. Some researchers immediately dubbed it CryptoWall 4.0, while others were more precautious and referred to it as to a ‘point release’. A couple of weeks later, all doubts evaporated.…
You would think that a corporate giant such as Microsoft would deal with an ongoing issue in a gallant and user-friendly way. However, lately things appear to be more chaotic than gallant over at MS headquarters. And we have one…
Data breaches happen more often than vendors would like to admit. One of the latest security breaches concerns a big management provider – Pearson VUE has suffered an intrusion followed by a malware attack on its Credential Manager System. Learn…
Microsoft is in the spotlight once again. SC Magazine UK has just reported that a problem concerning the Advanced Threat Protection module has been unveiled. The problem exists within the Safe Links component of the product. It allows malicious URLs…
Have you switched to Windows 10 yet? Microsoft’s attempts to force its latest operating system on as many users as possible aren’t a secret. Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore even admitted it recently by claiming that core data collection…
A minor bug that enables anyone to manipulate the life events of any user has been just reported by the independent bug hunter Sachin Thakuri. Even though it’s not of technical or security nature, the bug can be blamed for…
Referral spam is one of the most annoying issues that website admins are dealing with. As we’ve already pointed out, we’re currently in the spam season. We’re about to add another spam URL to the list – site2400288.snip(.)to. Referral spam…
Аs we have said many times, encryption by ransomware is one of the top threats out there. SentinelOne may not be the only security firm trying to defeat criminally encrypted data but they are likely the first ones to release…
The intensity of malicious attacks that have applied exploit kits (EKs) has increased during the last couple of years. In fact, by having a look at quarter three of 2015, one will notice at once that the exploitation of exploit…
Andrei Costin (Eurecom), Apostolis Zarras (Ruhr-University Bochum), Aurelien Francillon (Eurecom) performed a research tht unveils the vulnerability of many COTS. A prevalent number of the future hacks that await us involve the Internet of Things. One of the studies, carried…
Encryption is not something bad. In fact, encryption tools are initially designed to be of help, protecting data and keeping it away from malicious intentions. No matter how good it is, encryption has been in the center of many debates.…
Windows 10 version 1511 is finally here. Also referred to as Fall Update and Treshold 2, the Windows-as-a-service upgrade has been seen to cause some issues (no surprises here, really). Users have already shared their complaints on Microsoft answers and…
Our 3-part article series ends with a detailed description and analysis of TorrentLocker. Jump to the first part dedicated to CryptoWall, and the second part about CTB-Locker. TorrentLocker Ransomware Resume TorrentLocker is one of the biggest and most dangerous ransomware…
Despite all the controversies it has triggered, Windows 10 continues its evolution. Its first major update is already available. Let’s see what’s new and better in Windows 10 version 1511, also referred to as Threshold 2, Fall Update, build 10586.…
This just in – Microsoft has just re-released the problematic update from MS15-115 KB 3097877. There’s scarce information about the ‘update’ published on Microsoft’s support page under the same patch. Here’s the paragraph: ‘This security update was rereleased on November…
