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Basic Software Programs for Windows Users

Among the many programs and applications that a user can download for free or purchase from a licensed developer, there is a bare minimum of programs needed for the proper work of any Windows PC. Here is a list of…

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Is That an iPhone 6 Plus Bending in Your Pocket?

The owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus are already complaining about it. When wearing the new iPhone model in their trouser pockets, some owners were unpleasantly surprised that it bends. A few days after the release of iPhone 6…

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Tor Browser Allows Users to Surf the Web Anonymously

Several sources, among which the websites BoingBoing and PCworld, have recently published articles about librarians from Massachusetts installing the software Tor on all public PCs they have in order to allow their patrons use the web anonymously. The librarians are…

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Frequent DDoS Attacks Against Gaming Sites

A worrisome trend has been spotted recently of continuous DDoS attacks. After the Lizard Squad attack against Destiny and Call of Duty servers, the researchers confirmed a high volume of attacks that happened in the first six months of 2014.…

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Kyle & Stan With Bigger Reach

Kyle & Stan Malvertising Network With Bigger Reach

Current situation The researchers had an unpleasant surprise two weeks ago, after the release of the first Cisco report concerning the malicious ad distribution campaign, according to which the malvertising network of Kyle and Stan has approximately nine times bigger…

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Security Breach at Home Depot exposing more than 55 million credit cards

Home Depot suffered a security breach, which exposed at risk the users of 56 million unique credit cards. The hackers’ attacks and the malware have been dealt with according to information offered by the company. The malware was present in…

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Is Your Antivirus to be trusted? / To Trust or Not to Trust Your Antivirus

Earlier this year the malware researcher Neil J. Rubenking published a review concerning Tiranium Premium Security 2014. After the review was published, he got a message from a user claiming that Tiranium abused different online websites associated with malware checks…

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Android Browser with a Flow Attacking User’s Privacy

What Is the Android Browser Security Bug Android Security Bug has been found by the independent security researcher Rafay Baloch and is affecting 50 % of the Android users. The security bug has been found in the Android Browser app,…

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Malicious Kindle Ebooks Help Hackers Access Amazon Accounts

The feud between book lovers about paper and electronic devices is constantly growing. If you are among the ones preferring to enjoy their read on a mobile device, you should be a bit more careful. Kindle Ebooks Injected with Malicious…

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Giveaways of a Malicious Email

Warning! This Email Is Malicious! Nowadays emails get proper spam filtering. Not long ago it was a lot easier for spam email to end up in your inbox. Luckily this is history now, especially if you use Gmail. Keep in…

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Apple’s iCloud with Two Factor Authentication

Shortly after the scandal with the nude celebrity pictures that leaked online, Apple has activated a 2FA (two-factor authentication) for iCloud. In the 2FA process user has to enter additionally a second passcode, which is dynamically generated and consists of…

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Zemot-Malware

Zemot Malware: Delivered with Exploit Kits and Asprox Botnet

What Is Zemot? Zemot Dropper is a type of malware downloader. It is part of a complex network, which includes different malware types. Different variants of Zemot can be distributed with other malware as one dropper can spread many malicious…

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A Twitter Phishing Campaign Is After User’s Credentials

A campaign run on Twitter tries to lure users into landing on a phishing page which only goal is to get users’ credentials. It seems that either compromised Twitter accounts or bots are used to deliver a spam message with…

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Malicious Apps Still End Up in Chrome Web Store

For some time now, Google has been trying to limit the security issues related to the numerous applications that get installed on Google Chrome along with the installation of various unverified extensions. It is mandatory for apps and extensions that…

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NFC

What Users Need to Know About Near Field Communication (NFC)

Computer technology experts say that NFC is the next big thing that will be applied by the new mobile phones that are presented on the market. Though new to the users and yet to be adopted by the masses, the…

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Will Your Money Be Safe with Apple Pay?

The details on the new upcoming iPhone 6 and Apple Watch were announced yesterday. Both devices will be equipped with Apple’s new contactless mobile payment system – Apple Pay. Apple Pay enables phone payments at points-of-sale without sharing credit card…

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Dyre Malware Focuses on Salesforce Credentials

Dyre, also known as Dyreza and Dyranges by Symantec, is a malware notorious for pursuing banking credentials. Dyre is focused mainly on the customers of Bank of America and Citibank, RBS and Natwest in the UK, and Ulster Bank in…

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New Facebook Scam – Small Humanoids Discovered in the US

A message on Facebook that appears to be from a person in the user’s friend list, invites people to click on a link that is supposed to show a video of two little human-like creatures. Many users trust the link…

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5 Million Gmail Account Credentials Leaked Online

Earlier this morning, unknown cyber criminals have leaked over 5 million Gmail usernames and passwords on the Internet. The database containing the credentials appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum. All the passwords are presented in a .txt file. How the…

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phishing-campaigns

Kelihos Botnet Phishing Campaign Collects Apple IDs Using Spam Emails

Shortly after the iCloud accounts of numerous celebrities have been compromised, the cyber crooks behind the Kelihos botnet started a new phishing campaign, targeting the owners of Apple online accounts. Russian IP Used for the Alleged Purchase The Symantec Research…

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