Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will include EMET-like capabilities managed through a new feature called Windows Defender Exploit Guard.
Microsoft's EMET, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, was a useful tool for hardening Windows systems. It used a range of techniques—some built in to Windows, some part of EMET itself—to make ...
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Security experts have warned IT teams to improve protection for Linux servers and IoT devices after observing an increase in threats targeting these systems.
WatchGuard Technologies’ latest quarterly Internet Security Report is based on analysis of over 26,500 active UTM appliances round the world.
It revealed that overall malware detection dropped by ...
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
A new strain of ransomware dubbed “Petya” is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware is spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that the software giant patched in March 2017 — the same bug that was exploited by the recent and prolific WannaCry ransomware strain.
According ...
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That's according to secret documents posted Thursday by WikiLeaks.
CherryBlossom, as the implant is code-named, can ...
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Monday, May 22nd, 2017
A security researcher has identified a new strain of malware that also spreads itself by exploiting flaws in Windows SMB file sharing protocol, but unlike the WannaCry Ransomware that uses only two leaked NSA hacking tools, it exploits all the seven.
Last week, we warned you about multiple hacking groups exploiting ...
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