Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Most ransomware has a binary file that needs to be executed before it can infect your PC. Ransomware usually relies on social engineering or exploits to infect unsuspecting users. However, some malware authors are bypassing this requirement with a new trick - browser lockers.
Unlike traditional ransomware threats that lock the entire desktop, ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2014
In the world of malware threats, only a few rare examples can truly be considered groundbreaking and almost peerless. What we have seen in Regin is just such a class of malware.
Regin is an extremely complex piece of software that can be customized with a wide range of different capabilities which can ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
Some people spend hours — maybe even days — trying to clean an infected Windows system and ensuring it’s actually clean and safe afterward. It’s usually not a good idea to do this — just reinstall Windows and start over.
This may seem like a daunting task, especially if you don’t ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2014
Unless we are a human supercomputer, remembering password is not an easy task and that too, if you have a different password for every different site. But luckily to make the whole process easy, there is a growing market for password managers which provides an extra layer of protection. Wait! ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Remember Heartbleed? You know, the exploit in SSL that was so bad it got its own brand? Microsoft may have an issue of similar scale on its hands with a critical patch issued via Windows Update today.
The patch in question is MS14-066, or otherwise known as the cryptically named “Vulnerability in Schannel ...
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