In November 2017, some security-related bugs were identified in uTorrent, one of the most popular and widely used torrent client. The zero day vulnerabilities were identified by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy and reported to BitTorrent, but no response
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MacOS High Sierra Security "Root" Bug Gets Fixed
Apple fell far from the proverbial tree as they released a system update for MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1, which apparently had a severe security issue. This dangerous bug was discovered by security researcher Lemi Orhan Ergin on Tuesday (11.28.2017). However,
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The holiday season is upon us, and we are rushing to check items off our gift list. If you belong to the majority of shoppers, you do not like pushing and shoving just to get the best deals. Instead, you
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Personal computers have been cyber criminals' target for years, and malware researchers are on their mission to raise users' awareness of the possible dangers on the Internet, where hundreds and millions threats are circulating and new ones are launched every
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Microsoft officially presented its new product, which will be released this summer, on the 2nd of May, 2017 in New York. It was expected to have a name Windows 10 Cloud, but, instead, it was named Windows 10 S. This
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Do you know what Microsoft Security essentials +1-888-496-5150 is? If an error message Microsoft Security essentials +1-888-496-5150 has covered your Desktop and it is impossible to access it, it does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong with your
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Ever since removable devices became highly popular within the computer users’ community, cyber criminals have implemented this highly useful implementation for malignant intentions. Malware spread via removables reached the peak in 2008, when, according to elsevier.nl, 25% of worms were
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With 55 thousand pieces of malware counted every single day, governments and corporations have been focusing their attention on this growing issue, and ways to deal with it. One of the major steps towards the fight against cybercrime has been
Continue reading 0 CommentsUser Image Upload Sites Are Major Targets for Spammers and Hackers
Script injected images could be the culprit of malware or malicious content in spam messages. Reports by security firms have said that the number of sites blocked for hosting malicious content rose by 197 percent just in the month of
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