Cylance Uncovers SMB Vulnerability That Affects All Windows Versions Online Security | April 14, 2015 | by George Smith On Monday, researchers at the security company Cylance disclosed an existing vulnerability in all versions of Windows, including the yet-to-be-released…
CoinVault Ransomware’s Victims Can Now Restore the Encrypted Data for Free WINDOWS Viruses | April 14, 2015 | by George Smith Computer users whose machines have been affected by the CoinVault ransomware can now restore the encrypted files without paying the…
10,000 ISIS-Linked Twitter Accounts Suspended Online Security | April 14, 2015 | by George Smith Twitter activists and monitoring specialists have reported that thousands of accounts have disappeared from the networking service. More than 10,000…
TorLocker Victims Can Decrypt Over 70% of Their Files without Paying the Ransom WINDOWS Viruses | April 12, 2015 | by George Smith TorLocker, also known as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Scraper, encrypts your files and offers a decryption key in an exchange for a ransom payment.…
WP-Super-Cache’s Glitch Could Affect Over 1 Million Sites (2019) Online Security | April 9, 2015 | by George Smith The WP-Super-Cache plugin has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which could enable the attacker to gain a full access and…
Google’s Partner Engage Lab Compromised: Redirects Users to the Nuclear Exploit Kit Online Security | April 8, 2015 | by George Smith On Tuesday, the cybersecurity firm Fox IT reported a large-scale Google ad campaign distributed by the Google advertising partner in…
ISIS Sympathizers Target WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Online Security | April 8, 2015 | by George Smith On Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that hackers sympathizing to the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL), a.k.a.…
Turkey Censors YouTube Over a Hostage Photo Online Security | April 7, 2015 | by George Smith Turkey has censored YouTube due to an image of a well-known Istanbul prosecutor who was held hostage by far-Left militants.…
Microsoft’s Spartan Will Employ Browser Extensions (2019) Online Security | April 3, 2015 | by George Smith Although no official information has yet been released, Microsoft has hinted of employing extensions to its new Windows 10’s “Spartan”…
Symantec Reports New Malware Targeting the Energy Sector Online Security | April 1, 2015 | by George Smith Trojan.Laziok, a new malware program, targets companies in the energy sector meaning that attackers are likely to have an interest…
A New Phishing Scam Targeting American Express Clients Online Security | March 31, 2015 | by George Smith American Express customers have just become a target for cybercriminals who are sending out fraudulent emails containing an alert for…
A New Anti-Malware Technique for Smartphones Uses Gestures Online Security | March 30, 2015 | by George Smith Mobile use is growing at a fast pace and so is the number of malicious programs designed for smartphones. Two…
Microsoft Fixed the Bug Disabling Users to Log into Windows 10 (2019) Online Security | March 27, 2015 | by George Smith Earlier this week, Microsoft released Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041 which was supposed to fix the security bugs and…
Caution: “Optional” Windows Patch KB 2876229 Hijacks Your Browser WINDOWS Viruses | March 26, 2015 | by George Smith The new “optional” Windows patch is capable of hijacking your browser. As with anything you download from the Web, you…
Spam Operation Exploited 750,000 Twitter Accounts to Promote a Diet Pill Online Security | March 26, 2015 | by George Smith For over a year, a single man has been conducting an extensive spamming operation which end goal was promoting a…