A Cumulative Update For Windows 10 Causes A Failure In The Notification System
The cumulative update KB4507453 for Windows 10, released by Microsoft on July 9th, causes a loop of restart notifications. omplaints about the problem began...
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Brendan Smith
Cybersecurity analyst covering malware families, suspicious files, and detection alerts. Brendan focuses on clear explanations of what a warning means, when it may be a false positive, and which cleanup steps are appropriate.
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News · July 13, 2019
In Schneider Electric Industrial Products Identifed Hazardous Vulnerabilities: How to Mitigate?
Five dangerous vulnerabilities were discovered in the Schneider Electric Floating License Manager and Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System (IGSS) products. he successful operation...
News · July 12, 2019
Updates for Windows Defender caused a crash in the repairing damaged files function: How to fix?
Some users of Windows 10 unexpectedly encountered the inability to recover damaged files using sfc /scannow. The likely cause of the problem is a...
News · July 11, 2019
Developed the most powerful and intelligent Zip-bomb in the IT history
Programmer and engineer David Fifield introduced a new Zip-bomb, which can turn into a 4.5 petabyte from a 46 MB file. Files of this...
News · July 11, 2019
McAfee Endpoint Security update impaired Windows logging: how to deal with the problem?
The update to the McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) antivirus program, released yesterday, brought much headaches to system administrators around the world. The problem was...
Ransomware · July 11, 2019
Vesad virus. How to decrypt .vesad files?
Vesad is a new name in the kind of ransomware-type infections. This infection currently attacks computes all over the world and encrypts important data....
News · July 10, 2019
Cybercriminals are hacking companies through their DNS providers: how to mitigate attacks?
Cybercrime group Sea Turtle attacked the organization ICS-Forth, which controls the Greek top-level domains .gr and .el. Cisco Talos specialists first talked about the...
News · July 10, 2019
Microsoft fixed vulnerability that was actively used by Russian hackers
This week, Microsoft released another monthly patchset. n total, the technological giant has eliminated 77 vulnerabilities, two of which pose a particular danger, since...
News · July 9, 2019
Security specialists have found 1325 applications bypassing the limitations of the Android system
Researchers have discovered more than 1,000 Android applications that can bypass the restrictions imposed by the operating system and get establish user geolocation, mobile...
News · July 9, 2019
In ESET discovered a backdoor that attacks Torrent’s users: How to stay safe?
International antivirus company ESET has detected malicious activity directed at users of South Korean and Chinese torrent sites. he attackers distribute the backdoor GoBot2/GoBotKR...
Ransomware · July 9, 2019
MUSLAT virus. How to decrypt .muslat files?
MUSLAT is a new name in the kind of ransomware-type infections. This ransomware currently attacks computes and encrypts your files. The files encoded by...
Ransomware · July 9, 2019
FEROSAS virus. How to decrypt .ferosas files?
Currently, FEROSAS virus attacks a wide range of computers in various parts of the world. The degree of its distribution and the severity of...
