Avast closes its subsidiary Jumpshot company
Earlier this week, Vice Motherboard and PCMag published the results of their investigation and talked about how Avast collects and sells user data to...
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News · January 29, 2020
Information security experts introduced exploits for fresh bugs in Windows RDG
As part of the first “update Tuesday” this year, Microsoft specialists fixed two critical vulnerabilities that affect Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019: CVE-2020-0609...
News · January 28, 2020
Media said Avast trades user data
A joint investigation by Vice Motherboard and PCMag found that Avast antivirus collects and trades user data. Confidential information is resold to giants such...
News · January 27, 2020
Vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Antivirus were Used by Attackers for the Sensational Hacking of Mitsubishi Electric
ZDNet reports that according to unnamed sources close to the investigation, the recent hack of Mitsubishi Electric and the subsequent data leak related to...
News · January 23, 2020
Jeff Bezos smartphone could be hacked with Pegasus spyware
Hacking of a personal smartphone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after talk with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, was allegedly...
News · January 22, 2020
Android.Xiny Trojans still threaten 25% of users and they are almost impossible to remove
Doctor Web experts discovered new samples of the Android.Xiny family of Trojans. This malware endangers 25% of users and it is almost impossible to...
News · January 21, 2020
Microsoft announced about new 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer and there is no patch for it yet
Microsoft has reported about 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which hackers already exploit for "limited targeted attacks." issued a security notice, where presented ways...
News · January 20, 2020
Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Reset plugin allow hijacking a site or erasing all data
Wordfence specialists report that at the beginning of January, in the popular WordPress Database Reset plugin were discovered dangerous vulnerabilities, installed on more than...
News · January 17, 2020
Chrome got protection from attacks through vulnerability in crypt32.dll
Google released a new version of its Chrome browser 79.0.3945.130, in which Chrome received protection from attacks with exploitation of a recently fixed vulnerability...
News · January 16, 2020
Popular WordPress plugins fixed dangerous vulnerabilities
WebArx specialists reported about dangerous vulnerabilities in the WordPress plugins WP Time Capsule and InfiniteWP. Both plugins have already received patches from the developer...
News · January 15, 2020
Ryuk ransomware uses Wake-on-LAN to “awake” devices before attack
Famous Ryuk ransomware now uses the Wake-on-LAN feature to turn on devices in a compromised network and ensure better encryption. is a hardware feature...
News · January 14, 2020
Microsoft released a patch for extremely dangerous vulnerability in Windows
On Tuesday, January 14, Microsoft released a patch for an extremely dangerous vulnerability in the cryptographic component of the kernel affecting all versions of...
