A joint investigation by Vice Motherboard and PCMag found that Avast antivirus collects and trades user data. Confidential information is resold to giants such as Google, Yelp, Microsoft, McKinsey, Pepsi, Sephora, Home Depot...
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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 the exploitation of the 0-day vulnerability in the Trend Micro antivirus...
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 carried out using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. May 2018, smartphone of the head...
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 remove. has been known to IS experts since 2015 and it is still dangerous for...
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 to avoid critical vulnerability in...
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 80,000 sites. plugin, developed by WebFactory Ltd, is...
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 in the crypt32.dll Windows library. talk is about...
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 this month. to the researchers, in both cases the...
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 that allows turning off or on a device by sending it a special network packet...
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 Windows. to the KrebsOnSecurity portal, the company has already...