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Patch Tuesday ensured automatic buggy update removal on Windows 10
Windows 10 will now uninstall faulty updates automatically, without user intervention.
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News 2019-03-13
Two Ukranian men sued for scraping data on Facebook from 63k users
Facebook is suing two Ukrainians who used quick apps to illegally harvest private data of 63k users for advertisement purposes.
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Ransomware attack at a medical billing company: 15K patients affected
Ransomware attack at Wolverine Solutions Group leads to thousands of NOCHS patients affected.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-03-11
Banking Trojan horse distributed by using false Google reCAPTCHA
Crooks pretend to be from Google and try to steal users credential data.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-03-09
Pinchy Spider group takes up Big game hunting with GandCrab
The notorious Gandcrab ransomware is going big game hunting: developers and the affiliates now targeting enterprise organizations to increase profits.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-03-08
What you need to know about Ethical Hacking
Hacking skills can be put to good use as well.
Over the years, the term “hacking” has gained a negative connotation, not surprisingly. More
Update Google Chrome to avoid this zero-day security vulnerability
Patch Google Chrome immediately: zero-day CVE-2019-5786 vulnerability in the wild.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities 2019-03-06
JCry ransomware utilized in #OpJerusalem campaign against Israeli sites
The attack was meant to compromise thousands of Israeli websites users with JCry ransomware, but the plot failed due to the flaw in the code.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-03-05
The first million from Bug Bounty awards earned by a 19-year-old
A teen self-taught hacker made his first million dollars thanks to legal hacking.
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TikTok pays $5.7M penalty for collecting children's private data
TikTok failed to protect children's private data and agrees to pay $5.7M as a monetary fee.
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Cryptojacking software Coinhive will be terminated next week
Coinhive, a legitimate Monero mining tool that has been abused by malware authors, will be shut down due to economical unviability.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-03-01
Apex Legends mobile app scam: fake download sites distribute malware
Apex Legends fans download malware instead of a promised iOS or Android version of the game.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-02-28
Ransomware encrypts 15 000 patient records in Australian hospital
Cardiology unit at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern experienced ransomware attack that ended in encrypted and compromised patient files.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-02-27
FIDO2 certification allows password-less logins for Android users
Devices running Android 7 and above will be able to use more secure online account login methods rather than passwords.
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Porn-related malware attacks decreased, but credential theft tripled
While the overall malware attacks on porn sites decreased, Premium-access credentials theft rose by 300%.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-02-25