Government warns of remote attack against Windows PCs editing iPhone video
If you own a Windows PC as well as a recent iPhone, the U.S. government wants you to open the Windows Store today and make sure that you have the most recent […]
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Beware this new phishing attack that’s after your passwords!
A classic bit of internet security advice just bit the dust. For ages, email users were told to hover their mouse over a link to see where it led—if you saw the […]
Unpatched Office attack reminds us: Don’t click on risky docs
Microsoft is warning of a new Office vulnerability that can probably be avoided by continuing to use smart Internet practices. Namely, don’t open untrusted documents. Researcher EXPMON reported a new vulnerability to […]
League of Legends dev hit with ransomware attack
While it seems commonplace to hear about hackers attacking financial institutions and other locations with huge troves of customer information, the video game industry is no stranger to the issues of information […]
Outlook, OneDrive outages caused by DDoS attack, Microsoft says
Microsoft has confirmed that the service outages for Outlook, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 services on June 5 were caused by a malicious attack. Hackers flooded Microsoft’s servers with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks […]
Adobe PDFs under attack: Update Acrobat and Reader now
On Update Tuesday on September 12, Adobe released several security updates to close five vulnerabilities in several programs, some of which are classified as critical. These affect the PDF tools Acrobat and […]
New SIM-jacking attack silently empties bank accounts
You’ve done the usual things to protect your sensitive accounts. You use a unique password. You have alerts sent to your phone. But a thief could still bypass all that with a […]
Hackers attack Apex Legends tournament players
Accusations of cheating or “hax” tend to be flung around a lot in online shooter games. But for two high-level competitors in the Apex Legends battle royal, the cheating was both indisputable…and […]
Windows ‘downgrade’ attack unpatches PCs to open old security flaws
Security researcher Alon Levie from the company SafeBreach has discovered a vulnerability in Windows Update that allows attackers to downgrade an actually secure Windows and make it vulnerable. This is known as […]
Windows ‘downgrade’ attack tool is now in the wild. How to protect yourself
A few weeks ago, security researcher Alon Leviev revealed a frightening Windows vulnerability that allows attackers to “downgrade” a secure Windows system and unpatch security flaws, making the hacked system open to […]
