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New Virus Decides If Your Computer Is Best Suited For Ransomware or Crypto Mining

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Security researchers in Russia has found a unique piece of Malware that infects systems with either ransomware or Cryptocurrency mining tools, depending upon they configurations to decide which of the two schemes could be more profitable on your device. Ransomware is a type of malware that systematically locks down your computer and prevents you from …

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3 Simple Ways You Can Secure Your Business’ “Guest Wi-Fi” From Possible Threats

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Ever considered your guest WiFi to be your weakest link? In a world where the average consumer and employee expect to be connected to the internet through multiple devices and touchpoints no matter the time of the day or place, there’s every possibility that your WiFi could be a target of opportunistic cybercriminals. When thinking …

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Wi-Fi Gets It’s First Upgrade In Over A Decade!

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The Wi-Fi Alliance have finally come out and launched the WPA3 – A next generation Wi-Fi security standard that promises to eliminate all the known security vulnerabilities and wireless attacks that are up today including the dangerous KRACK attacks which was discovered by researcher Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, the KRACK attack works by exploiting …

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Google and Microsoft Disclose New Spectre Type CPU Flaw and The Only Resolution Can Slow Down Your Machine

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Google and Microsoft, the worlds biggest when it comes to tech companies, are jointly disclosing a new CPU security vulnerability that’s similar to the Spectre and Meltdown flaws that were revealed earlier this year. The security researchers of Intel identified two software analysis methods that, if used for malicious purposes, they are saying it has …

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Telstra Claims Providers May Be Cutting Security Corners When It Comes To Cheap SIMs

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As the ‘Cheap SIM’ angle continues to be a success for telco companies looking to get new customers and adopt a larger data/client base, it seems as though this strategy may be costing more than it seems. When speaking at the 2018 CeBIT Technology Conference this past week, Head of Security Jacqui McNamara said that …

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Google Chrome Ready To Remove “Secure” Indicator From HTTPS Pages By September

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To see whether a website is safe to visit, you can check for security info about the site. Chrome will alert you if you can’t visit the site safely or privately. In Chrome, open a page. To check a site’s security, to the left of the web address, look at the security status:  Secure  Info …

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Microsoft Patches That Need Your Attention!

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Today Microsoft release security patches for a total of 67 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days that have actively been exploited in the wold by cybercrimials, including two publicly disclosed bugs. These patch updates address security flaws in Microsoft Windows, Outlook, .NET Framework, Microsoft Hyper-V, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, ChakraCore, Azure IoT SDK, …

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7 Chrome Extensions That Have Been Caught Stealing Your Facebook Passwords

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The ever growing Social Media landscape is the perfect location for hackers to send users to popular look-a-like websites such as ESPN, BBC News, Amazon and even Youtube to name a few. Once hackers have you in these locations and they have made users feel like it’s an authentic site, the most common modus operandi …

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Using Adobe? New Critical Security Updates for Acrobat, Reader and Photoshop CC

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The Adobe network has released new security updates which patches critical vulnerabilities which adobe says that “[the] successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the contact of the current user” a statement released on their official security bulletin earlier today. New versions have been released of it’s Acrobat DC, Reader and Photoshop CC for windows and …

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