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Microsoft fixed Windows zero-day discovered last month by Google

Microsoft has issued a fix on a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability, that was abused as a part of targeted attacks. [...]
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  • Microsoft
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  • Windows 10
Posted on November 12, 2020 by Mash

Dell Printer Drivers are being flagged as malware by Windows Antivirus Software

Over 20 security products have marked Dell printer drivers as malware. Security researchers from Avast, BitDefender, F-Secure, McAfee, and Panda [...]
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  • Dell
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  • malware
Posted on November 12, 2020 by Mash

Google Chrome new feature will block JavaScript redirects on web page URL clicks

The New Google Chrome security feature will block the redirects when clicking on web page links that open in a [...]
  • News
  • Google Chrome
Posted on November 10, 2020 by Mash

New browser feature will be blocking Slipstream NAT bypass attacks

NAT SlipStreaming is an attack method, that requires the victims to visit the malicious website, and abuses certain NAT devices [...]
  • News
  • Browser
Posted on November 10, 2020 by Mash

Fake Microsoft Teams updates lead to Cobalt Strike attack

The recent attacks, targeting organizations in various industries, especially those depending on videoconferencing solutions have been using malicious Microsoft Teams [...]
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  • Cobalt Strike
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  • ransomware
Posted on November 10, 2020 by Mash

New script allows users to download ISOs for any Windows versions

ISO images are sector copies of a DVD, they can be written and burned to DVD to create a copy [...]
  • How-to
  • News
  • Windows 10
Posted on November 10, 2020 by Mash

Worm and botnet Gitpaste-12 spreads via GitHub and Pastebin

Gitpaste-12, advanced software that exploits over 12 known vulnerabilities and has crypto-mining capabilities has been discovered to be distributed via [...]
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  • Botnet
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  • Gitpaste-12
Posted on November 8, 2020 by Mash

Microsoft Edge's new feature helps users find the best price for their online purchases

The new Microsoft Edge update came with a new feature called "Shopping", enabled by default. The feature only works on [...]
  • News
  • Microsoft Edge
Posted on November 6, 2020 by Mash

Black screen Windows 10 issue is fixed

According to Microsoft, a known issue about Windows 10 devices' screens going black when drawing in certain applications such as [...]
  • News
  • Windows 10
Posted on November 6, 2020 by Mash

Group of targeted attacks uses DLL side-loads to "KilllSomeOne"

It is known that DLL-side loading can be used in order to execute the malicious code, disguising the code as [...]
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  • APT
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  • DLL
Posted on November 6, 2020 by Mash

Windows 10 certificate bug confirmed by Microsoft

Microsoft recently acknowledged a new Windows 10 certificate bug. Right now the only solution seems to be to revert to [...]
  • News
  • Windows
Posted on November 4, 2020 by Mash

RegretLocker ransomware is targeting Windows virtual machines

RegretLocker ransomware has been first discovered in October and seemed to be simple ransomware at the first glance, with its [...]
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  • ransomware
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  • RegretLocker
Posted on November 4, 2020 by Mash

Chrome zero-day exploit is patched by Google

Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address several vulnerabilities such as RCE (remote code execution) [...]
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  • Google
Posted on November 4, 2020 by Mash

Open Shell allows you to replace the standard Start Menu

Open Shell, also known as Classic Shell is open-source software that allows you to change the appearance of Windows 10 [...]
  • News
  • Windows
Posted on November 2, 2020 by Mash

Windows 10 potentially getting macOS-like find cursor feature

One of the macOS unique features allows users to make their cursor bigger by simply shaking your mouse. That feature [...]
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  • macOS
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  • Windows
Posted on October 31, 2020 by Mash

Windows kernel vulnerability is exploited in targeted attacks, according to Project Zero

Google's oday bug-hunting team Project Zero has stated that a zero-day elevation of privileges vulnerability has been spotted in Windows [...]
  • News
  • Windows
Posted on October 31, 2020 by Mash

KashmirBlack Botnet abuses dozens of known vulnerabilities to hijack sites running on popular CMS platforms

KashmirBlack campaign started around November 2019. It usually aims for popular CMS platforms such as WordPress, Magneto, Drupal, Joomla! and [...]
  • News
  • KashmirBlack
Posted on October 31, 2020 by Mash

Big brands including Xfinity and McAfee abused by Parked domains in Emotet campaign

Parked domains are used to redirect users to other websites, but it is known that those can turn malicious and [...]
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  • Emotet
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  • trojan
Posted on October 31, 2020 by Mash

Nitro data breach might impact Microsoft, Google and more

Nitro is an application used to create, edit, and sign PDF digital documents. On October 21st Nitro Software stated that [...]
  • News
  • Nitro
Posted on October 28, 2020 by Mash

Youtube-dl users flood GitHub with the copies of the repos after the takedown

YouTube-dl is a command-line program that is used to download videos from YouTube and several other sites, which was recently [...]
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  • GitHub
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  • YouTube
Posted on October 28, 2020 by Mash

How to access the Windows 10 SYSTEM control panel after the 20H2 release

With the release of Windows 10 20H2, the system now redirects users to the newly updated About page when trying [...]
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  • Windows 10
Posted on October 26, 2020 by Mash

Microsoft is testing Startup Boost for Edge browser

Startup Boost is available for Edge Canary users on Windows as a new experimental feature from Microsoft. Startup Boost configures [...]
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  • News
  • Edge
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  • Windows 10
Posted on October 26, 2020 by Mash

Emotet malware disguises as Microsoft Word update

Emotet is a malware infection that spreads via emails with Word documents, containing malicious macros. Enabling those causes Emotet malware [...]
  • News
Posted on October 26, 2020 by Mash

NVIDIA addresses high severity GeForce Experience vulnerabilities

A new security update by NVIDIA has been released to address a series of issues that allowed attackers to execute [...]
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  • NVIDIA
Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mash

XMRig miner abuses non-trivial solutions to evade the protection systems

XMRig miner first has emerged in August this year, using a non-conventional attack method - a common Trojan detected as [...]
  • News
  • XMRig
Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mash

Several popular mobile browser are at risk of address bar spoofing attacks

This Tuesday cybersecurity researchers stated the vulnerability affecting several mobile browsers such as Apple Safari, Opera touch, UCWeb, Yandex browser [...]
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  • Browser
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  • Safari
Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mash

Microsoft improves Windows 10 defrag experience

With the release of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241 Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and brought theme-aware [...]
  • News
  • Windows 10
Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mash

LockBit attacks small organizations, using automated tools to find the juiciest targets

LockBit ransomware family first became active around a year ago, constantly improving and using new ways to bypass Windows User [...]
  • News
Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mash

Spyware GravityRAT returns, now multiplatform

Originally, spyware GravityRAT was active in 2018 and was targeting Indian armed forces, while the viral campaign itself was ongoing [...]
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  • Android
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  • GravityRAT
Posted on October 21, 2020 by Mash

Emotet botnet uses an attachment pretending to be Windows Update

Emotet is a malware infection, that is usually distributed via spam emails with malicious Word or Excel documents. These documents [...]
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  • Emotet
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  • Update
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  • Windows
Posted on October 21, 2020 by Mash

NPM removed NodeJS malware opening Windows, Linux reverse shells

NPM has removed multiple packages hosted on its repository due to an established connection to remote service and exfiltrated user [...]
  • News
  • NPM
Posted on October 19, 2020 by Mash

Accessing all settings in one screen by unlocking Windows 10's God Mode

It is fairly unknown that Windows 10 still comes with Control Panel-based page called "God Mode" that allows you to [...]
  • Lessons
  • News
  • Windows 10
Posted on October 19, 2020 by Mash

Refresh rate option is added to the Windows 10 settings

Microsoft continues to update the Windows 10 Settings feature. Windows 10 always allowed adjusting the monitor refresh rate, but it [...]
  • News
  • Windows 10
Posted on October 16, 2020 by Mash

SonicWall VPNs has become vulnerable to new remote code execution bug

Almost 800 000 SonicWall VPN appliances need to be updated to prevent the attackers from abusing the new major vulnerability [...]
  • News
  • SonicWall
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  • VPN
Posted on October 16, 2020 by Mash

US Cyber Command warns Microsoft customers to patch their systems to avoid TCP/IP bug

US Cyber Command warns customers to patch their systems as soon as possible to avoid the critical exploitable CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability, [...]
  • News
  • Update
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  • Windows 10
Posted on October 16, 2020 by Mash

Latest Windows 10 build will warn users when new apps registers to run at startup

Microsoft silently added a warning feature in the latest Windows 10 build - the users will be warned about the [...]
  • News
  • Microsoft
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  • Windows 10
Posted on October 16, 2020 by Mash

Microsoft Office appears on Windows 10 systems without users asking for installation

PWAs are designed to be installed into the user's devices only after the user manually requests the installation. However, according [...]
  • News
  • Microsoft
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  • Office
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  • Windows 10
Posted on October 14, 2020 by Mash

The new trojan BazarLoader is used by TrickBot gang to deploy Ryuk ransomware on high-value targets

TrickBot gang is known for using the trojans to compromise the enterprise networks by downloading software modules with the purpose [...]
  • News
  • BazarLoader
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  • trojan
Posted on October 13, 2020 by Mash

Attackers abuse Windows Update to execute malicious programs

The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) that attackers can use with [...]
  • News
  • Update
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  • Windows
Posted on October 13, 2020 by Mash

Android ransomware MalLocker executes from with the Home button

According to Microsoft, Android ransomware known as MalLocker locks the user's phone with the ransom note after the Home button [...]
  • News
  • Android
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  • MalLocker
Posted on October 10, 2020 by Mash

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