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Adobe Announces Flash Support Will End In 2020
It’s finally happening, and we now have a firm timeframe. Adobe just announced that as of 2020, they will no longer be supporting their beleaguered Flash player. Once wildly popular and used by webmasters all over the world to provide interactive content on websites, over the past decade, Flash Player has been plagued by serious […]
WWE Hack May Have Exposed Millions Of Users’ Private Information
Are you a fan of wrestling? Have you signed up to the WWE’s website or any of their newsletters? If so, at least some of your information may have been stolen. Here’s what we know: A security researcher from Kromtech (owned by Forbes) name Bob Dyachenko discovered a WWE database on one of Amazon’s web […]
Scientists Prove They Can Get Passwords From Brainwaves
It just may be the ultimate hack: stealing passwords from your brainwaves. It’s something that has moved beyond the realm of science fiction and into the realm of possibility, according to a joint research study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of California, Riverside. The research team tested […]
Well-Known Travel Site Sabre Gets Hacked
If you used the travel site Saber for booking hotels between August of 2016 and March of 2017, be advised that your data was likely stolen by hackers, including your credit card number, your name as it appears on the card and the card’s expiration date. Saber is one of the web’s leading travel and […]
Ransomware Discovered On Some Google Play Store Apps
Researchers from McAfee’s mobile division have discovered a strain of ransomware called “LeakerLocker” on two apps that slipped through Google’s various checks and made their way onto the Google Play Store. The apps in question were “Booster and Cleaner Pro,” which was billed as an app designed to boost memory on your smartphone, and “Wallpapers […]
New Trojan Attacks Point-Of-Sale Systems Seeking Card Info
There’s a new piece of malware to worry about called “Neutrino,” and it represents an especially troubling development. It’s a fork of an older, well-developed banking Trojan called “Zeus,” and its designers have gone to great lengths to make sure that it remains undetected for as long as possible so it has more time to […]
Linux Gets Its Own Wannacry-like Variant
If you thought we’d seen the last of the Wannacry ransomware, think again. Recently, a new threat has been discovered that targets Linux users. It should be noted up front that “SambaCry” is not a variant strain of the aforementioned ransomware, but rather, a security flaw in Linux that mirrors the one Wannacry used to […]
Disconnect Wi-Fi Autoconnect Bug Could Allow Access To Your Smartphone
A new bug has been discovered that impacts both Android and iOS devices. If you use a smartphone that contains Broadcom Wi-Fi chips, and you probably do, the newly discovered exploit allows an attacker to execute malicious code on your device remotely with no input or action required by you. The bug was discovered by […]
CopyCat Malware Taking Android Devices By Storm
Researchers at the security firm Check Point have uncovered a new strain of malware they’re calling CopyCat that has taken the internet by storm, infecting millions of Android devices in South and Southeast Asia, for now. This malware could easily break out into other parts of the world. Best estimates are that some 14 million […]
Some Intel Processors Could Crash Systems With Hyperthreading Enabled
If you’re using a machine with a Skylake or Kaby Lake Intel processor, you should know that under certain conditions, it may be prone to crashing if hyperthreading is enabled. The problem was never formally announced, mostly because what bug reports were released on the topic were spotty and inconsistent. So far, at least, no […]
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