A new family of versatile, multi-stage malware is spreading via instant messaging clients, such as Skype and Live Messenger. Avast’s Threat Intelligence Team has been monitoring the malware since August of 2018 and released new details on the threat in a report over the weekend.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a new article warning users of online romance scams designed to dupe you out of your money. Often the scammers gain the confidence of their victims and then trick them into sending them gift cards or money for family emergencies or trips to come visit, but never happen.
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Adobe published security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, ColdFusion and Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
Adobe patches multiple products to address vulnerabilities Read More »
The Mozilla Foundation has issued Firefox 65.0.1 browser security update to address multiple vulnerabilities.
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Microsoft issued the February 2019 Security Updates that include nearly 74 unique vulnerability fixes, 20 of them rated critical.
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A serious vulnerability in runc open-source container management has been discovered and patched. runc is used by most of the underlying container engines and runtime, such as Docker, cri-o, containerd, and Kubernetes.
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Apple has released iOS 12.1.4 that addresses multiple vulnerabilities, to include a Group FaceTime bug discovered by an Arizona high school student and a security researcher from Texas.
Apple releases iOS 12.1.4, fix for Group FaceTime bug Read More »
Google has released a new Chrome extension “Password Checkup” that warns users if their account username and passwords are known to be unsafe and leaked as part of past data breaches.
Password Checkup helps protect accounts from data breaches Read More »
Microsoft has released a new security advisory for an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability “PrivExchange” that impacts multiple versions of Microsoft Exchange Server.
Microsoft issues new advisory for “PrivExchange” vulnerability Read More »
A security researcher has disclosed a severe remote code execution bug in open source software versions of LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. One of the two have been patched, the other still vulnerable.
Severe vulnerability found in LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice Read More »
