Posts under Security category

Quora’s 100 million users personal data compromised in attack

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

The folks at Quora had a big scare recently when it was revealed that some of its user’s data were compromised in an attack. Apparently, the attack took place last Friday, and what the attackers walked away with is quite […]

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Dell & Dunkin Donuts websites face cybersecurity incidents

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

In two separate cybersecurity incidents, involving Dell and Dunkin’ Donuts, it was revealed that customers’ information might have been stolen by hackers. Dell.com faces cybersecurity incident Dell, the American multinational computer technology company, came out with a release on its website […]

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Multi-million dollar online ad fraud operation 3ve disrupted

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

The internet is a great place to be on an everyday basis, but it can also be an unsafe space, and that’s an issue that won’t go away anytime soon. Here’s the thing, a major online advertisement fraud operation known […]

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Official VLC Player site is dangerous says Bing

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

Bing, the Microsoft search engine warns us that the official VLC Player site is suspicious. Bing suggests choosing another result and also offers a link to the ‘Bing Site Safety Report’ wherein you can check the details. VLC web page […]

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Best antivirus software for Windows Home User: 2018

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Protecting your computer from viruses and malware is very important if you want to keep your files and personal data safe from hackers. The question is, then, which antivirus software is best for Windows 10? AVTest has released the findings of […]

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Solid State Drives that support hardware encryption may not be that safe

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Solid State Drives (SSD) are the future, and they’ll one day replace Hard Disk Drives (HDD) as the default hardware for storing files on computers. Now, some of these SSDs support hardware encryption, but there’s a problem. Vulnerabilities in hardware […]

Google is shutting down Google+ due to security concerns

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Google is making a lot of big changes where security is concerned, and we have to say, it’s going to break a lot of hearts in the coming 10 months. It should be interesting to see how folks respond as […]

Virobot Ransomware with Botnet spreading via Microsoft Outlook

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Despite efforts to sniff it out, Spams continue to live. Microsoft Outlook supports some features that help to slow it down. Still, this menace continues to grow and expand its reach furthermore. The new Virobot ransomware-botnet is a case in […]

New vulnerability allows hackers to access your computer when in Sleep mode

By AyushVij@TWCN |

F-Secure has recently discovered and reported a new vulnerability for Windows as well as Mac OS based laptops. This vulnerability will allow hackers to steal encryption keys and other sensitive data when your computer is in Sleep mode. And there is no […]

Windows Defender consistently achieving high scores in independent AV tests

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Advances in technology have enabled security researchers to build intelligent security software to protect the modern workplace. Microsoft too ensures that its customers have control over their devices and experiences from the latest threats. Its unified endpoint security platform, Windows […]

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Local privilege escalation vulnerability found in Windows Task Scheduler

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

A recent finding published by CERT  (Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University) in its Vulnerability Notes Database highlights a worrying situation. The report suggests the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler contains a vulnerability in the handling of ALPC that can allow […]

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Google Chrome reporting Bitdefender Total Security is incompatible

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

As a measure to curb instances of crashing and abrupt closing of the browser, Google Chrome has rolled out a feature that alerts users about ‘Incompatible applications’. The same feature is now evoking a strong response from users as it lists […]

Avast Online Security is a brand new extension for Microsoft Edge

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft Edge has been showing a steady growth in gaining extensions. Currently, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers have been leading to having most extensions. Microsoft is really behind these after Microsoft introduced the support for extensions with the release […]

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Windows Defender AV has once again achieved 100% Protection scores

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Any Windows user, facing challenges in the online world can receive quick emergency assistance from Windows Defender AV. The product offers flawless protection and its experts offer help against any real threat confronting security programs on the Internet. A recent […]

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Norton Safe Web extension for Microsoft Edge released

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Windows 10 is already up in the game with all the latest and greatest security features yet. But people tend to not trust these first-party measures from Microsoft. Windows Defender comes inbuilt with Windows 10 and protects the users with […]

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Download Bomb strikes again, Microsoft Edge Browser deemed safe

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Last year Google had addressed a deadly exploit that could be carried on its Chrome browser. The “Download bomb” exploit was mostly used by tech scammers to make sure that users will fall prey to their trap. Sadly this issue […]

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VirusTotal Monitor launched to mitigate the false positives

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Antivirus software is considered to be efficient when it produces minimum false positives. In fact, it is the most important feature that an antivirus program must possess. False positives are nothing but the virus scan results which wrongly indicate that […]

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Microsoft Outlook flaw let hackers steal your Windows password

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

A vulnerability has been detected in Microsoft Outlook that risks users credentials being hacked by attackers. Discovered by Will Dormann of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), the vulnerability allows hackers to steal user’s Windows password just by having the target […]

Google bars cryptocurrency mining Chrome extensions

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Google has banned all Chrome extensions manufactured to mine cryptocurrency from its Chrome web store with immediate effect. The company said that there has been a rise in the malicious extensions being registered on the Chrome store. These banned browser […]

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Microsoft releases patch to fix the patch that fixed the Meltdown flaw

By AyushVij@TWCN |

A few months ago, computer systems worldwide were detected vulnerable to attacks named Meltdown and Spectre. All the companies like Microsoft and Intel issued patches for their devices and fix this vulnerability. Maybe because of this rush, Microsoft issued a […]

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BranchScope is the latest vulnerability for CPUs made by Intel

By AyushVij@TWCN |

A team of researchers from College of William & Mary, University of California Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University of Qatar and Binghamton University demoed a new attack named BranchScope that Intel CPUs are vulnerable to. They demoed this vulnerability to the CPUs […]