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More Websites Hacked and Pillaged
It’s getting so that it might be easier to publish a list of companies that haven’t been hacked. Sadly, this week it’s dot-com darling Kickstarter and Wall Street stalwart Forbes.com, both of whom were hacked and user data exposed. Where Forbes almost immediately acknowledged that it had been hacked (unavoidable as the infamous Syrian Electronic
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Linksys Routers Vulnerable to Remote Exploit
Several models of popular Linksys-brand routers may impacted by a self-replicating worm that can exploit a security flaw in the router’s programming. The exploit allows attackers to install a worm in the firmware which can lead to further security breaches on any device connected to that router’s network. According to Linksys, this exploit requires that
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Patch Tuesday for February Has Critical Fixes
The first Tuesday of every month is commonly known as “Patch Tuesday” in the IT industry, and is called thus because Microsoft issues its monthly batch of patches and security fixes to its operating systems and applications, most notably Internet Explorer. February’s selection features a whopping 31 CVEs (common vulnerabilities and exposures) that have been
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Is Your Comcast Router Giving Out Free Wi-fi?
Customer’s of Comcast’s Xfinity broadband service are slowly coming to discover that their new in-home routers are being used as wi-fi hotspots for any other Comcast customer within range of the router. Comcast introduced the service in mid-2013, but seems to have not taken great pains to ensure that its customers understood exactly what the
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Fake Antivirus Attack Delivered on Popular Website
One of the most effective malware infection vectors in use on the internet is what’s known as the “fake antivirus attack”. Upon visiting a compromised website, even one that is supposedly legitimate like the DailyMotion (not linked for obvious reasons), a pop-up is displayed that warns the user that their computer is infected, and offers
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World Still Clings to Windows XP
If you thought you were the only one still using Windows XP, you are still in good company despite Microsoft’s widely publicized plan to end official support for the operating system in April of this year. NetMarketShare.com’s January 2014 report on installed desktop operating systems shows that an estimated 30% of the world’s computers are
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