June 2019 – Page 2

Fraudsters Spoof Blockchain.com to Steal $27M in Cryptocurrency

Law enforcement agencies in Europe arrested a group of six individuals for emptying cryptocurrency wallets of at least 4,000 victims by setting up a website that impersonated Blockchain.com. […]

27 Jun

Track This Demonstrates How Advertisers Track You On The Web

Have you ever noticed that when you search for something online, every page you visit afterwards shows you advertisements related to what you searched for? It’s kinda creepy right? […]

27 Jun

Microsoft Edge Dev Build Now Available for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

Microsoft has released the Developer of version of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for the Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems. This build corresponds to Chromium 77 and allows developers a somewhat stable platform to test their applications and web sites. […]

26 Jun

New Silex Malware Trashes IoT Devices Using Default Passwords

A teen coder and his team developed a new malware named Silex that bricked poorly protected IoT devices by the thousands in a short period of time. […]

26 Jun

New Microsoft Edge Dev Update Adds Dark Mode Improvements

Microsoft has released Chromium-based Edge Dev Build 77.0.197.1 for Windows with a number of improvements and fixes. The latest release brings refined dark mode support to settings, history, downloads, favorites, apps, and other pages. […]

26 Jun

Instagram Like Counts May Go Private, Already Being Tested

Instagram is experimenting with making the like counts of a post private rather than being publicly available to every one to see. This change has already been seen in experiments by Instagram users. […]

26 Jun

Google Chrome OS 75 Released with ZombieLoad MDS Mitigations

Google has released the Chrome OS 75 update that includes new mitigations for the Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) speculative execution vulnerabilities disclosed in May. […]

26 Jun

Google Warns of Microsoft SwiftKey Losing Access to Gmail on July 15

Google is sending out warnings to Microsoft SwiftKey users that the keyboard will no longer be able to access the data in Google Accounts, including Gmail content, starting on July 15th. […]

26 Jun

Remove the Qbit Speedup Pro

Qbit Speedup Pro PUP is a potentially unwanted program that states it scans Windows for Malware/Pup Threats, ways to Enhance System Performance, System/User Software Related issues, and Startup/Uninstall and User Items. When Qbit Speedup Pro scans a computer it will list a variety of detected issues, but state that you need to first purchase a […]

25 Jun

Riltok Android Banker Takes Over SMS App, Spawns Phishing Screens

A family of banking trojans for Android has spread beyond Russia, a region it normally targeted, and operates in an aggressive way to replace the default SMS app and deploy phishing screens on compromised devices. […]

Month: June 2019

Fraudsters Spoof Blockchain.com to Steal $27M in Cryptocurrency

Track This Demonstrates How Advertisers Track You On The Web

Microsoft Edge Dev Build Now Available for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

New Silex Malware Trashes IoT Devices Using Default Passwords

New Microsoft Edge Dev Update Adds Dark Mode Improvements

Instagram Like Counts May Go Private, Already Being Tested

Google Chrome OS 75 Released with ZombieLoad MDS Mitigations

Google Warns of Microsoft SwiftKey Losing Access to Gmail on July 15

Remove the Qbit Speedup Pro

Riltok Android Banker Takes Over SMS App, Spawns Phishing Screens