August 2019 – Page 6

Microsoft Releases First Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge Beta

The first Beta release of the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser is now available for Windows and macOS users after having already been downloaded over one million times while distributed through the Dev and Canary preview channels. […]

19 Aug

Adwind Remote Access Trojan Hits Utilities Sector

Attackers are targeting entities from the utility industry with the Adwind Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware via a malspam campaign that uses URL redirection to malicious payloads. […]

19 Aug

Gmail Is Down, Displays “Something Went Wrong” Errors

Google’s free Gmail email service is currently experiencing a worldwide outage which prevents users from logging in and displays “Something went wrong” errors when they’re trying to sign in to their accounts. […]

19 Aug

iOS 12.4 Jailbreak Released After Apple Unpatches Older Bug

iOS security researcher Pwn20wnd released a public jailbreak for the latest stable iOS version after Apple reintroduced a vulnerability patched in iOS 12.3, previously exploited to jailbreak iOS 12.2. […]

19 Aug

Windows 10 Notepad Added to Microsoft Store, Only for Insiders

The popular text editor Notepad would be updateable through the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 20H1 and the app has just landed in the Store, but there’s a catch. […]

19 Aug

VLC Media Player 3.0.8 Released with 13 Security Fixes

VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.8 and it is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This release fixed 13 security vulnerabilities as well as providing improvements to video playback. […]

18 Aug

Router Network Isolation Broken By Covert Data Exfiltration

Software-based network isolation provided by routers is not as efficient as believed, as hackers can smuggle data between the networks for exfiltration. […]

18 Aug

Steam Accounts Being Stolen Through Elaborate Free Game Scam

An elaborate scam is underway that pretends to be a free game giveaway site, but instead hacks a user’s Steam account, takes control over it, and then uses it to target other players. […]

18 Aug

Windows 10 v1809 KB4512534 Update Released With VB Fix and More

KB4512534 advances the system to Windows 10 Build 17763.720 and fixes Visual Basics issues that Microsoft acknowledged on August 15, shortly after the rollout of Patch Tuesday security updates. […]

18 Aug

‘Coordinated Ransomware Attack’ in Texas Hits 23 Local Governments

Texas is currently fighting an unprecedented wave of ransomware attacks that has targeted local government entities in the state, with at least 23 impacted by the attacks. […]

Month: August 2019

Microsoft Releases First Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge Beta

Adwind Remote Access Trojan Hits Utilities Sector

Gmail Is Down, Displays “Something Went Wrong” Errors

iOS 12.4 Jailbreak Released After Apple Unpatches Older Bug

Windows 10 Notepad Added to Microsoft Store, Only for Insiders

VLC Media Player 3.0.8 Released with 13 Security Fixes

Router Network Isolation Broken By Covert Data Exfiltration

Steam Accounts Being Stolen Through Elaborate Free Game Scam

Windows 10 v1809 KB4512534 Update Released With VB Fix and More

‘Coordinated Ransomware Attack’ in Texas Hits 23 Local Governments