March 2020 – Page 4

Tor Browser 9.0.7 Patches Bug That Could Deanonymize Users

The Tor Project released Tor Browser 9.0.7 today with a permanent fix for a bug that allowed JavaScript code to run on the Safest security level in some situations while using the previous Tor Browser version. […]

24 Mar

TeamViewer Stops Commercial Use Checks in Coronavirus-Affected Regions

TeamViewer has stated that they will stop performing checks for commercial use of their remote control product in regions heavily affected by the Coronavirus. […]

24 Mar

Microsoft Pauses Optional Windows Cumulative Updates Starting in May

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Microsoft will stop releasing optional Windows cumulative updates starting in May 2020. This includes all supported Windows 10 and Windows Server versions. […]

24 Mar

Windows Defender Fix For Windows 10: Enable Network Scanning

A really simple fix for the Windows Defender alert that states items were skipped during a scan has been discovered and it involves just enabling network scanning. […]

23 Mar

Fake Corona Antivirus Software Used to Install Backdoor Malware

Sites promoting a bogus Corona Antivirus are taking advantage of the current COVID-19 pandemic to promote and distribute a malicious payload that will infect the target’s computer with the BlackNET RAT and add it to a botnet. […]

23 Mar

Hackers Hijack Routers’ DNS to Spread Malicious COVID-19 Apps

A new cyber attack is hijacking router’s DNS settings so that web browsers display alerts for a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization that is the Vidar information-stealing malware. […]

23 Mar

Tech Giant GE Discloses Data Breach After Service Provider Hack

Fortune 500 technology giant General Electric (GE) disclosed that personally identifiable information of current and former employees, as well as beneficiaries, was exposed in a security incident experienced by one of GE’s service providers. […]

23 Mar

Microsoft Warns of Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Windows Bugs

Microsoft warned today of targeted attacks actively exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities found in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library and impacting all supported versions of Windows. […]

23 Mar

Google to Abandon Chrome 82 Development Due to Release Delays

Due to the change in Google Chrome’s release schedule because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google has announced that they are no longer developing Chrome 82 and will skip to Chrome 83 instead. […]

22 Mar

Windows Defender Bug in Windows 10 Skips Files During Scans

For the past couple of weeks, Windows 10 users have been reporting that Windows Defender scans are skipping files due to a configured exclusion or network scanning setting. […]

Month: March 2020

Tor Browser 9.0.7 Patches Bug That Could Deanonymize Users

TeamViewer Stops Commercial Use Checks in Coronavirus-Affected Regions

Microsoft Pauses Optional Windows Cumulative Updates Starting in May

Windows Defender Fix For Windows 10: Enable Network Scanning

Fake Corona Antivirus Software Used to Install Backdoor Malware

Hackers Hijack Routers’ DNS to Spread Malicious COVID-19 Apps

Tech Giant GE Discloses Data Breach After Service Provider Hack

Microsoft Warns of Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Windows Bugs

Google to Abandon Chrome 82 Development Due to Release Delays

Windows Defender Bug in Windows 10 Skips Files During Scans