June 2020 – Page 8

US bank customers targeted in ongoing Qbot campaign

Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot banking trojan malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. […]

15 Jun

Microsoft investigating Edge self-launch on Windows startup

Microsoft is investigating a known issue affecting the new Chromium-based Edge browser where the app is automatically launching itself on Windows startup even if users haven’t configured it to auto-start after their systems boot up. […]

15 Jun

Intel adds CPU-level malware protection to Tiger Lake processors

Intel today announced a new CPU-level security capability known as Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (Intel CET) that offers protection against malware using control-flow hijacking attack methods on devices with Intel’s future Tiger Lake mobile processors. […]

15 Jun

Microsoft removes Windows 10 2004 GameInput update block

Microsoft removed a Windows 10 2004 compatibility hold applied to prevent customers from losing mouse input in some games and apps using GameInput Redistributable after applying the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. […]

15 Jun

Accessories giant Claire’s hacked to steal credit card info

The websites for U.S. based jewelry and accessory giant Claire’s, and its subsidiary Icing, were compromised in April and may have allowed hackers to gain access to customer’s credit cards. […]

14 Jun

Windows 10: What to expect in upcoming feature updates

Microsoft previously confirmed that Windows 11 wouldn’t be released, and the company will keep updating Windows 10 with new features, improvements, fixes, and bugs. […]

14 Jun

Windows 10 Alert: Defragger bug defrags SSD Drives too often

With the release of Windows 10 version 2004, the Windows Defragger has become a mess as it starts to defrag SSD drives too often, perform trim on non-SSD drives, and forgets when it last optimized a drive. […]

14 Jun

Extortionists threaten to destroy sites in fake ransom attacks

Scammers are targeting website owners with blackmail messages asking them to pay ransoms between $1,500 and $3,000 in bitcoins to avoid having their sites’ databases leaked and their reputation destroyed. […]

13 Jun

Avast fixes bug blocking programs from starting in Windows 10

A bug has been fixed in AVG and Avast security applications that set registry keys that blocked applications from running in Windows 10. […]

13 Jun

Windows 10 Privacy Settings bug lets users change admin options

An “Important” and equally ironic vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1296 was fixed in the Microsoft June 2020 updates that allows privilege escalation in the Windows Diagnostics & Feedback settings app: the annoying privacy setting screen is shown to users when setting up or upgrading Windows. […]

Month: June 2020

US bank customers targeted in ongoing Qbot campaign

Microsoft investigating Edge self-launch on Windows startup

Intel adds CPU-level malware protection to Tiger Lake processors

Microsoft removes Windows 10 2004 GameInput update block

Accessories giant Claire’s hacked to steal credit card info

Windows 10: What to expect in upcoming feature updates

Windows 10 Alert: Defragger bug defrags SSD Drives too often

Extortionists threaten to destroy sites in fake ransom attacks

Avast fixes bug blocking programs from starting in Windows 10

Windows 10 Privacy Settings bug lets users change admin options