Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2019
Signature update for Symantec Endpoint protection crashed many device

Symantec rolled out an intrusion prevention signature update for its Endpoint Protection product that has caused many devices to crash and display a so-called blue screen of death (BSOD). An intrusion prevention signature update for the Endpoint Protection product had a bad impact on the devices, in many cases it caused the devices to crash […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2019
Adobe out-of-band security updates address 82 flaws in 3 products

Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to address a total of 82 security vulnerabilities that affect three products of the company. On Tuesday, Adobe released out-of-band security updates to address 82 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Experience Manager, Experience Manager Forms, and Download Manager. Out of 82 security flaws, 45 vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader have […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2019
Privacy advocates criticize Apple for sharing some users browsing data with Tencent

New problems for Apple, most of its users likely ignore that the company is sharing iOS web browsing data on some of them to Chinese giant Tencent. Most Apple users likely don’t know that the tech giant is sending iOS web browsing data on some of them to the Chinese giant Tencent. The news is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2019
Researchers released a free decryptor for the Nemty Ransomware

Good news for the victims of the Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor that could be used to recover files. I have great news for the victims of the recently discovered Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor tool that could be used to recover files. In mid-August, the Nemty […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2019
Top cybersecurity certifications to consider for your IT career

With the right cybersecurity certifications, you can attain your goals seamlessly and in a fast way and speed up your career. Cyber attacks are making headlines almost every day in today’s era. The attacks have increased both in number and complexity. Because of this natural demand, it is now crucial for companies and specialized firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2019
SAP October 2019 Security Patch Day fixes 2 critical flaws

SAP addressed two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) as part of the October 2019 Security Patch Day. SAP has released its October 2019 Security Patch Day updates that also address two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) with CVSS scores of 9.3 and 9.1. The October 2019 Security Patch Day also includes a High Priority Note addressing Binary Planting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2019
Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network

Maintainers at the Tor Project have removed from its network more than 800 relay servers running outdated and EOL versions of the Tor software. Currently, the Tor network is composed of more than 6000 relays, some of them running outdated Tor software versions (in some cases back to the 0.2.4.x versions). Other relays are running […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2019
MS October 2019 Patch Tuesday updates address 59 flaws

Microsoft October 2019 Patch Tuesday addressed a total of 59 vulnerabilities. 9 of which are rated as critical and 49 as important. The tech giant released its October 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates to address a total of 59 vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems and other software, 9 of which are rated as ‘critical’, 49 are […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2019
Developer hacked back Muhstik ransomware crew and released keys

One of the victims of the Muhstik ransomware gang who initially paid the ransomware, decided to hack back the crooks and released their decryption keys. Tobias Frömel, is a German software developer, who was a victim of the Muhstik ransomware. Frömel initially paid the ransom to decrypt his files, but later decided to get his […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2019
Users reported problems with patches for CVE-2019-1367 IE zero-day

Patches for Internet Explorer Zero-Day Causing Problems for Many Users Microsoft released a new set of patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer recently fixed due to problems reported by users with the previous patch. On September 23, Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to address a zero-day memory corruption flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2019-1367) that […]