Chrome security update warns against sneaky software downloads as well as malware
Google is adding a new warning to Chrome in its continuing efforts to protect users from harmful actors on the […]
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The harmful code recently found on Lenovo machines is now surfacing in other apps
As we previously reported, Lenovo apparently pre-loaded a number of its machines with Superfish adware along with other malicious code.
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VirusTotal tackles the tricky false positives problem plaguing antivirus software
VirusTotal, a Google-owned online malware scanning service, is creating a whitelist of products from large software vendors to reduce bad
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Sneaky Linux malware comes with sophisticated custom-built rootkit
A malware program designed for Linux systems, including embedded devices with ARM architecture, uses a sophisticated kernel rootkit that’s custom
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Malicious advertisements on major sites compromised many, many PCs
Attackers who have slipped malicious advertisements onto major websites over the last month have potentially compromised large numbers of computers.
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Adware-infected apps in Google Play Store were downloaded ‘millions of times’
Google has pulled numerous apps from its Play Store, after they were found to be infected with malicious software. A
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Security Now 491: Cryptographic Backdoors
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Why the President was sure it was North Korea, a few Sci-Fi recommendations from
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NSA secretly hijacked existing malware to spy on N. Korea, others
A new wave of documents from Edward Snowden’s cache of National Security Agency data published by Der Spiegel demonstrates how
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Security Now 490: The Enigma
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Lizard Squad’s DDoS network largely powered by SOHO Routers, Google abandons pre-v4.4 Android Updates,
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Travelers beware: Hackers are after your information
Frequent fliers get all the perks—and all the attention from cyber criminals, apparently. United Airlines, American Airlines, and Park-n-Fly have