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News in Brief Aug 2, 2016 13:55:21 GMT

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Windows Flaw Reveals Microsoft Account Passwords, VPN Credentials

Data of 200 Million Yahoo Users Pops Up for Sale on the Dark Web

GhostMail Shuts Down, Says "the World Has Changed for the Worse"

Mozilla Adds Download Protections in Firefox for PUPs and Uncommon Downloads

Google’s featured snippets abused by SEO scammers

How one man could have taken down Imgur

Zepto Ransomware Locky Variant being distributed via WSF Attachments

OpenSSH 7.3 Officially Released, Now Refuses RSA Keys Smaller than 1024 Bits

Microsoft to Block Free Windows 10 Upgrade “Assistive Tech” Trick

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News in Brief Aug 15, 2016 12:24:41 GMT

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Pokemon GO Ransomware Installs Windows Admin Backdoor Account

ARMageddon Cache Attack on Android Devices Can Monitor Keystrokes, ARM TrustZone

Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files

Bluetooth LE Smart Door Locks Can Be Hacked with Relative Ease

New FFS Rowhammer Attack Hijacks Linux VMs

QuadRooter: Unfortunately, you can’t have it patched for now

New TorrentLocker (Crypt0L0cker) variant released that Encrypts files with the .ENC Extension

Ardour 5.0 Open Source DAW Officially Released with Tabbed User Interface

Is This the End? Another App Maker Abandons Windows Phone

UK Pondering Google Probe on Mobile Market Abuse, Windows Phone Possible Victim

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News in Brief Aug 24, 2016 14:27:44 GMT

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Spam Flood Delivers New and Improved GozNym Banking Trojan

First Twitter-controlled Android botnet discovered

FSociety wants a piece of the ransomware cake

Nvidia 367.44 Driver Adds TITAN X (Pascal) and GeForce GTX 1060 Support to Linux

Linux Kernel 3.2.82 LTS Is Out with Btrfs and x86 Improvements, Updated Drivers

One in Five Scientific Papers on Genes Contains Errors Because of Excel

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News in Brief Sept 20, 2016 12:49:56 GMT

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HDDCryptor Ransomware Overwrites Your MBR Using Open Source Tools

Researcher Bypasses iPhone Passcode Using the Technique the FBI Said Doesn't Work

Tesla Model S Hacked From 12 Miles Away

iSpy Keylogger Returns with New Version and New Attacks

US Government Preparing a Guideline for the Internet of Things

Shadow Brokers BENINGCERTAIN Tool Deployed in Live Attacks

Crysis Ransomware Employing RDP Brute-Force Attacks in New Campaign

Mobile Menace: Fake AV makes it onto Google Play

HP accused of Sabotaging Non-HP Ink Cartridges

Windows 7 and 8.1 Cumulative Updates Won’t Include Internet Explorer Patches

Microsoft Goes After Windows Pirate for the Third Time Since 2000

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News in Brief Sept 21, 2016 13:24:44 GMT

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Android Trojan Roots Devices, Steals Photos and Chrome's Database

Australian Police Warns of Dangerous USB Drives Left Inside Letterboxes

Security Firm Tries to Silence Critic Using Questionable DMCA Notice

Symantec Patches Products Against Exploitation via Malicious RAR Files

Malvertising Campaign Using RIG EK Detected Pushing CrypMIC Ransomware

Just For Men website serves malware

Slackware-Based Absolute 14.2 Linux OS Arrives with Up-to-Date Components

IPFire 2.19 Linux Firewall Gets New Intrusion Prevention System, Kernel 3.14.79

How Much Does an iPhone 7 Really Cost?

Microsoft Said to Ban Linux on Windows 10 Signature Edition PCs

Microsoft Finally Kills Off the Infamous “Get Windows 10” App

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News in Brief Oct 12, 2016 13:31:41 GMT

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Adobe releases updates that resolve 84 Security Vulnerabilities

The DXXD Ransomware displays Legal Notice before Users Login

Microsoft Patches Four Zero-Days Used in Live Attacks

Microsoft and Malwarebytes Boost PUP Detection

Youndoo creates new Chrome profile

Amazon finds cache of reused passwords: change yours now!

Black Lab Linux Goes Commercial Due to Lack of Funding, netOS Discontinued

KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS Gets Its First Point Release with Many Wayland Improvements

iPhone 7 Allegedly Explodes Like a Grenade, Causes Injuries to Owner’s Face

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News in Brief Nov 21, 2016 14:57:40 GMT

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Android Malware Whitelists Itself to Stay Active While Your Phone Sleeps

Facebook Spam Campaign Spreading Nemucod Downloader and Locky Ransomware

Apple Recalls "Small Number" of iPhone 6s Units Due to Defective Batteries

New York Wants Donald Trump to Introduce Laws Forcing Apple to Hack iPhones

Apple Discontinues AirPort and Time Capsule Products, Entire Division Disbanded

iPhone Explodes While Charging and Burns Down Teen Girl’s Bedroom (*does anyone else think this was made up?)

MPV 0.22.0 Video Player Lands with New Options, AudioUnit Output Driver for iOS

ReactOS 0.4.3 Officially Released with New Winsock Library, over 340 Bug Fixes

No New Windows 10 Redstone 2 Builds Launching This Week

Microsoft Starts the SHA-1 Deprecation Countdown for Edge and IE11 Browsers

Microsoft Launches Windows Defender Hub for Windows 10

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News in Brief Jan 11, 2017 14:50:19 GMT

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Two Aggressive Campaigns Detected Pushing Google Ads to Unsuspecting Users

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Update Installs Chrome Browser Extension

Linux Kernel 4.9.2 Improves Support for AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series, Dell XPS 17

Linux Kernel 4.4.41 LTS Introduces Nouveau, Radeon, and PowerPC Improvements

Microsoft Officially Kills Off Windows Essentials 2012 Suite

It’s Official: Windows 10 Starts Blocking Flash by Default in Edge Browser

Finally: Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB3213986 Installing Fine for Most Users

Microsoft Fixes Just 3 Vulnerabilities on the Smallest Patch Tuesday Ever

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News in Brief Jan 13, 2017 13:33:17 GMT

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Opera Launches New Neon Concept Browser (*and it's ugly)

You Can Now Have a Single ISO Image with All the Essential Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors

Linux Kernel 4.4.42 LTS Updates USB Drivers, Improves ARM64 Support

Linux Kernel 4.9.3 Rolls Out with over 200 Changes, Lots of XFS Improvements

KDE Applications 16.12 Gets Its First Point Release, over 40 Recorded Bugs Fixed

Microsoft Starts Testing Windows 10 “Game Mode” to Boost Gaming Performance

Privacy Watchdog Pleased with Microsoft’s Data Collection Tweaks in Windows 10

Windows 10 Build 15007 Users, Watch Out for These Bugs

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows 10 Build 15007 with Plethora of New Features

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News in Brief Jan 16, 2017 14:08:40 GMT

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Android Apps Caught Stealing Instagram Passwords for Turkish Users

CryptoSearch Finds Files Encrypted by Ransomware, Moves Them to New Location

Debian GNU/Linux 8.7 "Jessie" Live & Installable ISOs Now Available for Download Exclusive

MATE 1.16 Desktop Now Available for Ubuntu MATE 16.04, Here's How to Install It

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News in Brief Jan 17, 2017 16:04:04 GMT

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Opera Presto Source Code Leaks Online

McDonald's Official Website Exposes Passwords in Cleartext

Dutch Developer Added Backdoor to Websites He Built, Phished Over 20,000 Users

Gmail Users Under Attack as Hackers Develop Sophisticated Phishing Technique

CCleaner 5.26 Released with Browser Cleaning Improvements

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News in Brief Jan 18, 2017 14:56:42 GMT

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Chrome Users Targeted with Malware via New "Font Wasn't Found" Technique

Malware Uses Google Services as Command-and-Control Servers

New GhostAdmin Malware Used for Data Theft and Exfiltration

You Can Now Have All the Essential Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Flavors on a Single ISO

Mycroft AI Intelligent Personal Assistant Now Available as a Raspberry Pi Image

Oracle Continues to Improve Linux 4.10 Kernel Support in New VirtualBox Releases

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News in Brief Jan 20, 2017 16:10:55 GMT

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Android Trojan Hijacks Google Play Store, Covertly Downloads or Purchases Apps

Oracle to Block JAR Files Signed with MD5 Starting with April 2017

New Satan Ransomware available through a Ransomware as a Service.

Get Ubuntu 16.04.1, Linux Mint 18.1, elementary OS 0.4 & Zorin OS 12 on One ISO

Microsoft Experimenting with New Windows 10 Update Options

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News in Brief Jan 30, 2017 14:29:57 GMT

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SVG Image Format Set for Wider Adoption in Malware Distribution

Fake Bank Statements Spam Leads to Keylogger, Bitcoin Wallet & Browser Infostealer

XSender: The Source of All the Recent XMPP Spam

Dridex Is Back, Uses New Windows UAC Bypass Method

Watch Out for Phishing Technique Involving PDF Files

HTTPS adoption has reached the tipping point

Flatpak 0.8.2 Security Fix Improves the Linux Application Sandboxing Framework

Arch Linux-Based BlackArch Penetration Testing Distribution Gets 20 New Tools

Google, Gmail Not Working in Latest Windows 10 Build, Fix Already on Its Way

How to Fix Windows 10 Update Issues When Trying to Install Build 15019

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News in Brief Feb 1, 2017 16:15:47 GMT

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Mobile Security Firm Wants to Buy Expired Zero-Days

GitLab Goes Down After Employee Deletes the Wrong Folder

PayPal Users, Beware of Phishing Campaign Trying to Steal Your Identity

Netgear Routers Bug Allows Hackers to Gain Admin Credentials, Access

Cryptkeeper Linux Encryption App Fails at Job, Has One Letter Skeleton Key - "P"

Google Engineer Says Windows Defender Is the Only AV Playing Fair With Browsers

Security Sense: Your People are the Best Security Investment You’ll Ever Make

LibreOffice 5.3 Officially Released with New User-Friendly & Flexible UI Concept

Latest Shotwell Releases Enable HTTPS Encryption, Change Your Passwords Now

Vivaldi 1.7 Is Just Around the Corner, Lets You Share Things More Efficiently

Microsoft Releases Office 2016 Update Version 1701 (Build 7766.2039)

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Lighthouse: bubbs, could you please ask these questions on the main forum. Nobody looks in here! Oct 11, 2019 0:47:50 GMT *

bubbatie1: actually win 10 refuses to install on my win 7 comp.help Oct 10, 2019 0:24:38 GMT

bubbatie: if win 7 is becoming obsolete what free upgrade should i do ? Oct 4, 2019 18:47:34 GMT

Lighthouse: Yeah, it does.Could you send me an email please. Look for the address in my profile. Oct 2, 2019 3:25:16 GMT

bubbatie: that sux Oct 1, 2019 15:27:33 GMT

Lighthouse: Not hardly any I'm sad to say Sept 28, 2019 23:31:39 GMT

bubbatie1: is everyone still active ? Sept 27, 2019 17:38:52 GMT

bubbatie1: hi all im back again been a wild ride Sept 27, 2019 17:38:24 GMT

Lighthouse: Hey bubbatie, have a good one:) Jul 29, 2018 12:08:31 GMT

Lighthouse: Happy Birthday to you Irv. Jul 14, 2018 10:14:25 GMT

Lighthouse: Happy Birthday Howard (Straspey), I did send you an email Apr 12, 2018 4:05:20 GMT

Lighthouse: Have a good one Mike:) Mar 26, 2018 5:51:36 GMT

Lighthouse: A very Happy Birthday to you Brian Mar 17, 2018 16:49:48 GMT

Lighthouse: on a wheel on a semi Jan 27, 2018 19:24:12 GMT

Admin_Vistamike: semi flat hedgehog run over by a semi deflated tyre? Jan 27, 2018 1:25:23 GMT

Admin_Vistamike: ah, prices have spiked here............ Jan 27, 2018 0:08:56 GMT

Lighthouse: \thanks Mike, but all I really wanted was a semi flat hedgehog so I could get a good meal. Jan 26, 2018 22:47:33 GMT

Admin_Vistamike: And a link to your prezzie (only 1 left) goo.gl/2HDJgC Jan 26, 2018 19:38:42 GMT

Admin_Vistamike: Many happy returns of the day LH, have a good one, hic Jan 26, 2018 19:11:31 GMT