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Millions Download Maliciously Modified PC Utility

September 19, 2017 By aatech

More than 2 million users are estimated to have downloaded a maliciously modified version of a software utility owned by antivirus firm Avast.The affected application, CCleaner, helps users perform routine maintenance on their systems, and provides functionality such as temporary files deletion, performance optimization analysis, and application management. Developed by Piriform Ltd, which was acquired […]

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Rogue WordPress Plugin Allowed Spam Injection

September 17, 2017 By aatech

A popular WordPress plugin called Display Widgets running on 200,000 sites was removed from the official WordPress.org plugin repository after researchers discovered the plugin had a backdoor that was injecting spam ads into victims’ sites.According to researchers at Wordfence who publicly disclosed the rogue plugin on Tuesday, the backdoor had been present in Display Widgets […]

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Premium SMS Malware ‘ExpensiveWall’ Infects Millions of Android Devices

September 16, 2017 By aatech

Google has ejected 50 apps from its Google Play store that were harboring mobile malware dubbed ExpensiveWall. The malware, which was downloaded between 1 million to 4.2 million times, sends fraudulent premium SMS messages for fake fee-based services without the knowledge or permission of users, according to Check Point security researchers.Researchers said the malware was […]

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Adobe Fixes Eight Vulnerabilities in Flash, RoboHelp, ColdFusion

September 15, 2017 By aatech

Adobe fixed eight vulnerabilities across three products, including two critical memory corruption bugs and a critical XML parsing flaw, with its regularly scheduled update on Tuesday.RoboHelp for Windows, ColdFusion, and as usual, Flash Player, all received updates as part of the company’s Patch Tuesday security bulletins. Versions 26.0.0.151 and earlier of Flash Player are affected […]

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Microsoft Bulks Up Defender ATP for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

September 14, 2017 By aatech

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will have more to offer than new mixed-reality experiences. When the desktop operating system update arrives on Oct. 17, it will be able to tap into an upgraded version of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to help customers protect end-user systems and the data stored in them.Windows Defender ATP […]

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MongoDB Tightens Security Amid New Database Attacks

September 13, 2017 By aatech

A new series of ransomware attacks targeting MongoDB databases has prompted the company to implement new data security measures. The new attacks follow a similar pattern to the MongoDB ransack campaign unleashed at the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017, when more than 33,000 MongoDB databases fell to the massacre within weeks. By mid-January, […]

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Android Users Vulnerable to ‘High-Severity’ Overlay Attacks

September 12, 2017 By aatech

Security researchers warned of a high-severity Android flaw on Thursday that stems from what they call a “toast attack” overlay vulnerability. Researchers say criminals could use the Android’s toast notification, a feature that provides simple feedback about an operation in a small pop up, in an attack scenario to obtain admin rights on targeted phones […]

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Equifax hit with a data breach possibly affecting half of the US population

September 11, 2017 By aatech

This Thursday Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus in the US, announced that cyber security incident involving consumer information of nearly half of the population in the US had been spotted on July 29th, 2017. In the press release published yesterday, they stated that based on their internal investigation the data breach began […]

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Google Patches 81 Android Vulnerabilities With September 2017 Updates

September 10, 2017 By aatech

A total of 81 security vulnerabilities have been addressed in this month’s set of security patches for the Android platform. 13 of the flaws were rated Critical severity.The security bulletin has two security patch levels, each focused on addressing vulnerabilities in specific components. The 2017-09-01 security patch level fixes a total of 30 vulnerabilities, 10 […]

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Microsoft Won’t Fix Security Bypass Vulnerability in Edge

September 9, 2017 By aatech

Microsoft is opting to stand pat and not fix a content security bypass vulnerability in its Edge browser, something researchers warn could potentially lead to the disclosure of confidential information.Nicolai Grødum, a researcher with Cisco Talos, disclosed details around the vulnerability – which also affects older versions of Webkit browsers such as Google Chrome and […]