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The malware inserted into CCleaner, a popular system utility downloaded by at least 2.3 million users, is far more serious than originally thought, specifically targeting the makers of networking equipment and enterprise software, according to evidence uncovered by investigators and published on Sept. 20. While Avast—the security firm that acquired CCleaner with its purchase of […]

According to a new report, an average of 1.385 million unique new phishing sites are created every month, peaking at 2.3 million in May 2017. The majority of these are online and active for an average of just 4 to 8 hours. This combination of volume and brevity makes it effectively impossible to counter phishing […]

Users who run four different types of VMware products, ESXi, vCenter Server, Fusion and Workstation, are being encouraged to update to address a series of vulnerabilities, one critical. The most serious issue, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability, exists in ESXi, and desktop hypervisors Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit the issue, which exists in a […]

Vevo hacked, 3.12 TB of data leaked
September 20, 2017

There’s a good chance that you’ve watched a popular music video from Vevo, either via YouTube,  Vevo’s website or its mobile app. Most popular music artists release their videos through Vevo these days. The company – a joint venture between Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Alphabet Inc and Abu Dhabi Media […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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