Android users would be wise to remember that just because an app appears in the official Google Play store doesn’t mean that it should be considered entirely trustworthy. Researchers at Trend Micro have described how they recently uncovered a total of 36 apps in the official Android app marketplace that […]
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36 fake security apps removed from Google Play
Google has recently pulled 36 fake security apps from Google Play, after they’ve been flagged by Trend Micro researchers. Posing as legitimate security solutions, and occasionally misusing the name of well-known AV vendors like Avast, the apps seemed to be doing the job: they showed security notifications and other messages, […]
Failles Meltdown/Spectre : Intel prépare des mises à jour avec ses partenaires pour le 9 janvier
Atendue toute la journée, la réaction publique d’Intel aux failles de sécurité qui touche ses processeurs a enfin été publiée. Elle est courte et veut surtout tenter de faire comprendre que la société n’est pas la seule concernée… alors que les mises à jour se préparent pour le 9 janvier. Une […]
Security Flaws in GPS Trackers Puts Millions of Devices’ Data at Risk
Trackmadeddon attack puts millions of vulnerable GPS trackers at risk of data exposure. According to a research conducted by two security experts by Vangelis Stykas (@evstykas) and Michael Gruhn (@0x6d696368), a majority of location tracking devices are flawed and vulnerable to exploitation. There are versatile devices such as child or pet […]
Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws Affect Intel, ARM, AMD Processors
Unlike the initial reports suggested about Intel chips being vulnerable to some severe ‘memory leaking’ flaws, full technical details about the vulnerabilities have now been emerged, which revealed that almost every modern processor since 1995 is vulnerable to the issues. Disclosed today by Google Project Zero, the vulnerabilities potentially impact […]
Arrestation d’un dangereux réseau de piratage de cartes bancaires étrangères
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Ad targeters exploit browsers’ password managers to track users online
Ad targeters are exploiting browsers’ built-in login managers to covertly collect hashes of users’ email addresses, to be used to track them across the web. “Email addresses are unique and persistent, and thus the hash of an email address is an excellent tracking identifier,” Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology […]
AMD Soars After Rival Intel Reveals Processor Flaw
According to technology website The Register, Intel has a bug that lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords. All computers with Intel chips from the past 10 years appear to be affected, the report said, and […]
How to keep your browser and devices safe from cryptojackers
Stealthy cryptocurrency mining scripts have found their way to a variety of websites – streaming, gaming, online stores, and so on. The craze started with CoinHive, but copycats have soon started popping up and increasing the probability for users to get their browsers hijacked into mining crypto currency (mostly Monero). […]
Upcoming patches for security flaw in Intel processors expected to slow down computers
Windows users whose PCs run on Intel processors can apparently expect their computers to slow down after next Tuesday. In fact, all computers using modern Intel chips – whether they run Windows, Linux or macOS – are expected to suffer a performance hit in the coming days. The reason for […]