WordPress, the incredibly popular content management platform, is currently dealing with a nasty plugin bug which allows redirects. What is a…
Month: October 2021
The return of the Malwarebytes CrackMe
This blog post was authored by Hasherezade Update: Malwarebytes #Crackme : we already have the winners in the category "the fastest…
Shrootless: Microsoft finds Apple macOS vulnerability
Microsoft researchers have discovered a vulnerability in macOS, dubbed Shrootless, that can allow attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and…
Threat profile: Ranzy Locker ransomware
Ranzy Locker ransomware emerged in late 2020, when the variant began to target victims in the United States. According to a flash alert issued by the FBI,…
Watch out for the Steam skin “free knife” scam
Have you ever had someone run up to you in the street and insist you take their free knife? I hope…
Update now! Apple patches bugs in iOS and iPadOS
On two consecutive days Apple has released a few important patches. iOS 14.8.1 comes just a month after releasing iOS 14.8…
Patch now to bypass Firefox add-ons that abuse the proxy API to deny updates
In a Firefox security announcement, Mozilla said 455,000 users have downloaded Firefox add-ons that interfere with how they connect to the…
How social media mistakes can impact cybersecurity
We talked to members of our Malware Removal Support team and asked them what kind of problems they get asked to…
Beyond the VPN: Ultimate online privacy, with The Tor Project’s Isabela Bagueros: Lock and Code S02E20
“What does online privacy mean to you?” This beguilingly simply question can produce dozens of overlapping and distinct answers, all depending…
A week in security (Oct 18 – Oct 24)
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