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  1. Silverlight & Flash bug found

    **IMPORTANT-MUST READ** WinBeta just posted a article on a Silverlight & Flash app bug that's going around now. Hackers bypass Microsoft's EMET exploit blocker to infect Silverlight and Flash apps Heres a link to where they found out about it. Link Removed
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  2. Huge security breach by russian hackers make me think this is a phishing scam, is it from Windows F?

    Last week it was on a few news sites and I saw it on CCN that russians hacked many big sites, but none where named, Apparently there were major companies hit. I have in the last few weeks had a big increase on numerous of my emails getting spammed so I can see a few must of got hit. I got an...
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  3. Microsoft Thanks 5-Year-Old Who Found A Hole In Xbox’s Password Security System

    This is so cool! "Yes, a boy who likely just learned to tie his shoes cracked the Xbox One’s password verification system accidentally while he was trying to log into his dad’s Xbox Live account. He was being a naughty kid and playing games he wasn’t supposed to be, and his father finally...

  4. Don't Waste Your Money: Doomsday for Windows XP coming

    If you or anyone in your family still has a computer that uses Windows XP, the computer is about to become vulnerable to hackers and viruses. Continue reading...
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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    Your developers event, BIME Hack Day Bilbao

    BIME Hack Day borns!!!! The gretest unconference encounter in the state, especially created to encourage creativity and invention that will get together music lovers and new technology professionals with leading companies of this sector. Two days in which MAKERS, DEVELOPERS and HACKERS will...
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    • Forum: General Computing
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    Windows 7 Troubling Unknown Device in Windows 7 Network Map: Possible Security Concern?

    In Windows 7, when I go into Control Panel - Network & Internet to view my Home Network, click 'see full map' I notice a question mark device icon noted 'unknown'. It has no address or any other information. It only disappears when I reboot. Has my computer been compromised by a hacker? There...
    • simon591
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    • computer activity control panel hackers home network network security troubleshooting unknown device wifi windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Networking

  7. Windows 8 Chrome Vulnerability Exploited: How Hackers Gained Control Over Windows Systems

    Chrome was hacked and used to take over windows....here's the whole story. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57573064-83/researchers-win-$100000-for-chrome-hack-that-leaves-windows-vulnerable/
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  8. Windows 7 20/9/12 Security Alert IE7, 8 and 9!!

    Please Be Advised: A potential vulnerability which, could allow a hacker takeover or intrusion via Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9, is being addressed via an Important Automatic Update on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. This is an out-of-cycle FIX to deal w/ the issue immediately. End Users should have...
    • Drew
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    • address alert automatic updates diligence end users fix hackers ie7 ie8 ie9 important installation internet explorer intrusion out-of-cycle patch management security update vulnerability windows
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  9. 20/9/12 Security Alert IE7, 8 and 9!!

    Please Be Advised: A potential vulnerability which, could allow a hacker takeover or intrusion via Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9, is being addressed via an Important Automatic Update on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. This is an out-of-cycle FIX to deal w/ the issue immediately. End Users should have...
    • Drew
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Microsoft Products and Community
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    Windows 7 Future of MSE

    I recently read an article raising questioning about how secure MSE will be once Windows 8 releases. It seems like that will make MSE a big target for hackers. Will MS be able to keep a head of them? Are there any sites comparing AV programs that a regular user can use to compare? Something...
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Security

  11. Windows 7 The cyber crime tide is turning

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    • Forum: Windows Security

  12. Windows 7 Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses

    Maximum PC | Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  13. Windows 7 Facebook page hacked - don't be next!

    Pfizer’s Facebook page hacked – don’t be next! | Naked Security
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  14. Twitter Hackers Report Obama Dead

    Fox News has reported that one of its Twitter accounts was recently breached by hackers. Read Full Story: Twitter Hackers Report Obama Dead / Infopackets.com
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  15. Windows 7 INFORMATION SYSTEMS BREACHES - Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses From Sony Pictures France Breach

    In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDnet reports. The hackers say they wanted to demonstrate the sites insecurity to get them to fix their vulnerabilities. Read Full Story: Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from...
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    • Forum: Windows Security

  16. Hackers claim attack on FBI partner in Conn.

    Internet hackers said June19 they have compromised the security of more than 1,000 accounts at a Connecticut-based FBI partner organization. LulzSec was implicated in the attack. It's getting hard who to believe. Read Full Story: Hackers claim attack on FBI partner in Conn. - BusinessWeek
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  17. LulzSec IDs 'snitches' in accused hacker's arrest

    Hacker group LulzSec has posted the names of two people it accuses of assisting in helping track down a teen suspected of being the notorious group's mastermind. That's a unusual switch, they must have upset them somehow. Read Full Story: LulzSec IDs 'snitches' in accused hacker's arrest |...
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  18. With Anonymous and LulzSec, is anyone believable?

    For several months, hackers have been having a heyday taking down Web sites and leaking data from compromised servers with victims ranging from the CIA and U.S. Senate to Sony, Citigroup and the Turkish government. A 19-year old was arrested Tuesday but they can't confirm he's part of either...
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  19. Met Police arrest alleged hacker in Essex

    The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has Link Removed that it has arrested a 19 year old man. Intelligence learned of an address, then seized the computer for forensic examination. Read Full Story: Met Police arrest alleged hacker in Essex - The H Security: News and Features
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  20. Windows 7 Attackers exploit latest Flash bug on large

    Hackers are aggressively exploiting a just-patched Flash vulnerability, serving attack code "on a fairly large scale" from compromised sites as well as from their own malicious domains, a security researcher said June 17. Attacks show up in Korea, Taiwan, and India. They're also attacking...
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    • Forum: Windows Security