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For the last two weeks, every time I boot up Windows 10 Windows Defender find threats! I clear them out and more pop up the next time I reboot. This is something other than the threats. Maybe its buggy software in Windows 10. It's annoying more than anything else.
Here's the threat...
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Tarique Ghaffur, a former Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard, and once Britain’s most senior Muslim police officer, has called for internment of Islamic terrorist suspects.
Against a backdrop of recent atrocities in London and Manchester, and the revelation that MI5 has identified 23,000...
Original release date: May 12, 2017 | Last revised: May 13, 2017
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows operating systems
Overview
According to numerous open-source reports, a widespread ransomware campaign is affecting various organizations with reports of tens of thousands of infections in as...
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 9, 2017): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about vulnerabilities in the public .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications...
Here's is a free software for ransomware......read the full article.
RansomFree is the free program that protects your PC against ransomware
Here's the link to the software....
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Antivirus tools are a useless box-ticking exercise says Google security chap
Antivirus tools are a useless box-ticking exercise says Google security chap
Came across this article surfing my usual tech news sites and wanted to get y'all's thoughts. I know @Neemobeer and I have had a few posts...
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Original release date: October 14, 2016
Systems Affected
Internet of Things (IoT)—an emerging network of devices (e.g., printers, routers, video cameras, smart TVs) that connect to one another via the Internet, often automatically sending and receiving data
Overview
Recently, IoT devices...
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (October 11, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted...
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don't get suckered into the imitation software … always go directly to the source … in this case www.malwarebytes.com .
yep, another new ransomware variant is making the rounds … trying to pass itself off as legitimate software. supposedly the filename is...
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