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Hi I'm not a expert on these things, but I found this while searching. Don't know if it's any good, but thought I would post it here and get thoughts;) of the members here! Move delete or what ever is appropriate. BadBlock encrypts System Files. Decryptor Released by Emsisoft

Really nice whitepaper on Cryptowall 4. It is pretty technical but still a good read. http://www.talosintel.com/files/publications_and_presentations/papers/CryptoWall4_WhitePaper.042016.pdf

Just a cool site that shows real-time attacks on honeypots deployed across the world. Link Removed

Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool 2016 is a tool that helps in finding threats in the design phase of software projects. Link Removed

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Skype for Business Server and Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a...

There was once a time when you might only expect to pick up some malicious software on certain types of websites. It seems now, almost anywhere might expose you to such things. I was doing something as innocent as looking for the radio frequencies used in Microwave ovens and ended up getting...

Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 13 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including a detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI), visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you...

Original release date: April 29, 2015 Systems Affected Systems running unpatched software from Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, or OpenSSL. Overview Cyber threat actors continue to exploit unpatched software to conduct attacks against critical infrastructure organizations. As many as 85 percent of...

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Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 11 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI), visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you...

Original release date: February 20, 2015 Systems Affected Lenovo consumer PCs that have Superfish VisualDiscovery installed and potentially others. Overview Superfish adware installed on some Lenovo PCs install a non-unique trusted root certification authority (CA) certificate, allowing an...

I've never downloaded InfoAxe but it keeps showing that it exists in my computer. I've quarantined and deleted everything but it keeps showing up again.. If I type flipora in the search bar in the start menu it's showing a registry file named cc_(numbers) <--Random numbers, but I forgot. How...

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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file that...

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Today, Microsoft is pleased to announce the private preview of Link Removed, a security and threat information exchange platform for analysts and researchers working in cybersecurity. Interflow uses industry specifications to create an automated, machine-readable feed of threat and security...

The news on anti-virus death is greatly exaggerated. The right way to look at it is that antivirus is not, and may never have been, a sufficient means by which to protect the user against attack. But, for most users, it's still an important front-line defense. One great advantage of Windows 8.1...

So I was looking through the Program Files (x86) file on my computer, and I stumble upon these strange "Surf and Keep" files. Link Removed Should I be worried? Are these viruses? Trojans? Adware? Should I delete them? Any help will be appreciated.

For some reason, I just ran MBAM, even though it had only been a couple of days since I last ran it, and it found the malware shown in the screenshot: I don't know what 4 of them are about, but trojan.banker caught my eye right away. I had MBAM delete them and am now also running a full scan...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens or previews a specially crafted email...