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Ransom ware: #Satana, greetings from hell …
[German]A new day, a new ransom ware for computer users. Kaspersky has found a ransom ware called Satana, which is a Russian name for "Satan". The nice gift from hell encrypts your document files and also swaps the Master Boot … Continue reading
Android Security Bulletin July 2016
Google has released a security bulletin for Android at July 6, 2016, addressing the newest security flaws. Patches for supported Google Nexus devices will be rolled out within the next days. Also Samsung rolls out some security updates for his … Continue reading
Qualcomm-vulnerability breaks Android’s disk encryption
Flaws in Qualcomm's TrustZone implementation allows to crack Android's disk encryption (device encryption) via brute-force attacks. Millions of Android devices are affected.
Security flaw in Symantec’s AV products sets you at risk
Bad news for all computer users (Windows and Mac OS) working with Symantec's Anti Virus-/security solutions. Tavis Ormandy from Google's project zero has uncovered a vulnerability that affects all Norton/Symantec security products.
New Lenovo Solution Center V 3.3.003 fixes 2 security holes
Lenovo has released a new version 3.3.003 of Lenovo Solution Center, because prior versions comes with two critical vulnerabilities. Here are a few hints how to handle the new security desaster.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Sophos Home: A free commercial-grade security for the home
Security vendor Sophos offers a free commercial-grade security solution (Sophos Home) for home users.
Urgent: Remove Apple`s QuickTime Player from Windows
In short: This is an urgent call to action – please uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible, because there are two serious reasons: First, Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows – no further security updates are provided. … Continue reading
Drown: homeserver.com sub-domains are vulnerable
Today a warning, dedicated to Windows HomeServer users. It seems, that many subdomains hosted under Microsoft's homeserver.com domain are vulnerable via Drown attacks.
Microsoft’s failure with default Windows device encryption
Microsoft supports automatic device encryption since Windows 8 for selected hardware. The odd thing: The recovery key is transmitted to Microsoft without a possibility to stop that transfer.