Windows zero-day exploit offered for sale on underground market
Someone is selling an exploit for a Windows zero-day on an underground market for Russian-speaking cyber criminals, and the current price is set at $90,000. Trustwave …
Tech support scammers start locking Windows computers
Tech support scammers have come up with a new way to trick users into sharing their payment card information: screen lockers showing fake Windows alerts telling users that …
CryptXXX 2.0 foils decryption tool, locks PCs
CryptXXX ransomware, first spotted in mid-April, has reached version 2.0, and a new level of nastiness. It’s also on its way to become one of the top ransomware families …
McAfee uses web beacons that can be used to track and serve advertising to users
A test of seven OEM laptops running Windows has shown consistent privacy and security issues, including an interesting revelation that the McAfee Antivirus running on six of …
Dell SecureWorks speeds up endpoint intrusion detection, response
Dell SecureWorks is launching Advanced Endpoint Threat Detection (AETD) Red Cloak, a fully-managed SaaS solution that can slash the time required to detect and respond to …
Old, unpatched flaws exploited to achieve control of Windows systems, networks
Foxglove Security researcher Stephen Breen has demonstrated that you don’t need to exploit a 0-day or even a recently discovered vulnerability to gain the highest level …
Microsoft ends support for Windows 8, IE8 through 10: What does this mean for you?
Slowly but surely, Microsoft is pushing users towards Windows 10 and its new browser, Microsoft Edge. The way through this is by stop providing technical support and security …
Google researchers finds critical flaws in Trend Micro AV solution
If you are using Trend Micro’s Maximum Security 10 solution for Windows, you might want to update it to the latest available version as soon as possible. If you …
Top trends that will influence your security decisions in 2016
With 2016 almost here, many of us are making critical decisions regarding new security projects. Determining just where to focus and spend our limited resources is never easy, …
New Dyre variant can target Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge users
As Microsoft continues to push Windows users towards adopting the latest version of the popular OS, malware authors have started adding support for it. Heimdal Security …
One in 20 apps on private PCs are end-of-life
Secunia Research revealed the state of security for PC users in a total of 14 countries, including the US. One in 20 applications on private US PCs are end-of-life and 12 …
New ransomware delivered via Windows Remote Desktop Services
A new type of ransomware – dubbed LowLevel04 – is hitting users in Greece and Bulgaria. It is apparently delivered on the affected computers manually by the …