This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News KeePassXC has been updated to 2.7.0 Beta, which brings a slew of new features. Notably, the Auto-Type and Quick Unlock experience has been improved. What’s new in KeePassXC 2.7.0…
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Open Source Tool Unredacter restores text that has been pixelated
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Unredacter is an open source tool that is designed to restore text that has been pixelated. Sharing screenshots and other images is done with the press of a button…
Microsoft Defender gets better at preventing Windows passwords from being stolen
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Microsoft is strengthening Windows’ security by adding a very important rule to its antivirus. A new ASR rule is being introduced to Microsoft Defender. Before we get into it,…
Microsoft Defender gets better at preventing Windows passwords from being stolen
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Microsoft is strengthening Windows’ security by adding a very important rule to its antivirus. A new ASR rule is being introduced to Microsoft Defender. Before we get into it,…
Microsoft Defender Preview is now available on Windows 10 and 11
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Microsoft is prepping a new security app for Windows 10 and 11. This is the Microsoft Defender Preview, let’s see what it does. First things first, the app doesn’t…
Microsoft Defender Preview is now available on Windows 10 and 11
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Microsoft is prepping a new security app for Windows 10 and 11. This is the Microsoft Defender Preview, let’s see what it does. First things first, the app doesn’t…
Your device’s GPU may be used for fingerprinting purposes
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Researchers from universities in Israel, Australia and France have discovered a device identification technique that is based entirely on GPU fingerprinting. Fingerprinting in the computing world refers to the…
Your device’s GPU may be used for fingerprinting purposes
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Researchers from universities in Israel, Australia and France have discovered a device identification technique that is based entirely on GPU fingerprinting. Fingerprinting in the computing world refers to the…
Moonbounce is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS reinstalls
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News A new malware has been making the headlines over the past few days. The rootkit, that has been identified as Moonbounce, is a persistent malware that can survive drive…
Moonbounce is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS reinstalls
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News A new malware has been making the headlines over the past few days. The rootkit, that has been identified as Moonbounce, is a persistent malware that can survive drive…
Microsoft says Powerdir vulnerability in macOS could have given attackers access to user data
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has revealed that it discovered a security vulnerability in macOS Monterey. This is the 2nd time the Redmond company discovered a security issue…
Avira is adding a crypto miner to its products as well
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Et Tu, Avira? Ashwin reported last week that Norton was adding a new component, called Norton Crypto, to its security products. Norton Crypto is a crypto currency miner that…
KeePass 2.50 speeds up key derivation functions significantly
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News The developer of the password manager KeePass released KeePass 2.50 to the stable channel. The new version of the program speeds up key derivation functions significantly. The new version…
LastPass: some users report compromised accounts
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Some users of the LastPass password manager revealed this week that they have received emails from LastPass stating that logins to their accounts using the account’s master password were…
Bitdefender Free will be retired on December 31, 2021
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Bitdefender Free, a free security solution by Bitdefender, will be retired on December 31, 2021. Customers who use Bitdefender Free will receive support for Bitdefender Free until June 30,2022.…
0Patch has a patch for Windows “InstallerFileTakeOver” 0-day vulnerability, Microsoft has none
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News There is a 0-day vulnerability for Windows, called InstallerFileTakeOver, which Microsoft has yet to address. The vulnerability was discovered by Abdelhamid Naceri, a security researcher, who discovered two other…
Unpatched Windows vulnerability allows attackers to gain admin rights
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri published a public exploit on GitHub yesterday that allows anyone to gain administrative rights on Windows devices using an unpatched exploit. The exploit works on…
New Microsoft Authenticator features for organizations
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Microsoft announced four new features for the company’s Microsoft Authenticator application for organizations. The new security features improve Microsoft Authenticator’s capabilities in several meaningful ways. Two feature additions improve…
Intel confirms two local security issues that affect many Intel processor generations
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Intel published two security advisories for many of the company’s processor generations this week. The vulnerabilities have received a severity rating of high, the second-highest after critical. Good news…
Intel confirms two local security issues that affect many Intel processor generations
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Intel published two security advisories for many of the company’s processor generations this week. The vulnerabilities have received a severity rating of high, the second-highest after critical. Good news…
What’s new with the Samsung September 2021 security update?
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Samsung started rolling out the security update to most of their Galaxy devices from August 30. Google used to be the leader when it came to bringing out updates…
Germany is pushing phone makers to offer at least 7 years of updates
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News The European Commission recently proposed an extension to the support cycle of Android and iOS devices. They’ve requested a minimum period of five years of updates. Germany’s Federal Government…
Google issues another security threat warning – fourth time in two months
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Google Chrome has more than 2 billion users worldwide. This does make the browser a significant target of hackers and other cybercriminals, and unfortunately, the security features aren’t always…
Samsung Internet 15 browser officially released with more security features than ever
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Most Android users end up using the default Chrome internet browser. However, it is good to know that many more browsers in the Play Store are also good to…
Google Meet updates safety features, allows adding more co-hosts and more
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Google Meet is rolling out a few new features intended to improve the safety and security of the platform. Among these features is the ability to add up to…
Google is improving privacy by allowing users to lock Chrome Incognito tabs
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Changes have been spotted in the Chromium Gerrit code repository, which points to improvements being made to improve browsing privacy. A new flag in Chrome Canary 94 points to…
Microsoft suggests once again to disable the Print Spooler to protect against new 0-day vulnerability
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Several Windows printing related vulnerabilities have been discovered, disclosed and resolved in recent time. Microsoft released an emergency update in July to address a vulnerability dubbed PrintNightmare. This week,…
Google is working on keeping kids safer online with a new image policy
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Google has announced a new policy set to be released within the next few weeks to give minors more control over their digital footprint. This new policy will make…
NortonLifeLock and Avast Merger would create a new cyber security behemoth
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Avast could soon become part of NortonLifeLock, provided that the shareholders of both companies and regulators approve the deal. The company announced plans for a mixed cash and stock…
Android August security patch is available for Pixel phones
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News A new month just cannot start without a Google Security Update. Google started rolling out the security patch to Samsung phones at the end of July already, although the…
Security updates for Samsung devices this August
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Samsung remains the king of updates as it releases its latest security update for August a couple of days before we flip over the calendar. This release was also…
Chromebook’s Safety Check – check passwords, extensions and security
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News For many years, Chrome has been one of the safest and most efficient browsers across multiple devices and OS, most popularly Android. The success of the browser also led…
Malwarebytes 4.4.4 adds RDP Brute Force Protection among other things
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Our last look at the security software Malwarebytes dates back to 2019 when Malwarebytes 4.0 was released. The release had its fair share of issues that included incompatibilities with…
Custom browser protocol handlers may be used for fingerprinting
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News When you install certain applications on your desktop systems, so-called custom protocol handlers may be added. These are used to launch the application in question, e.g. to initiate a…
FragAttacks: vulnerabilities that affect Wi-Fi devices
This article has been indexed from Security – gHacks Technology News Security researcher Mathy Vanhoef discovered several security vulnerabilities that affect most Wi-Fi devices. The collection of attacks, called FragAttacks, which stands for fragmentation and aggregation attacks, requires that that…
KeePass 2.48 update includes an upgraded password database file format
The developer of the password manager KeePass released an update to KeePass 2.48 recently. The new version of the versatile includes a new version of the password database file format that KeePass […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.…