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Major Windows Security Flaw Discovered Within 7-ZIP Compression Software
I daresay that many of you reading this probably have some kind of compression software installed on your PC or laptop. It’s a pretty common kind of program and is mostly utilised as a means of decompressing files that have been downloaded from the internet (the purpose of the compression…
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Another Huge Warzone Update – Another Old Problem Returns!
Despite the many problems the game mode has had (and lord knows that there’s been plenty of them!) Call of Duty Warzone still represents the biggest (and in my opinion) the best Battle Royale title currently around. As many people who play it have become more than accustomed to, however,…
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Call of Duty Warzone ‘Infinite Stim’ Glitch Gets Patched Out
I have to admit that despite not having much to say about the single-player campaign (because I’ve barely bothered with it), I’ve pumped a lot of time into Call of Duty Modern Warfare’s multiplayer and particularly the ‘battle royale’ Warzone mode. I should make it clear though, despite loving Warzone…
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Steam Changes its Store Policy to Combat VPN Exploits
It’s well-known that having a VPN (virtual private network) provider can often come with a lot of benefits. While the chief one is obviously the ability for your ISP to not be able to effectively monitor your activity, it has more widely become notable for it allowing you to change…
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HP Support Assistant Flaws May Expose PCs to Hackers
I must admit that I’m not personally a fan of ‘mainstream’ PC/laptop suppliers. Not necessarily because I have a problem with their quality, but because they often come packed with at least half-a-dozen pre-installed applications that I’d politely describe as bloatware. Of these, HP users will undoubtedly be aware of…
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Blizzard – WoW Classic Bug Exploiters Face ‘Punitive Measures’
I must admit that I was somewhat cynical of WoW Classic when it neared release. I suspected that the way in which they were releasing it (as part of the main subscription package) was a mistake and, as such, following some initial early hype, a lot of people would very…
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Security Researcher Issues Warning to all Dell Owners
Dell Security Exploit Although their popularity may have waned in recent years, the chances are that everyone reading this has either owned or encountered a Dell laptop or PC at one point or another. If you are familiar with their systems, particularly laptops, you also know it’s not entirely common…
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UK Plans to Introduce New ‘Internet of Things’ Law
UK Proposes New ‘Internet of Things’ Laws We’re going to start this one with a little question. How many devices are currently wirelessly connected to your home broadband? – While I could take an educated guess, even my answer would have to be a ballpark figure. Between tablets, laptops, smart…
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AMD Confirms that Ryzen CPUs are Immune to SPOILER Exploit
Only Intel CPUs Affected In addition to the ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ vulnerabilities, it was revealed two weeks ago that Intel CPUs have something else to be worried about. This time, there is a new threat experts are calling the ‘SPOILER’ exploit. The discovery is by researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic…
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Intel Forms Internal Security Group to Tackle CPU Issues
After the wake of news of the major security flaw involving Intel microprocessors, CEO Bryan Krzanich intends to tackle it head on by creating a new internal security group. The announcement comes from an internal memo obtained by The Oregonian, with changes already in play ahead of the CEO’s CES…
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New MS Word Zero-Day Exploit Uses OLE to Bypass Security
Microsoft Word has been the target of malware for almost as long as it’s been around. Usually, it tries to take advantage of the built-in macro function, but not this time. Macro-files aren’t as effective as they used to be as a lot of apps run in sandboxes these days…
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Apple: Wikileaks CIA Exploits Are Old and Have Been Fixed
Apple has scoffed at a series of CIA documents released by Wikileaks today which revealed a number of vulnerabilities in the Cupertino company’s Mac and iOS devices. According to Apple, the exploits are between four and eight years old and have already been patched. The iOS vulnerability, which only affected…
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WD Reponds To Recent My Cloud Vulnerability Disclosure
WD made big headlines with the recent disclosure or no less than 85 exploits in their My Cloud series of NAS devices. The site that found the bugs also disclosed them to the public in order to get WD into gear and fix them and they did so because of…
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WD My Cloud Line Vulnerable to Internet Attacks
The WD My Cloud line has been found to be vulnerable to multiple attacks and while one bug was fixed, other ones were introduced. That is the bad news and the maybe worse news is, that the flaws are public knowledge now. With that in mind, you might want to kill…
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Researcher Finds Bug That Allowed Free Uber Rides
Bug bounty programs can be a lucrative income source for white-hat hackers and it was so for security researcher Anand Prakash who discovered a huge flaw in the Uber’s system. The flaw would essentially let people abusing it book rides for which they never have to pay. The bug was…
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