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Pre-Loaded Lenovo Software Leaves PCs Vulnerable to Attack
Lenovo has revealed that a vast number of its PCs that have Accelerator Application pre-installed are vulnerable to attack and has advised owners to uninstall the software immediately. Affected systems – which include the Yoga range of Lenovo computers, but not its ThinkPad or ThinkStation PCs – can be exploited…
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Gmail Says Use of Encrypted Emails Has Risen 25%
We use email every day, be it sending them for work or personal reasons or getting a thousand and one emails advertising everything from something you are interested in helping a foreign prince distribute their wealth. One way that you can be protected when sending emails is to send encrypted…
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Logjam Can Hijack Your HTTPS Connections
There are a lot of techniques involving malware, trojans or other sort of attacks, but this one seems to affect the common and widely used HTTPS protocol, making it more ‘nasty’ than the rest. Logjam is a cryptographic attack that targets the Diffie-Hellman key exchange in HTTPS, SSH, SMTPS and…
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Credentials May Become Compromised via Old Windows Vulnerability from the ’90s
Nobody wants their private information shared on the internet, but we live in an era where everything that’s connected to the internet may eventually become public. This is the case of an old Windows vulnerability from the ’90s, which still poses a security threat according to security specialists. Brian Wallace,…
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Hackers Using New Phishing Technique to Exploit Router Flaws
There have been a number of unusual hacking techniques employed in Brazil recently. A group of hackers have used a “novel approach” to pull off a pharming attack by using phishing emails, as stated by security firm Proofpoint. A pharming attack usually requires access to an ISP’s or organisation’s DNS…
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Hackers Target E-Banking Users By Exploiting Router Vulnerabilities To Hijack the DNS
There have been reports about critical vulnerabilities in a variety of routers, including Cisco, TP-Link, ASUS, TENDA and Netgear among others, all of which can be found in a normal household. According to Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska), they have noticed an increase in cyber attack, leading to…
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