Goggle At Google’s Vulnerable TFA Keys
It would seem that certain Bluetooth Low-Energy versions of Google's Titan Security Keys are not the best choice when implementing TFA into your life. Those with a T1 or T2 on the…
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Apple Addresses Latest Intel Vulnerabilities With Mac Security Patches
Apple today weighed in on the most recent speculative execution vulnerability affecting Intel processors. In a support note, Apple detailed the steps the company took to mitigate the issues,...
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Big Media Coverage Doesn’t Mean SuperMicro Was Guilty
It was back in October of 2018 that Bloomberg posted a story which garnered a huge amount of attention, reporting "that some motherboards made by Supermicro had malicious components on them". A…
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Whatsapp Doc?
If you happen to be a Whatsapp user, you should stop chatting for a moment and update your client as there is a new attack which bears a remarkable resemblance to
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It’s a Tile fire, another reason to distrust your new Start Menu
*** Update from April 18th, 11:56 Microsoft has now deleted the nameserver record and we no longer control the subdomain. We still haven't received a reply from Microsoft. *** If...
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Everybody’s flashing for the weekend, even Intel wants a little romance
If you and your Intel chips are feeling insecure, why not show them some love this Friday night and flash them with new updates? There are new updates including one to mitigate…
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I see your wireless password is early adopter
WPA3 is a year old and it seems it has a few flaws which still need to be ironed out, though it can still offer better protection than WPA2. The Inquirer describes…
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DNS, you are the weakest D-Link!
Do you have a love/hate relationship with DNS and how it makes your life so interesting? If not, hopefully you aren't using one of the D-Link, ARG-W4, DSLink, Secutech or TOTOLINK routers…
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Today it’s Huawei, let’s hope tomorrow doesn’t bring a new one
ASUS have addressed the issue reported yesterday, if you hadn't seen the updated post, today it is Huawei that is the problem. As part of the latest update to...
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Report: Supply Chain Attack ShadowHammer Leveraged ASUS Live Update
Update, 3/26/19: As reported by TechRadar this morning ASUS has responded to the issue and implemented a fix to the latest version of Live Update (version 3.6.8) which provides "an...
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It’s a good day to be running an AMD APU, unless you like updating iGPU drivers
Today there are patches for no less than 19 vulnerabilities on Intel graphics drivers for Windows of various flavours. Sysadmins out there should also pay attention, as there are vulnerabilities specific to…
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The pen is mightier than the car alarm
Another week goes by and another half dozen vulnerabilities have been announced, as has sadly become tradition. If you prefer to jump directly to the Chrome and Win7 ones below feel free,…
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Spoiler alert! Don’t have a Meltdown but Spectre isn’t the only spooky thing about Intel chips
******Update***** A spokesperson from Intel reached out to provide a statement for us. “Intel received notice of this research, and we expect that software can be protected against such issues by employing...
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Microsoft Rolling Out Retpoline Optimizations Update to Reduce Performance Impact of Spectre 2 Mitigations
Microsoft recently detailed its testing of retpoline optimizations present in Windows Insider Preview builds of its Windows 10 operating system (18272 and newer) and has announced that starting with Microsoft...
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GeForce Driver Updates Contain Security Fixes
Normally, when we discuss graphics drivers, there are a subset of users that like to stay on old versions. Some have older hardware and they believe that they will get limited benefits…
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Infecting files? That’s so naughties, we use PowerShell now
Bad news from the trenches of the eternal battle between white hats and black hats, as attackers have moved from infecting files on drives to simply running PowerShell scripts in memory. That…
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A real PNG in the arse for Android users
Careful what pictures you open up on your Android device as you may find yourself regretting looking at that meme. Among the 42 new vulnerabilities listed in Android's newest Security...
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Elude those electronic trails with TAILS 3.12
TAILS is a Debian based Linux distro, specifically designed for you to boot from a USB to avoid storing any data locally as well as providing tools to keep online eyes from…
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