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Rescuezilla: open source backup, restore and recovery environment

2022-08-08 By admin

Rescuezilla is a free open source disk imaging solution that supports data backups, restores and recovery actions. The application is operating system agnostic, as it needs to be put on an optical disc or an USB drive; one of the benefits that comes out of that, is that may access the application at any time, […]

Your next Phishing email may come straight from PayPal

2022-08-08 By admin

Malicious actors have started to exploit a loophole in the defenses of many home users, organizations, email and security services, to send out phishing emails from legitimate services. image credit: Avanan Threat actors have found a way to send phishing emails using the tools and services provided by legitimate companies such as PayPal or QuickBooks. […]

Another phishing attack that bypasses multi-factor authentication targets Microsoft email users

2022-08-04 By admin

Cybersecurity research analysts at Zscaler have uncovered a new large-scale phishing campaign targeting Microsoft email users. The main targets of the campaign are corporate users, specifically end users in Enterprise environments that use Microsoft email services. image credit: Zscaler The attackers use so-called Adversary-in-The-Middle (AiTM) techniques to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections. Microsoft published information […]

Nvidia releases security update for unsupported Windows 7 and 8.1 systems

2022-08-03 By admin

Nvidia ended support for Microsoft’s Windows 7 and 8.1 operating systems in 2021 officially. The company announced that it would release critical security updates for unsupported systems until September 2024. Nvidia released GeForce Security Update Drivers for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 this week. The release has the version 473.81 and includes only […]

Winamp 5.9 RC1 has been released

2022-07-29 By admin

Last year, we reported that Winamp would be making a comeback soon. And it’s here, Winamp 5.9 RC1 has been released. This is the first update for the popular music player since Winamp 5.8 beta, that was released in 2018. What’s new in Winamp 5.9 RC1 The music player has improved Windows 11 compatibility, support […]

AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 22.7.1 drivers bring optimizations for OpenGL

2022-07-27 By admin

The AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 22.7.1 drivers have been released. It has finally happened, AMD has fixed the OpenGL issues in its GPUs. What’s new in AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 22.7.1 drivers AMD Noise Suppression AMD has introduced a new tool called Noise Suppression. It is quite similar to the Nvidia Broadcast app, in that […]

LibreOffice security update fixes macro execution bypass and potential password leaking

2022-07-27 By admin

The developers of LibreOffice have released updates for the open source Office suite to patch three security issues. LibreOffice is a popular cross-platform Microsoft Office alternative that is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. All three desktop versions of LibreOffice are vulnerable to the security issues. Attackers may bypass LibreOffice’s macro execution feature to run […]

RememBear password manager is shutting down in July 2023

2022-07-20 By admin

RememBear is shutting down in July 2023. The password manager service was launched by TunnelBear Inc., in 2017. The VPN provider was acquired by McAfee in 2018. What happened to RememBear? An article published on the company’s blog explains what went wrong. It reveals that the password manager never really took off, primarily due to […]

OpenDocument text files (.odt) malware campaign discovered

2022-07-19 By admin

Security researchers at HP Wolf Security managed to isolate a malware campaign that used OpenDocument text files for distribution. This particular campaign was part of a larger one that was targeting the hotel industry in several South American countries that included Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Columbia and Costa Rica. image credit: HP Threat Research What […]

Office Phishing Attack circumvents multi-factor authentication

2022-07-17 By admin

Microsoft security researchers and engineers discovered a massive phishing attack that has been targeting more than 10,000 organizations since September 2021. The malicious actors used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords and session data; this allowed them to bypass multi-factor authentication protections to access user email inboxes and run follow-up attacks using business email […]