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Many users have reported that Windows Defender had notified them about a Win32/Hive.ZY virus on their computer. Microsoft has confirmed that a bug was causing the issue, and has fixed it. Windows Defender detects Win32/Hive.ZY virus on many computers Yesterday, many Windows users woke up to a notification from Windows Defender, the default antivirus in […]
LastPass, maker of the popular password management solution, disclosed a security breach on the company blog. According to the published information, LastPass noticed “unusual activity” about two weeks ago in the development environment. An investigation confirmed that “an unauthorized party” gained access to parts of the development environment of the company; this happened through a […]
The streaming media platform, Plex, has revealed that it has been impacted by a data breach. The company has advised users to reset their passwords to protect their accounts. Plex data breach – What happened Plex has revealed that it had discovered some suspicious activity on one of its databases on Monday. After conducting an […]
LibreOffice 7.4.0.3 Community Edition is available now. The new version of the open source Office suite adds support for the formats webp, emz and wmz, extends the number of columns in spreadsheets, and improves change tracking in writer. Windows 10 and 11 users may enable LibreOffice’s experimental dark mode feature. LibreOffice 7.4 is already available. […]
Buying Microsoft Office 2021 and not the subscription-based Microsoft 365, is a deliberate choice for many users. Some prefer to pay once for a product instead of having to pay each month for it. image credit: Lee Holmes Imagine the surprise of an Office 2021 customer who is greeted with an advertisement for Microsoft 365 […]
Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors that may lead to information disclosure. Most Intel 10th, 11th and 12th generation processors are affected by a new vulnerability that the researchers have named ÆPIC Leak. The vulnerability is an architectural bug according to the researchers, which sets it apart from Spectre and Meltdown […]
Microsoft has the habit of being very cautious when it comes to communication with the public and its customers. The company’s communication is often unclear and open for interpretation. Whether intentional or not, a lack of information may have consequences for Microsoft customers. A recent example is Microsoft’s Office versions and connectivity to Microsoft 365 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]