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Microsoft published information about a new malware on its security website on April 12, 2022. The malware, named Tarrask, exploits a bug in Windows’ task scheduling system to evade detection. Tarrask is used by the hacking group Hafnium, which targeted telecommunication, Internet Service Providers and the data services sector in the past. The group uses […]
Last week, news began circling around that VLC was being abused by hackers to inject some malware. The issue came to light after Symantec published a report on its Security Threat Intelligence blog. The Broadcom-owned company, which makes Norton Antivirus, revealed that a group of hackers, which it claims are affiliated to the Chinese government, […]
Microsoft’s OneDrive file syncing and hosting service is built-into the Windows operating system. It is available on many platforms and anyone may sign-up for it to use it. The service and its applications have seen many iterations throughout the years. Microsoft introduced new apps and designs, added features and removed some. Microsoft users may post […]
HP published two security bulletins that inform customers about critical security issues affecting hundreds of the company’s printer models. Firmware updates that patch the security issues are available for some printer models but not for all. The first security bulletin confirms that certain HP printer models are affected by critically rated security issue CVE-2022-3942. The […]
KeePassXC 2.7.0 has been released to the stable channel. The update brings several new features that were tested in the beta version. My previous article covers most of the changes in this build, so I’ll highlight the most important ones here, along with a few features have been added since the beta release. What’s new […]
Last year, Western Digital users ran into trouble with their My Book Live Drives, which were wiped automatically due to a bug in the firmware. Now, the company’s desktop utility, EdgeRover, has been found to have a serious security vulnerability, that could have put user data at risk again. For those unaware of what it […]
Security company Bitdefender announced last year that it would retire Bitdefender Free at the end of 2021. Now, three months later, the company launched a new free product, called Bitdefender Antivirus Free. In a surprising move, Bitdefender launched a new free antivirus product for Windows after cancelling the old one just three months earlier. The […]
VirusTotal is a useful online virus scanning service that Google acquired in 2012. The developers of the service have released VT4Browsers, an updated web browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome. VT4Browsers submits certain file downloads automatically to the virus scanning service for checking. Users may then click on a link displayed by the extension […]
KeePassXC has been updated to 2.7.0 Beta, which brings a slew of new features. Notably, the Auto-Type and Quick Unlock experience has been improved. What’s new in KeePassXC 2.7.0 Beta Tags and Groups KeePassXC now supports the KDBX 4.1 database format. You may add tags to your logins, to find them faster. e.g. tag your […]
Microsoft Office applications support several options when it comes to the saving of documents. Users may save files manually, restore them using AutoRecover, or use the AutoSave feature to save them to the Microsoft Cloud. AutoSave is displayed prominently in Word applications that support it. Starting in Office 2019, it is displayed in the top […]