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VeraCrypt is a popular open source encryption software that is based on the abandoned TrueCrypt application. VeraCrypt 1.25.9 was released on February 19, 2022 to the public. The new version of the encryption software is already available. New and existing users may download the latest version from the official website for all supported operating systems. […]
Unredacter is an open source tool that is designed to restore text that has been pixelated. Sharing screenshots and other images is done with the press of a button on today’s devices. Users who want to protect information on these images may use various techniques to do so. One common option when it comes to […]
Microsoft is strengthening Windows’ security by adding a very important rule to its antivirus. A new ASR rule is being introduced to Microsoft Defender. Before we get into it, let’s talk about a method that hackers can use to steal a user’s Windows password. What is LSASS? You may have noticed LSASS.exe in your Task […]
Microsoft is prepping a new security app for Windows 10 and 11. This is the Microsoft Defender Preview, let’s see what it does. First things first, the app doesn’t replace the default antivirus that exists on your PC. That’s because it is called Windows Security, not Microsoft Defender or Windows Defender, even though you’re maybe […]
Researchers from universities in Israel, Australia and France have discovered a device identification technique that is based entirely on GPU fingerprinting. Fingerprinting in the computing world refers to the identification of devices or users. It may be used individually or in combination with other tracking techniques. Fingerprint attempts may use one or multiple factors retrieved […]
A new malware has been making the headlines over the past few days. The rootkit, that has been identified as Moonbounce, is a persistent malware that can survive drive formats and OS reinstalls. This is not a regular trojan or virus that impacts Windows, it is a sophisticated bootkit that targets your motherboard’s firmware, United […]
The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has revealed that it discovered a security vulnerability in macOS Monterey. This is the 2nd time the Redmond company discovered a security issue in macOS, after the Shrootless vulnerability, that came to light in October 2021. What is the Powerdir vulnerability? It is a security loophole that impacts a […]
Et Tu, Avira? Ashwin reported last week that Norton was adding a new component, called Norton Crypto, to its security products. Norton Crypto is a crypto currency miner that will run when the system is detected as idle. It appears that Avira is doing the same. source: Avira Avira Crypto is a crypto mining component […]
The developer of the password manager KeePass released KeePass 2.50 to the stable channel. The new version of the program speeds up key derivation functions significantly. The new version of KeePass 2 comes days after the release of KeePass 1.40, which featured similar performance improvements among other changes. Any KeePass 2 installation or portable copy […]
The latest version of the open source encryption software VeraCrypt brings back support for the operating systems Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The developers of VeraCrypt released VeraCrypt 1.25.4 in December 2021. One of the changes of the release was the removal of support for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 / […]