Explaining Meltdown and Spectre
Have you noticed your computer running slower than usual over the past two months, particularly after Windows updates? A big reason for that performance loss are the patches intended to guard against two separate but related hardware security vulnerabilities. Known as "Meltdown" and "Spectre," they were found in June 2017 and…
Zimperium attempts to light fire a under the Google Security Division.
Does Stagefright sound familiar? Back in April, mobile security firm Zimperium (based in San Francisco and Tel Aviv) released a statement showing they found a flaw/exploit in the Google Android operating system. Zimperium shared their findings and data with Google at that time and…
A new SSL/TLS vulnerability named “FREAK” was identified by several security researchers, a decade-old encryption flaw that leaves device users vulnerable to having their electronic communications intercepted. It’s a threat because FREAK allows an attacker to get between a client and server and view what is intended to be a secure and private communication.The vulnerability is…
When people think of a vulnerable operating system, the first thing that comes to mind is, well, Windows. But according to a new report from GFI, that's not the case. The most vulnerable operating system in the world is actually Apple's MacOS X, followed by Apple's iOS. To view the report on their website, click…
We've been talking about the demise of Windows XP for quite a while. The last article I wrote on it was in January and yes, it was about ATMs running Windows XP. Most of the world's ATMs are still running the operating system (OS). Given the fact that Windows XP's been on life-support for some…
Lookout has started security testing the Google Glass product. They have discovered a vulnerability with QR codes. They have submitted this vulnerability to Google and Google has mitigated it. This has opened some peoples eyes to more vulnerabilities that it may have.This particular exploit would be able to use either a printed QR code or a blue tooth device…
Since Windows 8 has come on to the scene, Windows XP users continue to dwindle away. Windows XP as stated in previous articles has had an end of life date set by Microsoft for a long time now. Windows XP support ends April 8th of next year. Since the end of support date is quickly…
Internet Explorer is once again a target of hackers, and probably always will be since its required for Windows updates to work properly. Microsoft just released a “quick fix” for vulnerability in the older versions of its browser (included with Windows XP and older computers most new computers should be on IE 9 or IE…
Panda Vaccine disables autorun on your computer to protect you from getting infected, but also protects your USB drives from spreading viruses when you use them in another PC. To use this tool all you have to do is just install the tool then click the Vaccinate computer button. The software just creates a hidden,…