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Information Stealer "Fareit" Abuses PowerShell

  • 28th April 2016
Researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new variant of the Fareit malware being delivered to victims using Windows PowerShell. Fareit, also known as Pony Loader, is an information stealer malware family that has been making rounds since 2011. It recently joined the long list of threats that abuse the Windows PowerShell task automation and ...
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Apple: WARNING: Software update #031-51913 breaks Ethernet port on most Macs (BCM5701 driver)

  • 27th February 2016
UPDATE FROM APPLE: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6672**************************************************************Apple has pulled this bad update. This update installed on any Mac today makes ethernet ports stop working!  DO NOT INSTALL!!! I suggest running softwareupdate --schedule off as root to disable updates until Apple ...
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Botnet of Aethra Routers Used for Brute-Forcing WordPress Sites

  • 23rd December 2015
Italian security researchers from VoidSec have come across a botnet structure that was using vulnerable Aethra Internet routers and modems to launch brute-force attacks on WordPress websites. This particular incident was uncovered after one of the VoidSec researchers was sifting through his WordPress log file and found a brute-force ...
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Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

  • 10th November 2015
Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player Release date: November 10, 2015 Vulnerability identifier: APSB15-28 Priority: See table below CVE number: CVE-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7659, CVE-2015-7660, ...
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