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Adobe Patches Two Shockwave Player Vulnerabilities

09

Sep

2015

#adobe released a #new version of its #shockwave player that patches two critical #vulnerabilities that could be remotely exploited. Adobe said that it is not aware of public exploits for either security flaw. The vulnerability affects Shockwave for #windows, versions 12.1.9.160 and earlier and Adobe urges users to #update immediately to 12.2.0.162. Adobe said both […]

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Windows and UEFI anti-theft mechanism makes systems less secure

14

Aug

2015

With the litany of free trial programs, adware, and other unwanted “features” that come with the factory images of Windows computers, it has become standard procedure for many users to wipe the system drive of a new PC and install Windows from the Microsoft-published media. However, these attempts by the user to have a clean […]

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Dyre infections surge, variants spread through Windows exploit

12

Jul

2015

Dyre infections have surged and new variants of the banking Trojan are being spread through exploitation of a Microsoft Windows bug, CVE-2015-0057, which has a patch, two security firms have found. According to Bitdefender, thousands of users received an archive housing a malicious .exe file, which purportedly came from a tax consultant requesting additional information […]

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