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G DATA AntiVirus 2014 is slowly becoming a top security product for many Windows users out there, even though it’s not yet as popular as similar products developed by Kaspersky and ESET.
And still, it’s very important to know that version 24.0.1.5 comes with several important improvements, including a re... |
19 June 2013
05:50 GMT |
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A bunch of security experts at the University of Erlangen in Germany have published a paper according to which iOS generates predictable passwords using dictionary words and a few numbers, which they were able to break in under a minute.
The PDF document titled “Usability vs. Security: The Everlasting Trade-Of... |
18 June 2013
08:47 GMT |
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Symantec today released a new version of its popular Norton 360 security software, so users who are now running it are advised to deploy the update as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the security vendor hasn’t provided any documentation on the new release, so nobody can tell for sure if there are any new feat... |
18 June 2013
07:21 GMT |
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Windows XP’s retirement date is getting closer, so users still running the 11-year-old OS are strongly recommended to make the move to a newer platform as soon as possible. A nonprofit based in Audubon, PA, has apparently found a solution to convince more users to dump Windows XP: it’s offering high-qual... |
14 June 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Redmond-based tech giant Microsoft has again come under fire in the PRISM scandal, this time because the company has reportedly tipped off US agencies on some unpatched Windows security flaws.
Basically, the Softies have contacted the US government to provide early warnings on some unpatched security glitches before... |
14 June 2013
03:45 GMT |
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Windows XP will no longer receive updates as of April 8, 2014, so users are now urged to make the move to a newer operating system, be it Windows 7 or Windows 8.
And even though XP is still powering more than 37 percent of all computers worldwide, the 11-year-old OS is slowly losing ground, as more and more people a... |
13 June 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Norton Studio is one of the Metro apps that got improved today, so in case you’ve already installed it, just launch the Store to download the new version. No details have been provided on this new build, but it’s safe to say that it comes with performance and stability improvements, so expect it to work ... |
13 June 2013
12:51 GMT |
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Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.2 is now up for grabs for Windows users, bringing not only performance improvements, but also a set of new features.
The release notes confirm that build 2.2 comes with the so-called Data Shield option that prevents malware from accessing personal data, as well as with new parental control op... |
13 June 2013
09:46 GMT |
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Microsoft today rolled out this month’s Patch Tuesday updates, but the company has apparently ignored a critical Windows 7 and 8 flaw reported by a Google engineer a few weeks ago.
Tavis Ormandy, currently working as Information Security Engineer at Google, tried to get in touch with Microsoft to report a secu... |
12 June 2013
09:32 GMT |
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Microsoft officially rolled out this month’s Patch Tuesday updates a few hours ago, trying to fix vulnerabilities reported in Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer.
As far as the browser is concerned, the MS13-047 security bulletin is rated as “critical” and is supposed to patch Internet Explorer ... |
12 June 2013
01:40 GMT |
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Today, Max Secure Software announced the availability of version 5.3 of their Max Mobile Security application for BlackBerry 10-powered devices, with some appealing enhancements packed inside. Among them, we can count full integration with native features of the mobile operating system, including the BlackBerry Hub... |
11 June 2013
21:11 GMT |
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Moving users from Windows XP is becoming more of a priority for Microsoft as we get closer to the official retirement date, so the company continues to urge everyone to embrace Windows 7 or Windows 8.
This time, Chris Hallum, a Microsoft senior product manager, told TechRadar in a statement that Windows 8 is the mos... |
11 June 2013
20:31 GMT |
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You most likely know the drill already: Microsoft will soon stop providing support and updates for Windows XP, so all users are now urged to make the move to a newer OS.
And as far as Ryan O’Hara, founder of Sphinx Technology Solutions, is concerned, it doesn’t make sense to keep using Windows XP, especi... |
11 June 2013
18:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has officially released this month's Patch Tuesday updates, trying to patch a total of 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer.
The company has spotted 18 different security issues in Internet Explorer alone, so the MS13-047 bulletin was marked as “critical.”
“A... |
11 June 2013
14:16 GMT |
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Windows XP will officially go dark on April 8, 2014, so users are now urged to upgrade to a newer operating system as soon as possible. Only if they want their data to be fully secure, that is. But some organizations have apparently found the key to continue using Windows XP beyond the retirement date: isolation. B... |
7 June 2013
16:31 GMT |
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Lotus F1 is one of the businesses that will continue using Windows XP after April 8, 2014, the date when Microsoft will officially stop providing support for the 11-year-old operating system. The reason is pretty simple: most Lotus F1’s apps are running flawlessly on Windows XP, so the team has decided to dela... |
7 June 2013
08:57 GMT |
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For years, Google has been paying security researchers for any vulnerabilities they find in its products. It was one of the first companies to do so. However, others started doing the same, so Google has been bumping up the rewards to keep people interested. In the latest such upgrade, Google has announced that it&#... |
7 June 2013
05:25 GMT |
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Microsoft announced earlier today that it would release a total of five security bulletins part of this month’s Patch Tuesday cycle to patch vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office.
Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of security company Qualys, has said in a blog post that this is the smallest Patch Tuesda... |
7 June 2013
03:48 GMT |
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Things are getting a lot better for the software giant Microsoft when it comes to the overall security of its products, as the company has announced only five bulletins for this month’s Patch Tuesday cycle.
Only one of the bulletins is labeled as critical and is supposed to bring updates for Internet Explorer ... |
7 June 2013
01:31 GMT |
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Internet giant Google appears set to provide the owners of Android-based smartphones with new facial recognition protection capabilities, a recently published patent from the company unveils.
Filed in June last year but published only now, the patent points at the possibility to set facial landmarks to increase the... |
6 June 2013
15:41 GMT |
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WebKit, the heart and soul of Apple’s Safari web browser, is subject to a lot of exploits more often than we’d like it to be. Luckily, Apple has nice habit of patching these flaws with regular security releases. It is the case of Safari 6.0.5, a new version of Apple’s WebKit-based web browser which... |
5 June 2013
04:23 GMT |
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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013 is at this point one of the most powerful security apps available on the market, so it’s no surprise that so many users have purchased a full license.
A new update for the 2013 version has been released today, so everyone is now recommended to download and install the new build ... |
5 June 2013
02:28 GMT |
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F-Secure is running a beta to test its Safe Anywhere Mac Technology in the wild, and they want you to pitch in and help out with your invaluable feedback.
The security firm says this preview offers “an Anti-Virus program that protects your Mac from looming threats.” The software will configure your firew... |
4 June 2013
15:51 GMT |
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As I told you a few weeks ago, Microsoft is working on fingerprint support for Windows 8.1, but according to a new report, the feature would be greatly enhanced with plenty of options.
The Verge writes that Windows 8.1’s fingerpint reader support will come with options to lock down some locally-stored folders ... |
4 June 2013
08:46 GMT |
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LinkedIn is the latest to add a two-factor authentication option, continuing a very welcomed trend. Twitter has recently rolled out a similar feature and so has Evernote earlier this week. On LinkedIn, the feature works very much like it does everywhere else.
"Most internet accounts that become compromised are illeg... |
1 June 2013
08:41 GMT |
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Google cares about keeping its users and their accounts safe, and it would be bad for businesses not to. The company has been leading the way in providing the tools and technologies for people to stay safe on the web, at least as far as mainstream web companies are concerned. But two-factor authentication doesn�... |
31 May 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Google has a policy of disclosing any critical security bugs ("zero days") it finds in other people's software and systems after 60 days if the vulnerabilities haven't been fixed in that time.
The period should be enough for most companies to fix those issues, and Google believes the public is best serve... |
30 May 2013
05:06 GMT |
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Word is that Microsoft will introduce fingerprint support in Windows 8.1, but the company has remained completely tight-lipped on the feature lineup of its next OS.
A new screenshot that reached the web a few hours ago reveals that Microsoft is indeed working on fingerprint authentication for Windows 8.1, even thoug... |
29 May 2013
01:13 GMT |
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Facebook has fixed an issue in the Page Manager app which caused it to leak private photos. The issue only affected Page Manager users, but it was a rather serious bug.
Any photos attached to private messages sent via the app would be posted publicly on the page's timeline rather than be sent privately. In cert... |
28 May 2013
11:46 GMT |
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Avira Free Antivirus is currently one of the most popular antivirus software products on the market, so this new update should be pretty good news for many of you.
Unfortunately, Avira hasn’t provided us with any release notes for this particular build, but given the fact that it’s only a minor update, i... |
28 May 2013
09:40 GMT |
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Facebook has to run a fine line between getting people to share more and respecting their privacy. Sometimes it manages to strike a balance, sometimes it doesn't. Either way, the company gets a lot of scrutiny over privacy issues, as it should. So it definitely doesn't need to be actively leaking out... |
27 May 2013
10:26 GMT |
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3D printing started out innocently enough, but history has showed that humankind can be incredibly apt at coming with ways to hurt one another, or blow things and animals to smithereens when annoyed. Which is to say, humankind can turn basically anything into a weapon, and while using 3D printers to bash someone mi... |
24 May 2013
05:12 GMT |
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Google engineers are once again helping tech giant Microsoft resolve some critical security flaws in its products, this time affecting both Windows 7 and Windows 8. Tavis Ormandy, who works as Information Security Engineer at Google, has decided to fully disclose a flaw affecting Microsoft’s two newest operati... |
23 May 2013
07:32 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is reportedly gearing up for enhancing the security of its smartphones, and might include fingerprint protection inside them as part of these plans, rumor has it.
Apparently, the company is already testing the feature, as a recently leaked Galaxy S III firmware wa... |
22 May 2013
11:51 GMT |
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Microsoft could introduce a new security option in the upcoming Windows 8.1 release that would allow consumers to use fingerprints instead of passwords.
While such an option isn’t quite new, evidence that fingerprint support could be implemented in Windows 8.1 has been found in the leaked build 9385 that reach... |
21 May 2013
01:09 GMT |
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Security firm Trend Micro has released a report to describe a recently-discovered hack targeting unpatched computers running Microsoft Office, currently the world’s number one productivity suite. According to these security experts, the advanced persistent threat (APT) is trying to exploit an Office vulnerabil... |
20 May 2013
10:22 GMT |
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Kaspersky Lab has just released a brand new beta version of its 2014 anti-virus product, thus providing users with a glimpse into future options that could be implemented in its security products.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 14.0.0.4228 Beta is now available for download, bringing several stability and performance imp... |
20 May 2013
02:57 GMT |
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Valentin Boanta is a hacker that is serving a term in prison for supplying gadgets to an organized crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers. Now, either because of boredom or regret, the man has developed an add-on that will prevent ATMs from being skimmed ever again. It took him six months, but he eventually finish... |
18 May 2013
04:27 GMT |
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Several companies and organizations around the world have decided to dump Windows and move to either Ubuntu or Mac OS X, so it’s no surprise that extreme sports camera product GoPro does the same thing.
Speaking to V3, GoPro’s CTO Stephen Baumer explained that Windows still needs to improve its security ... |
17 May 2013
03:08 GMT |
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Microsoft is again reminding users that Windows XP would soon be discontinued, trying to emphasize the risks of sticking to the old operating system and not moving to a newer platform.
In a post published on the new The Fire Hose blog launched by Microsoft a few days ago, the company issued a warning that Windows XP... |
16 May 2013
05:24 GMT |
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This month’s Patch Tuesday updates were supposed to fix several critical vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer, as all versions of the browser have been exposed to attacks.
Bulletin MS13-037 was labeled as “critical” and was meant to fix 11 different privately reported security flaws in Intern... |
15 May 2013
08:24 GMT |
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Two-factor authentication is becoming increasingly used, generally a good thing. It's clear that passwords alone won't protect most users, especially when it comes to important accounts that are used by other sites and services for authentication, like email accounts or even Facebook.
Google's been a ... |
14 May 2013
16:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is set to release this month’s Patch Tuesday updates later today, but a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool is already up for grabs.
While no details are available right now since Microsoft is yet to publicly announce this new build, Malicious Software Removal Tool 4.20 most likely pac... |
14 May 2013
04:54 GMT |
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A new study conducted by Microsoft on a total of 4,000 people in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Germany revealed that 13 percent of the users browsing the web don’t even care about their privacy online.
The rest of 87 percent admitted that privacy has been a concern after going online, but ... |
14 May 2013
04:23 GMT |
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The organizers of the Hack in the Box conference have started publishing the complete videos of the presentations held at this year’s Amsterdam edition.
A lot of renowned experts have taken part this year, so if you weren’t able to make it in person, you can check out the official videos.
In the first ... |
13 May 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Windows XP will stop receiving support as of April 8, 2014, but only a few users and businesses seem to get Microsoft’s message to upgrade to a newer OS.
But according to Kevin Beadon, head of workspace & mobility at GlassHouse Technologies, the next two months are critical for the Windows XP transition, as ma... |
13 May 2013
10:55 GMT |
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Federal agencies looking to catch criminals by peeking into their iPhones are asking Apple to bypass their passcodes and supply them with the necessary information to make the bust.
And Apple, more often than not, agrees. In fact, they reportedly have this so-called waiting list where feds take turns to get their mi... |
13 May 2013
08:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has already announced that it plans to fix 33 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday, but security company Sophos says the tech giant would most likely delay the release of an IE8 security update.
The eagerly-awaited IE8 patch is supposed to fix a zero-day flaw that’s being used to distribute malware via c... |
13 May 2013
01:46 GMT |
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On May 10, in a security notice Canonical published details about a telepathy-idle vulnerability for its Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating systems.According to Canonical, telepathy-idle could have been made to expose sensitive information over the network.It was discovered that telepathy-idl... |
11 May 2013
09:53 GMT |
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Cybersecurity clearly remains one of the main concerns of all tech giants right now, with Microsoft trying to set up campaigns around the world to educate users on the best ways to browse the web safely. Since customers clearly need more information on the way they can protect their data, we talked with Tim Rains, M... |
11 May 2013
05:01 GMT |
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