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Apple wants You to Open Your Heart to Everyone
At a time when there is so much divisiveness in the world, Apple has released a new video ad called "Frankie's Holiday" with a description of "An unexpected holiday visitor finally receives the warm welcome he's always yearned for.". [...]
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Welsh Payday Loans Boss Hired Hackers to Hit Competitors, Critics
A Cardiff court has sentenced James Frazer-Mann, a 35-year-old man from Barry, the UK to a suspended sentence of 12 months, a fine of £530 ($660), and 180 hours of community service for hiring a hacker to go after his company's competition and a website where customers had criticized his service. [...]
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Vivaldi 1.5 Becomes the First Browser That Can Control Your Home's Smart Lights
Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 1.5 today, the latest version of their phenomenal and well-received Vivaldi browser, which through today's release has added support for a crucial feature known as delta updates, but also become the first browser in the world to support out-of-the-box integration with an IoT device. [...]
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Android Malware Blocks Mobile Antivirus Apps from Launching
One Android banking trojan has borrowed a trick from its desktop counterparts, and besides stealing login credentials from banking apps, this threat also sabotages mobile antivirus applications and prevents them from launching. [...]
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WordPress Fixes Auto-Update and API Servers Security Flaws
The WordPress team has addressed a security flaw in the API servers responsible for the CMS' update mechanism, which if exploited, would have allowed an attacker to deploy backdoors and malware to 27% of all websites on the Internet. [...]
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Could the Next Locky Spam Wave Switch to MHT Files?
It may be possible that in the upcoming future we may see the group behind the Locky ransomware use MHT (MHTML) files as email attachments and deliver their malicious payload to victims' machines. [...]
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Locky Ransomware putting us to sleep with the ZZZZZ Extension
I can't tell if the Locky developers are trying to put us to sleep with all their extension changes or paying homage to the Tryptophan in Thanksgiving turkey, but they have changed the extension used for encrypted files to .zzzzz. [...]
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Cerber Ransomware 5.0 Released with a Few Changes
Cerber 5.0 has been spotted by security researcher Bryan Campbell being distributed via RIG-V exploit kits. These exploit kits allow the ransomware to be installed on a victim's computer without their knowledge when they browse to a compromised web site or possibly through malvertising. [...]