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Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:30:59 +0000
BlueBorne affects devices supporting Bluetooth. As such, the PoC they demoed does not spread over Bluetooth: it takes control of a given Bluetooth victim. Apparently, the researchers said they locally created a botnet. But that was clearly a local inside test, and we have no details regarding the botnet's payload.
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Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:25:11 +0000
It was inevitable.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:24:29 +0000
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| With the first day of the UK’s biggest gaming event, EGX, opening its doors, we decided to roundup the most common gaming threats we see on a daily basis. Categories: Tags: consoleemulatorsgamesgamingMobilepcscamssteamvideo games |
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:27:28 +0000
David Sieg’s Scanimate was used to produce TV animations during the 1970s and 80s.
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Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:06:07 +0000
This is unheard of.
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Credit to Author: Troy Farah| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:22:08 +0000
But their findings bring up surveillance and privacy concerns.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:54:00 -0700
This month’s Windows and .Net patches hold all sorts of nasty surprises — some acknowledged, some not, some easy to skirt, some waiting to swallow the unwary whole. Here’s a quick overview of what’s going on with this month’s missives.
Most important: If you can’t keep yourself (or your clients) from clicking “Enable Editing” in Word, you must install a broad range of .NET patches (if you’re running Windows 7 or 8.1) or cumulative updates (if you’re running Windows 10), like, NOW.
Cumulative Update KB 4038788, which brings the build number up to 15063.608, has two acknowledged (but not fixed) bugs:
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Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:11:00 -0700
Keybase has unveiled a Slack-style team messaging service that promises to protect private communications with end-to-end encryption.
The company launched in 2015 with the aim of making encryption technology more accessible to consumers. Its latest service, Keybase Teams, has a look similar to Slack with features such as chat rooms and channels. Admins can add set up groups of users to work on a particular project, and encrypted files can be uploaded and shared.
An early release version of the software is now available for download for desktops and mobile devices.
The key advantage, Keybase said, involves enhanced security and privacy.
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