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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 05:57:00 -0700

Two weeks ago, I talked about a bug in Windows 7’s August Monthly patch rollup KB 4034664 that left many people who have two monitors reeling. After installing the security patch, the first monitor would work properly, but the second monitor could have all sorts of rendering problems.

Günter Born had a full writeup about the problem, and Christian Schwarz not only nailed the problem, but he wrote a “proof of concept” program demonstrating what was happening and when.

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QuickHeal Security

August 28, 2017 admin

5 things you can do to recover money stolen from your bank account

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:20:26 +0000

What I am about to discuss in this post are measures that I took trying to recover the money that was stolen from my mother’s bank account. Not going much into the details about the background of the incident occurred, I will come straight to the point. My mother (a…

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ComputerWorld Independent

August 28, 2017 admin

'You' is the new 'Not-you'

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:00:00 -0700

This medical practice rolls out a new system, and when it’s done everyone has the same randomly generated temporary password, reports a pilot fish on the scene.

“I sent an email to all staff, reminding them to change their password from the temporary one that was assigned by the vendor,” fish says. “I included simple, step-by-step instructions — and I ended my email with ‘Do it now, before you forget.’

“Knowing that some wouldn’t do it, I sent a follow-up a few days later, with the following modifications:

Subject: Change Your Password — YES, this means you

If you have already changed your password, thank you. You may close this now.

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Security Wired

August 26, 2017 admin

Violent Alt-Right Chats Could Be Key to Charlottesville Lawsuits

Credit to Author: Nitasha Tiku| Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Leaked documents describe weapons and cite potential “gunfight.”

Security Wired

August 26, 2017 admin

Facebook Creepiness, AccuWeather Tracking, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Facebook’s weird friend suggestions, AccuWeather’s location snooping, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security Wired

August 25, 2017 admin

Even Artificial Neural Networks Can Have Exploitable ‘Backdoors’

Credit to Author: Tom Simonite| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:00:00 +0000

Malicious machine learning can hide nasty surprises.

Security Wired

August 25, 2017 admin

Microsoft PowerShell Is a Hot Hacker Target, But Its Defenses Are Improving

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000

The often-attacked framework finally learns to play defense.

Security TrendMicro

August 25, 2017 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of August 21, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:00:37 +0000

In last week’s blog entry, I mentioned the fact that the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) published two zero-day advisories (ZDI-17-691 and ZDI-17-692) for vulnerabilities found in Foxit Reader after Foxit failed to meet the 120-day deadline outlined in ZDI’s disclosure policy. Since the public disclosure, Foxit has reached out to ZDI and has committed to…