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Newly Discovered Malware Can See and Hear Everything!
This newly discovered malware, InvisMole, has been around since 2013 and no one has known about it until just recently! No one knows how it gets onto computers, who created it, or even how many have been infected. The only thing they know is that it could be on any...
New CryptoJacking Malware!
Mining for cryptocurrency, whether it’s bitcoin or Monero, isn't an easy process and while it doesn't happen in the ground but on computers, it does come with problems. The main one being that process takes up a lot of CPU usage and slows computers down to a crawl....
Latest Bug is in Adobe Attachments!
Hackers love to use Adobe for their scams! They can disguise them as anything from receipts to applications and anything in between! Beware of the PDFs that you get through your email! If you open them from an unknown sender you could be infecting your computer with...
Facebook Privacy Issues… AGAIN!
In an attempt to fix the problems that arose with Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has been auditing all of the apps on their site. During this audit they uncovered another leak! The total number of people affected is over 3 million! ‘MyPersonality’ quizzes has been...
New Way Hackers are Stealing Credit Card Info!
With everyone switching to chip cards, hackers have had to change their equipment as well. We have heard of skimmers, the device that criminals attach to the ATMs that can read the strip on your card, with the chip cards they had to make an adaptation. They created...
Apps on Google Play Contain Adware!
Recently researchers discovered some apps in the Google Play Store contain malicious adware! They haven’t named which apps, but they did say that the apps were for: Calculators App lockers Call Recorders Emoji Keyboard Additions Space Cleaners Tricks hackers use:...
New Attack GLitch Targeting Phones!
Our phones store everything from our address books to banking information! It’s no wonder criminals are targeting them more and more! The latest attack, GLitch, is a ‘row hammering’ attack. What is ‘row hammering’? Row hammering is an attack on the memory, or RAM. ...
New Facebook Features!
With all the bad news surrounding Facebook lately, I guess they decided it was time for some good. Facebook has announced new features that they will be rolling out shortly, not the least of which is called ‘Clear History.’ This feature will allow you to “delete data...
Newest Information on Meltdown & Spectre!
Last week Microsoft rolled out their April 2018 Update with it’s newest features. Along with the new features was a patch to re-fix the Meltdown bug. What was wrong with the previous patch? Apparently, the patch that previously came out made that Meltdown fix...
Encrypted Messages on Twitter Coming Soon?
Over the past months, Twitter has had a prototype of an encrypted messaging system. It recently showed up on the Android phones, allowing them to have ‘secret’ conversations. Up until now, the direct messaging, or DM, on Twitter hasn’t been encoded which means that...
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