Green Coffee and Spam: Elaborate spam operation on Twitter uses nearly 750,000 accounts
Lone spam operator impersonated major brands and reality TV stars to promote miracle diet pill spam.Read More
Trend Micro Awarded 5-Star Rating in CRN’s 2015 Partner Program Guide
Annual guide recognizes the best channel partner programs in the market
5 things you can do to boost your Wi-Fi network
Where you physically place your router makes a difference – not only to the signal, but to your security. Think of your router like you would a cordless phone’s base. If you wander too far away from the base station, your call may drop or have static interference. If your wireless devices, like your laptop, […]
3050995 – Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 1.0
Revision Note: V1.0 (March 24, 2015): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of improperly issued digital certificates coming from the subordinate CA, MCS Holdings, which could be used in attempts to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or …
Stay safe during March Madness using Avast SecureLine
Stay safe on public Wi-Fi while watching the game from anywhere in the world with Avast SecureLine VPN. March Madness is in full swing — this year’s NCAA Tournament is now in its second week and we’re already down to the Sweet 16. When you think about March Madness, you probably think about your bracket, […]
NanoCore: Another RAT tries to make it out of the gutter
The road to success is never straightforward. This is a tale of a RAT developer’s persistence in the face of endless setbacks.
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How to use the Avast Virus Chest
The Avast Virus Chest is a safe place to store potentially harmful files. These files are completely isolated from the rest of the operating system, meaning that they are not accessible for any outside process or software application. Files cannot be run while stored in the Virus Chest. How to open the Avast Virus Chest […]
New OpenSSL vulnerability could facilitate DoS attacks
Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0291) rated as high severity by OpenSSL.Read More
3046310 – Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 2.0
Revision Note: V2.0 (March 19, 2015): Advisory rereleased to announce that the update for supported editions of Windows Server 2003 is now available. See Knowledge Base Article 3046310 for more information and download links.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of an improperly issued SSL certificate for the domain “live.fi” that could be used in attempts to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft is not currently aware of attacks related to this issue.
Don’t click on the porn video your Facebook friend shared
Fake Flash Player updates fool Facebook users. Facebook users have fallen victim to a recycled scam, and we want to make sure that all of our readers are fore-warned. Cybercrooks use social engineering tactics to fool people into clicking, and when the bait comes from a trusted friend on Facebook, it works very well. Here’s […]