Hackers May Have Gained Data From 160,000 Nintendo Accounts
Nintendo has commented on unauthorised logins to Nintendo Account. According to the company, hackers may have used data related to about 160,000 Nintendo Network accounts.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 24, 2020
Major Security Gap Detected in iOS
One of Apple's system apps enables third party to attack a selected device, virtually without user intervention. The company announced work on a patch.
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Mateusz Popielak
April 23, 2020
Valve: CS:GO Source Code Leak Poses No Threat to Gamers
Valve commented on yesterday's leak of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 source code. We were assured that the situation does not pose any threat to users playing on official servers.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 23, 2020
Turns out Sensitive Data of 270 Million People are Not Worth Much
The profiles of millions of Facebook users have leaked to the Dark Web. They could be bought in the form of a list for 500 euros.
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Mateusz Popielak
April 22, 2020
Nintendo Targeted by Hackers? Rumors of User Data Leak
Internet users report suspicious activities on their Nintendo accounts. Many users noticed unauthorized login attempts, which in some cases resulted in the use of related PayPal accounts and payment cards.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 20, 2020
Gmail Blocks 18 Million Fake Coronavirus Emails Daily
Google's email filters block 18 million phishing or malware emails every day, which are related to the coronavirus pandemic. This is almost 20% of all messages blocked by Gmail filters.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
April 17, 2020
Microsoft is Trying to Plug a Critical Security Gap in All Windows
Microsoft warns its users against malware that could infect their computers. The company is already working on an appropriate patch, which is a priority for the programmers.
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March 25, 2020
Google Chrome Tracks Us Even When We Use VPN, TOR or Are Logged Out
There has been a change in Google's privacy regulations. Chrome browser monitors user traffic even if the user is not signed in to their account or is using a proxy server.
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March 12, 2020
99.9% of Hacked Microsoft Accounts Were Not Properly Secured
Microsoft engineers warn against hackers who hack into accounts without multi-step authentication enabled. 1.2 million accounts were attacked un January alone.
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March 10, 2020
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is Coming to iOS and Android
The Windows Defender anti-virus software will be launched on other platforms. The application received a version dedicated to Linux, and there are plans for releases for mobile devices based on iOS and Android.
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Bart Swiatek
February 21, 2020
U.S. Government Accuses Huawei of Using Backdoors in Mobile Networks
New charges have been brought against Huawei. This time, the U.S. federal government is suggesting that the Chinese giant was using backdoors installed on mobile networks for law enforcement use.
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Peter Doron
February 12, 2020
Windows 7 Will Retain Support From Antivirus Software
AV-Test experts have prepared a report on antivirus programs that will continue to work with Windows 7 - despite the end of Microsoft's support for W7, which happened just over two weeks ago.
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Bart Swiatek
January 30, 2020
Google Requires Public Services to Pay for Access to User Data
Google has begun to require public services such as the police and the prosecutor's office to pay for the handling of court orders in the USA. Access to user data subject to a process or investigation was priced at USD 45-245, depending on the type of request and the amount of information requested.
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Bart Swiatek
January 27, 2020
AMD Quietly Patched Security Gaps in Radeons
Radeon owners should update their graphics card drivers as soon as possible. AMD Adrenalin 20.1.1, although not mentioned in the manufacturer's list of changes, addresses four major security gaps.
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January 25, 2020
Millions of Microsoft's Customer Data Records Leaked
The end of 2019 must have been really unpleasant for Microsoft. It turned out that due to a security error in the database, more than 250 million records with user information were publicly available. The gap was patched up immediately after detection.
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Conrad Hazi
January 23, 2020
Microsoft Fixes Dangerous Gap in Windows 10, Detected by NSA
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has detected a dangerous security gap in Windows 10 and Windows Server. The exploit made it possible for PCs to be infected a virus and have sensitive data stolen. Microsoft has already eliminated the threat with an appropriate patch.
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Bart Swiatek
January 15, 2020
Christmas Trojan - Hackers Invite to a Party
Trojan Emotet is one of the most active Trojans on the web right now. This time it started sending emails inviting users to a Christmas party.
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December 17, 2019
Windows 7 Support Ends - Another Reminder of System's Imminent Death
Microsoft's support for Windows 7 is coming to an end. This is best known to the owners of this system, who have been receiving relevant messages since April. However, this is not the end, because another, this time full screen, notification will soon appear on PCs still running the „Seven”.
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Damian Gacek
December 11, 2019
New Problem for Intel - Zombieload Vulnerability in Cascade Lake CPU
Researchers working for several European organisations and universities have revealed another variant of the Zombieload gap. An attack using it enables one to steal information after several dozen seconds of contact with the computer. Vulnerability to this type of hack was detected in Intel processors (also new units from the Cascade Lake line).
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Bart Swiatek
November 13, 2019
Microsoft Invents an Alternative to Discs and Hard Drives
We are probably witnessing the start of a new era of data storing. The engineers from the „Silica” project in cooperation with Warner Bros. managed to write a copy of „Superman” from 1978 on a quartz glass tile. Interestingly, the tile is extremely durable, and its size is only 75 x 75 and 2 mm thick.
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November 7, 2019