TikTok Takes Teen Accounts Private

TikTok has decided to boost privacy measures for its underage users, the popular video-sharing social-media company announced. TikTok’s popularity is being driven by teens — the company reported in 2019 about 60 percent of its 26.5 monthly users are between the ages of 16 and 24, and these latest...

How to Use Apple, Google, and Microsoft's Parental Controls

Each of the big three offers a wealth of options to limit screen time, find lost devices, and more...

"School From Home" Changes Residential Internet Safety and Security Dynamics

2020 has been a year of epic change as we all work together to minimize the adverse impact of COVID-19. There's been extensive coverage in blogs and media as businesses navigated a rapid transition to remote work for their employees and pivoted to address an entirely new set of security...

Trend Micro Guardian: Protecting Your Kids On-the-Go

Some smart devices are not limited to use on the home network; for instance, your child’s mobile phone or tablet. Keeping your kids safe on these on-the-go devices means extending your security policies beyond the home. Trend Micro Home Network Security HNS makes it easy with its complementary ap...

In Safe Hands with Trend Micro Home Network Security – Part 3: Testing Its Functions

We continue our four-part series on protecting your home and family. See the links to the previous parts at the end of this blog. As you use more internet-connected devices and smart appliances in your home, it’s of utmost importance to make sure your gadgets are properly protected from malware a...

Parental Controls – Trend Micro Home Network Security has got you covered

We continue our three-part series on protecting your home and family. If you missed our first part, you can find it here. Are your kids at that formative age when they’re beginning to use mobile devices? How about at that inquisitive age when they start to discover the wonders of the Internet? Or...

You’re In Safe Hands with Trend Micro Home Network Security

A three-part series on using Home Network Security to protect your home Your home should be a haven that protects you. In the cyber age, however, your router, computers, and TVs, your game consoles and smart devices, are continuously connected to the internet and run the risk of being...

Keeping Kids Safe Online Starts with Good Habits at Home

During the month of October, we celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM. This long-running annual event is all about raising awareness about the importance of protecting our information and privacy online. And for some of us who may have allowed our good habits to lapse, it offers ...

AV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mobile Users

With the introduction of Android v8.0 Android Oreo in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later. Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or...

AV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mac Users

Despite popular opinion otherwise, the days have long since passed when Mac users can venture forth on the Internet without having to worry about viruses or ransomware, phishing attacks or dangerous URLs. Though the number of attacks on the Mac are fewer than those on Windows machines because the...

What’s the real value—and danger—of smart assistants?

You've heard them called virtual assistants, digital personal assistants, voice assistants, or smart assistants. Operated by artificial intelligence, technologies such as Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, and Cortana have become ubiquitous in our culture. But what exactly do they do? And how serious...

Investors concerned about smartphone addiction; Apple responds with new webpage

Hot on the heels of an open letter from investors urging Apple to do more to protect children from smartphone addiction, the tech giant has recently dedicated a page on their website to families. The "Families" page, which can be accessed at apple.com/families, contains tools parents can use to s...

Protecting Your Children with Parental Controls

Chances are, your kids have never known a world when the internet wasn’t there—which is both good and bad news. On the one hand, it means these digital natives take to the online world much quicker than you or I ever did. On the other, it also means they’re less likely to question what they see o...

Vonage VDV23 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Vonage Home Router – Stored Xss Exploit Author: Nu11By73 Hardware Version: VDV-23: 115 Software Version: 3.2.11-0.9.40 CVE : CVE-2017-16843 NewKeyword Parameter: Login to the router Click advanced setup Click parental...

Vonage VDV23 - Cross-Site Scripting

Vonage VDV23 - Cross-Site Scripting Exploit Title: Vonage Home Router – Stored Xss Date: 16/11/2017 Exploit Author: Nu11By73 Hardware Version: VDV-23: 115 Software Version: 3.2.11-0.9.40 CVE : CVE-2017-16843 NewKeyword Parameter: 1. Login to the router 2. Click advanced setup 3. Click parental...

Vonage VDV23 - Cross-Site Scripting

Exploit Title: Vonage Home Router – Stored Xss Date: 16/11/2017 Exploit Author: Nu11By73 Hardware Version: VDV-23: 115 Software Version: 3.2.11-0.9.40 CVE : CVE-2017-16843 NewKeyword Parameter: 1. Login to the router 2. Click advanced setup 3. Click parental controls 4. In the block these keyword...

D-Link DIR-850L REV. A DNS Change Vulnerability

The D-Link DIR-850L REV.A is a wireless router from AUO D-Link. A security vulnerability exists in the htdocs/parentalcontrols/bind.php file on D-Link DIR-850L REV.A devices using firmware FW114WWb07h2abbeta1 and earlier. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability to change the DNS...

PT-2017-13467 · D Link · D-Link Dir-850L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: D-Link DIR-850L REV. A versions through FW114WWb07 h2ab beta1 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to change the DNS configuration via a series of requests, due to the failure to prevent unauthenticated nonce-guessing attacks in the...

It’s Back to School Time, So How Do I Keep My Child Safe Online?

The end of the summer can be a pretty stressful time for parents as well as their kids. Apart from the prospect of a return to school, there’s a whole checklist of items to get ready. Schoolbag? Check. Sports kit? Check. Smartphone? Check. Internet safety guide? Errr… The truth is that today, the...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Parental Controls section in Linksys EA6500 with firmware 1.1.28.147876 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the Blocked Specific Sites section...