Swedish court tells ISP to block The Pirate Bay in the country

By Waqas Another day, another court order against The Pirate Bay TPB. This time, the Patent and Market Court of Sweden has ordered the telephone company and mobile network operator Telia to block The Pirate Bay and other torrenting websites including NyaFilmer, FMovies, and Dreamfilm in the...

Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly handles requests of different origins. The vulnerability allows Microsoft Edge to bypass Same-Origin Policy SOP restrictions, and to allow requests that should otherwise be ignored. An attacker who successfully exploite...

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the...

Avoid these Doctor Who Series 11 scams

The new season of Doctor Who has finally landed on television screens around the world, and we’ve started to see the first few signs of spam and other assorted nonsense lumbering online. A rash of YouTube accounts claiming to offer up the new series are making the rounds, all of which generally...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: mediawiki-1.29.3-1.fc27

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

Free Movie Download and Streaming Sites — Watch HD Movies Online

When you search for "free movie download" or "watch free movies online," search engines present a long list of websites. However, be cautious. Many free movie sites can lead to harmful computer viruses that could infect or, in the worst case, take control of your computer. Additionally, many...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: mozilla-noscript-10.1.9.6-1.fc28

The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plug-ins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice e.g. your online bank and additionally provides Anti-XSS protection...

Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking

Apps need your explicit permission to access your smartphone's motion and light sensors. Mobile websites? Not so much...

Hackers behind Mirai botnet to avoid jail for working with the FBI

By Waqas Mirai has been known as one of the most powerful botnets comprised of millions of hacked Internet of Things IoT devices including routers, digital video recorders DVRs and security cameras. Mirai was also used by hackers to carry out one of the largest DDoS attacks on the servers of DynD...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavaccessingdangerouswebsites.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Apple iOS and tvOS Messages and Safari Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Apple iOS and tvOS are both products of Apple Inc. Apple iOS is an operating system developed for mobile devices. tvOS is an operating system for smart TVs. messages is a messaging component; Safari is a browser component. A security vulnerability exists in the Messages component in Apple iOS...

Potential Hurricane Florence Phishing Scams

NCCIC warns users to remain vigilant for malicious cyber activity seeking to exploit interest in Hurricane Florence. Fraudulent emails commonly appear after major natural disasters and often contain links or attachments that direct users to malicious websites. Users should exercise caution in...

Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilit...

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge HTML-based. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who...

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploit...

Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilit...

Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge HTML-based. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who...

Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system. In a web-based attack scenario, an...

Open .Git Directories Leave 390K Websites Vulnerable

A scan of more than 230 million web domains worldwide has uncovered 390,000 web pages with open .git directories – a worrying state of affairs that can expose a range of sensitive information. Researcher Vladimír Smitka at Lynt Services performed the scan, starting first in his native Czech...

How to Remove Malware from Your MacOS Computer

Who says Macs don’t get viruses? If you think Windows is a virus magnet, the claim that Macs are completely immune to viruses is false. They may be less frequent and common than the Windows variety, but they do exist. But you’re not helpless against the malware onslaught. There are plenty of ways...