Computer Safety & News

Microsoft Edge security was recently strengthened to block unsigned DLLs which are sometimes present on a malicious site.  Even legitimate sites can become infected from injection attacks that occur due to website security weaknesses. These latest Microsoft Edge release was automatically provided to Windows 10 users recently. http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/11/17/microsoft-edge-module-code-integrity/ http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/11/16/introducing-edgehtml-13-our-first-platform-update-for-microsoft-edge/ https://threatpost.com/microsoft-cracks-down-on-toolbars-unsigned-dlls-with-edge-update/115410/ In May, we announced that Microsoft […]

NMAP is popular open source network Penetration Testing tool suite which was just updated and released.  Below are a summary of key improvements found in version 7: NMAP 7 -HOME page https://nmap.org/7 NMAP 7 – DOWNLOAD CENTER https://nmap.org/download.html NMAP 7 – RELEASE NOTES (TOP SEVEN FEATURES) https://nmap.org/7/#7changes Hi folks!  After 3.5 years of work by more […]

The Talos security blog, sponsored by Cisco systems, highlights an increase in fake telephone calls, emails, and website popups that pretend to aid end users in identifying a virus or other system problem.  Often a scammer with an untraceable telephone number will work with user and convince them to share credit card numbers or allow them to […]