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Malvertizing grows by 325% in 12 months

January 12th 2016

Yes, really, and it has far more dangerous than it used to be (think ransomware): http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/family-safety/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-worrying-popularity-of-malvertising/  

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Malware on an LG Smart TV … maybe ….

January 12th 2016

Cite: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/3zjl8p/ive_clicked_thousands_of_links_on_reddit_without/cymy89a You’ll see much arguing in the comments about whether the TV is infected with a DNS Hijacker, or if its just a web page pop-up/redirect.  While Smart TVs do have DNS controls, I have never heard of a webpage hosted malware changing TV managed DNS – its not as if Smart TVs are running Windows or OSX, […]

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Microsoft only support IE 11 from now on

January 12th 2016

Well, it is already January 12 here in Australia… “Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates,” explains the software giant, in a post on its website. “Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and […]

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Oracle settles with FTC over “deceptive” security updates?

January 5th 2016

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/oracle-agrees-settle-ftc-charges-it-deceived-consumers-about-java How were Oracle deceptive? By only removing the most recent vulnerable version of Java from user’s computers, leaving older versions in situ. “In 2011, according to the FTC’s complaint, Oracle was aware of the insufficiency of its update process. Internal documents stated that the “Java update mechanism is not aggressive enough or simply not […]

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