Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Browser update? Do not trust, and do verify before downloading potential malware. Categories: Tags: chromeChtonicfake updatesFakeUpdatesfirefoxflashJoomlamalvertisingmalwareratSquarespacewordpress |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:47:48 +0000
Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?
Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000
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| Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance. Categories: Tags: chromefreezeGooglejamtech support scams |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000
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| Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance. Categories: Tags: chromefreezeGooglejamtech support scams |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:00:01 +0000
Browser extensions are handy, but they can also be really dangerous. Here’s what can go wrong and what you can do about it.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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| Two new extensions in Firefox and Chrome force install then hide from the user. Learn how you can protect yourself against them and remove them manually. Categories: Tags: blockedchromeextensionsfirefoxnormal removalPieter Arntz |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:30:33 +0000
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| Google initiates their plans to implement new changes in Chrome to defend against annoying web redirects. Categories: Tags: adschromeGooglepop-up blockerredirectssafe browsing |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:12:32 +0000
It’s Nov. 14 — the second Tuesday of the month (a.k.a. “Patch Tuesday) — and Adobe and Microsoft have issued gobs of security updates for their software. Microsoft’s 11 patch bundles fix more than four-dozen security holes in various Windows versions and Office products — including at least four serious flaws that were publicly disclosed prior to today. Meanwhile, Adobe’s got security updates available for a slew of titles, including Flash Player, Photoshop, Reader and Shockwave.
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