TrueCrypt Audit Phase II completed: 4 vulnerabilities identified
The recent history of the TrueCrypt encryption software is a strange one.
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Malwarebytes Hijack.Securityrun hits explained
When I ran the usual Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro scan today I noticed that the program detected a set of threats it called Hijack.
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Detect DLL Hijacks on Windows
DLL hijacking is an attack that makes applications load malicious dynamic link libraries instead of the intended -- clean and legit -- library on a Windows syst
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Check if Windows is affected by the Freak Attack vulnerability
Freak Attack is the name of a new SSL/TLS vulnerability that came to light on March 3, 2015.
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1 to ship with UI changes and feature improvements
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a powerful program that you can run on your Windows system next to other security software to add another layer of protection to it.
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AVG's Invisibility Glasses promise to protect your privacy in public
AVG unveiled Invisibility Glasses, a new product from its Innovation Labs, yesterday in Barcelona.
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Apple tops operating system, Microsoft application vulnerability chart
If you had to guess the operating system with the highest number of reported vulnerabilities, which would you pick? I guess it is fairly certain that the majori
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Privdog is Superfish all over again
Privdog is a privacy protection software that is available as a standalone product for the Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox web bro
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The future of technology and entertainment is frightening
Spy agencies and governments that grab, steal, hack, manipulate and collect massive amounts of data, bloatware and adware on PCs, massive invasion of privacy on
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Microsoft, LastPass and others post solutions to handle Superfish
An adware called Superfish is making big waves currently on the Internet after news spread that PC manufacturer Lenovo shipped some -- it is still not clear whi
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Lenovo PCs ship with preinstalled adware and root certificate
We all know that computer manufacturers make much of their revenue from device sales with software and service deals.
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Virustotal's Trusted Source project attempts to limit false positives
Whenever I discover a new program I scan it first on the Virustotal website before running it on a local test system.
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Sites may detect the local IP address in browsers supporting WebRTC
Whenever you connect to sites on the Internet information about the connection and the underlying system are available to the site automatically.
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Improve online privacy by controlling referrer information
Whenever you click on a link on a web page to open another one in the same browser, referrer information are sent to the linked site.
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Leaked 2014 passwords show that people are still careless online
What have the words password, baseball, dragon, football, monkey, mustang, access, shadow and master in common?They all made the word passwords of 2014 list.
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The majority of free antivirus solutions ship with potentially unwanted offers
Developers and companies that offer free version of products have different options at their disposal to monetize their work.
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How Verizon Wireless defeats your privacy and what you can do about it
Verizon Wireless is a large wireless telecommunications provider owned by Verizon Communications.
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How to properly protect your Outlook.com account
If you are using Microsoft's Outlook.
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Beware of fake Pirate Bay copycat sites
If you are a user of the infamous torrent indexing website The Pirate Bay you may have noticed that it has been offline the last couple of days.
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LastPass and Dashlane announce automatic password changers
If you ever had your computer compromised by a computer virus, hacker or other malicious software running on it you know that you are done after you remove the
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Use Symantec VIP Access for extra protection on eBay, PayPal and other sites
Symantec VIP, the VIP stands for Validation & IP Protection, is one of the technologies that the company got when it acquired VeriSign.
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A second look at VeraCrypt, an unofficial TrueCrypt successor
When the TrueCrypt developers announced that they would quit developing the encryption software because of it not being secure, many users of the software did n
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SSL Enforcer forces secure connections on a system-wide level
SSL Enforcer is a new program that is currently available as a free beta version.
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Find out how secure your messaging application is
When it comes to sending messages to other recipients, chat applications that allow you to do so have been around for ages.
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Who on the Internet can see your IP address, and what can they do with it?
Browsing the Internet is very similar to driving around with a car privacy wise.
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Avast's HTTPS Scanning interferes with Firefox and other programs
Security companies such as AVG, Kaspersky or Avast release new versions of their products each year to the public.
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Add _nomap to your router's SSID to have it ignored by Google and Mozilla
The service set identifier (SSID) is a unique identifier for a wireless network and commonly referred to as the network name.
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Google blocks Bit.ly: Chrome and Firefox affected
Bitly is a popular url shortening service that is widely used and according to Alexa one of the top 4000 websites in the world.
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File Extension Fixer repairs broken executable file assocations on Windows
Malware that slips by a system's defenses can wreak havoc in many different ways.
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Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool Beta for Windows released
Bitdefender's Adware Removal Tool has been available for Macintosh systems for some time now.
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SSL 3.0 vulnerability discovered. Find out how to protect yourself
A security vulnerability in SSL 3.
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First look at Spideroak's password manager Encryptr
Password managers serve many purposes: from securely storing important data such as account passwords to password generation and usability features such as auto
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New Adware method: manipulating browser shortcuts to change the home page
Whenever browser makers tighten the defense systems of the browser it does not take long usually before advertising companies and malware writers find new metho
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TrueCrypt may live on after all as CipherShed
The developers of TrueCrypt made the decision to retire the encryption software a couple of months ago.
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Why I pay in cash and why you may want to too
Whenever I'm out to buy something, as opposed to buying online, I pay for all the goods I buy in cash.
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How useful is SUPERAntiSpyware's new System Investigator tool?
Support.
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How companies use Canvas Fingerprinting to track you online
Traditional ways of tracking users have come under fire in recent years.
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How to quickly check a domain using Safe Browsing by Google
Web browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox use Google Safe Browsing to protect users before potentially malicious websites are loaded.
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Selling a smartphone may leak private information: what you need to do
If you are a regular here on Ghacks you know that one needs to be careful when it comes to giving away or selling old devices that were used for storage (read [
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Quick Crypt creates self-expiring encrypted files
Quick Crypt looks on first glance just like many of the other file encryption tools for Windows.
