Botnets are scanning the Internet for servers exposing RDP and using weak, reused passwords to obtain access.

Large-scale existential threats exist everywhere and can annihilate us with only trivial effort. Should we all throw everything we can at them?

The flaw affected all versions of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows and architecture types dating back to 2000, and was patched in November 2017.

By Uzair Amir

On Thursday, June 6th (9:43 am UTC), Europe’s leading mobile providers received a shock when a large chunk of the traffic destined to reach them was misdirected or rerouted to another path by the network of a Chinese state-operated telecom firm, China Telecom. The misdirection of the traffic continued for two hours and even more […]

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For all of the advancements that have been made in encryption and anonymization technology, basic operational security oversights remain a key factor in darknet market takedowns

Popular media player receives 33 security bug fixes, two of which are rated high severity.

An Office bug that was squashed back in 2017 is still in widespread use - make sure your computer hasn't slipped through the patch cracks!

VPN providers go head-to-head

Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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