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January 8, 2018 Meltdown, Spectre Chip Flaws: Who’s Affected
HIGHLIGHTS Meltdown only affects Intel-based machines Spectre affects Intel, AMD, ARM-based machines Most software makers and OEMs have issued fixes already Technology companies are scrambling to fix serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers and found in many of the world’s personal computers and smartphones. The two hardware bugs discovered can be […]
COMPUTERS January 5, 2018 Apple: All Macs and iOS devices affected by chip flaws
Apple has confirmed all its Mac systems and iOS devices are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. In an announcement on Thursday, Apple (AAPL) said it has released mitigations to defend against Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2. It will release mitigations in Safari to defend against the Spectre bug “in the […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 Millions of Computers Affected By Intel Firmware Flaws
Security experts are awaiting more details from chipmaker Intel about two classes of vulnerabilities in remote management software and firmware that could put an organization’s most trusted data at risk. See Also: Ransomware: The Look at Future Trends The vulnerabilities – affecting enterprise and consumer computers – exist in a variety of chips that Intel has […]
COMPUTERS July 17, 2017 Windows 10 update BLOCK – Support for some computers DROPPED, are YOU affected?
Some Windows 10 devices are no longer able to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system Some Windows machines that received the free upgrade to Windows 10 – less than two years ago – have now been officially blocked from future updates to the next-generation operating system. According to ZDnet, a number of two-in-one PCs announced […]
NEWS August 2, 2016 India Fourth-Most Affected Country by Downadup Malware: F-Secure
India is the fourth country that has most number of attacks by the Downadup malware family, a report by Finland-based online security and privacy company F-Secure, said. It added that besides India, this threat was most frequently detected in Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Norway. F-Secure Threat Round up Report 2015 details the trends and […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 India Fourth-Most Affected Country by Downadup Malware: F-Secure
India is the fourth country that has most number of attacks by the Downadup malware family, a report by Finland-based online security and privacy company F-Secure, said. It added that besides India, this threat was most frequently detected in Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Norway. F-Secure Threat Round up Report 2015 details the trends and […]
COMPUTERS June 9, 2016 India Fourth-most Affected united states of america by way of Downadup Malware: F-relaxed
India is the fourth country that has maximum wide variety of attacks with the aid of the Downadup malware own family, a document by means of Finland-based on line protection and privacy employerF-at ease, said. It introduced that except India, this chance was maximum frequently detected in Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Norway. F-at ease […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 9, 2016 500 Million Android Devices Affected by ‘Accessibility Clickjacking’ Malware: Report
Mobile security firm Skycure has claimed that a new Android malware can allow malicious apps to access all text-based data on a device without requiring permission from the user. The research firm has further claimed that the latest Android malware family dubbed “Accessibility Clickjacking” impacts almost all Android versions except the last two versions – […]
