Slow week with ransomware news as we lead up into the holidays. Mostly small variants that won't get much distribution or releases of new variants of older ransomware. [...]

A new tech support scam has been discovered that uses JavaScript to create a loop that ultimately causes Google Chrome to use up all of the CPU resources on the computer and freeze the browser. [...]

Christmas and holiday parties mean getting lots of family and friends together. And getting the family together usually means lots and lots of pictures! Here are some of our favorite tips for taking better photos this holiday. You might use a tiny digital camera, your...

Stupid Ransomware is a family of ransomware infections that are typically utilized by less skilled developers and many utilize themes based on movies, pop-culture, or pretend to be law enforcement. This family of ransomware infections are created using an open source...

A well-known hacking group linked with China's intelligence and security agency has been pilfering secrets for over a decade from organizations in at least 12 countries, from a diverse range of industries. [...]

A security professional exposed to a spam campaign on Facebook discovered the method used by the perpetrator and submitted a report through the company's bug bounty program. The issue still exists because Faceboook dismissed it on on the grounds that it does not...

Slow week with ransomware news as we lead up into the holidays. Mostly small variants that won't get much distribution or releases of new variants of older ransomware. [...]

What’s the most annoying thing about Windows Update? If you said the reboots, Microsoft has got you covered. Soon, Windows Update may be able to reboot your PC immediately after updates rather than waiting for a convenient time—wait, what? It sounds ridiculous, but...

Chromebooks have always been great if you can do your work with web apps (and now Android and Linux apps). But most people still find themselves keeping a separate Windows machine for specific tasks. That might change soon.  The “AltOS” feature first started appearing...

It’s that holiday time of year again, and that means it’s over the river and through the woods to…well, fix your family’s Wi-Fi and other tech problems. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re the “tech person” in your family. That means your family...

For a third time in four months, a security researcher announces a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and provides exploit code that allows reading into unauthorized locations. [...]

Phishing and malspam campaigns are in high gear for the holidays and a new campaign pretending to be an Amazon order confirmation is particularly dangerous as people shop for holiday gifts. [...]

Microsoft just announced Project Mu, promising “firmware as a service” on supported hardware. Every PC manufacturer should take note. PCs need security updates to their UEFI firmware, and PC manufacturers have done a poor job of delivering them. What Is UEFI Firmware?...

Windows 10’s default Start menu is a cluttered mess, but it’s about to get better in the Windows 10’s next version. That release is codenamed 19H1, and will be released sometime around April 2019. Just look at that new Start menu in Insider build 18305! Sure, it’s not...

A possible compromise of servers where NASA stored data on current and former employees may have given hackers access to social security numbers (SSN) and personally identifiable information (PII). [...]

Microsoft is introducing a new feature called Windows Sandbox that will allow you to safely run executables in a throw-away virtualized sandbox without fear of your regular Windows install becoming infected. [...]

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) to insiders in the Fast ring. This is going to be the last Windows Insider build released in 2018 and it comes with a ton of new features such as the Windows Sandbox, new Windows Defender settings,...

Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update that fixes an actively exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer.  This vulnerability has been assigned ID CVE-2018-8653 and was discovered by Google's Threat Analysis Group when they saw the vulnerability being...

Keybase received two separate reports for security issues in its app for Linux and macOS that led to privilege escalation on the system. For each of them, the developer paid a bounty of $5,000. [...]

Microsoft has released an Insider Preview Build that includes the new Windows Sandbox feature. If you’re on the Fast track, you can download and start using it today. What is Sandbox? In short, Windows Sandbox is half app, half virtual machine. It lets you quickly...