Articles by Mike
Intel on 11/21/2017 announced that many of the current processors are affected by a Important security issue INTEL-SA-00086. This issue affects Intel Management Engine (ME), Intel Server Platform Services (SPS), and Intel Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) versions. The issue is an Elevation of Privilege issue which allows specific written code to bypass security features in the processor chips’ […]
In an article from Quartz today they have found that Android phones track your location even when location services is disabled and there is no SIM in the phone. The information is gathered supposedly for messaging services, but it is also used for location based advertising. Google has enabled this feature on the majority of newer […]
Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet has found an issue with the nonce (arbitrary number to only be used once) repeat that will allow AES encryption to be able to be bypassed to see the network traffic. If TKIP or GCMP encryption are used it is possible to inject traffic into wireless network as well as view it. […]
As of October 10, 2017 Microsoft will provide it’s last update for Windows 10 release 1511 or 10586, no more updates will be released for this edition of Windows 10. Microsoft encourages people to move to the current release Windows 10 release 1703 or the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update release 1710. The Windows […]
It appears someone infected the 32 bit edition of CCleaner version 5.33.6162 software. Avast who now owns Piriform the makers of CCleaner have found that specific version, 5.33.6162 and 1.0.7.3191 (Cloud) is infected with Malware that will send out information about the computer. Information like IP address, computer name, installed software, active software to an IP address […]
Armis a security company has found an issue in Bluetooth that easily affects 5.3 Billion devices running Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. It is called BlueBorne. BlueBorne does not require any interaction from the user to click a URL, to download a file or even pair to a Bluetooth device. If Bluetooth is turned on […]
Microsoft just announced that the next major update to Windows 10, the Fall Creators Update will be released to the public on October 17. Sometime from October 17 forward all computers running Windows 10 will update to the new release. I hope to have more information to prepare you as this becomes available. So far […]
Proofpoint researchers have identified 6 Google Chrome Extensions that have been compromised, along with 2 others that were found in June. List of Compromised Chrome Extensions Web Developer 0.4.9 Chrometana 1.1.3 Infinity New Tab 3.12.3 CopyFish 2.8.5 Web Paint 1.2.1 Social Fixer 20.1.1 TouchVPN Betternet VPN These compromised extensions are used to steal your Google […]
Yesterday a few people started articles about a form of Malware for the Mac that many were unaware of called Fruitfly by Apple. This malware can provide someone access to your files, your camera on the Mac. Apple has already released an update to protect from this Malware that may have existed since 2014. The […]