If you are the owner of one of Seagates wireless hard-drives, well … UPDATE YOUR FIRMWARE NOW!!!
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Mozillas Bugzilla: Hacker Gained Access To Privileged Account
Bugzilla is the Mozilla bug database. Its purpose is to allow users to search for reported bugs and report new ones, according to its page. But what if it was compromised itself?
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Phones Under Attack By New Mobile Ransomware
Another Android threat similar to the well-known Koler A from last year is causing panic among Android users. The family is detected by Avira as Android/Locker.A and has tens of thousands of variants, with new ones created every day.
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Avira Lingo: Customize Avira products into your language!
We are launching Avira Lingo, where anyone with a knack for languages can translate the texts in our products!
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ReverbNation breach points to an old yet newly ‘known unknown’
Having worked in the IT security industry for even a few years is enough to make one cynical at times, skeptical usually, and shocked rarely. But one thing did surprise me this morning when I opened my Gmail inbox: an “Important Security Notice About Your Password” from online music and band-hosting platform ReverbNation.
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Shedun: adware/malware family threatening your Android device
Since the start of Android mobile applications growth in 2004, the number of applications which have a build-in advertisement functionality has been increasing dramatically, most of them targeting the user via mobile shop platforms.
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Avira Gaming: From Gamers for Gamers
Did you know that we have an avid gaming community at Avira?
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Lizard Squad Attacks NCA Website
Revenge is a dish best served with lots of DDoS …
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Why Apple security myths pervade
Last week I received an email from our IT Crowd reminding me (and others) to please update our iPhones to the new iOS version 8.4.1 immediately, for security reasons. Apparently, a zero-day sandbox violation from earlier in the year was finally being fixed by Apple with this update – yet Apple’s notification said only “improvements and fixes to Apple Music.”
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KeyRaider Steals More Than 225.000 Apple Accounts
If you own an iPhone and it’s jailbroken you might want to be extra careful when it comes to where you download your apps or the KeyRaider malware might get you. Or your credentials for that matter.
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