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eScan Products Attains 100% Clean Certificate from Softpedia
eScan’s Internet Security Suite (ISS) for Windows and eScan’s Anti-Virus (AV) have received the coveted 100% clean certificate from Softpedia among its peers.
The tests were conducted on both products in the Softpedia labs in April 2018.
The results showed that eScan’s ISS for Windows and eScan’s AV do not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans, and backdoors. These products were tested thoroughly and were found absolutely clean; therefore, they can be installed with no concern by any computer user.
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What Is Blockchain? The Most Disruptive Tech in Decades
Blockchain is poised to change IT in much the same way open-source software did a quarter of a century ago. And in the same way that Linux took more than a decade to become a cornerstone in modern application development, Blockchain will take years to become a lower cost, more efficient way to share information between open and private networks.
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Firefox 61 Brings Code Inspection to Web Developers
By understanding tools such as the Babel JavaScript compiler and the Webpack module bundler, Firefox 61 lets developers inspect and interact with original code in the debugger as if the code had never been minified or bundled. Mozilla also is developing native support to inspect components and scopes in React and other frameworks.
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Adobe Releases Critical Security Updates for Acrobat, Reader and Photoshop CC
Adobe has just released new versions of its Acrobat DC, Reader and Photoshop CC for Windows and macOS users that patch 48 vulnerabilities in its software.
A total of 47 vulnerabilities affect Adobe Acrobat and Reader applications, and one critical remote code execution flaw has been patched in Adobe Photoshop CC.
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Hackers Reveal How Code Injection Attack Works in Signal Messaging App
After the revelation of the e-Fail attack details, it’s time to reveal how the recently reported code injection vulnerability in the popular end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app works.
As we reported last weekend, Signal has patched its messaging app for Windows and Linux that suffered code injection vulnerability discovered and reported by a team of white-hat hackers from Argentina.
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The Satori Botnet Is Mass-Scanning for Exposed Ethereum Mining Rigs
The operators of the Satori botnet are mass-scanning the Internet for exposed Ethereum mining rigs, according to three sources in the infosec community who’ve observed the malicious behavior —SANS ISC, Qihoo 360 Netlab, and GreyNoise Intelligence.
More precisely, crooks are scanning for devices with port 3333 exposed online, a port often used for remote management features by a large number of cryptocurrency-mining equipment.
Credit: Bleeping Computers
The Week in Ransomware – May 18th, 2018 – Mostly Small Variants
It has been mostly small variants released this week, with a few Scarab variants released and various U.S. government agencies were hit with ransomware. Otherwise, it’s mostly ransomware that will not make it into the actual wild.
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