Category: attacks

Microsoft warns Windows users of two security holes already under attack

Post author By Randall
Post date March 23, 2020
Categories In adobe, adobe type manager library, attacks, font, gear, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, Security, security advisory, Tech, vulnerability, windows, workarounds, zero-day

[ad_1] The flaws exist in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library, which allows apps to manage and render fonts available from Adobe Systems. Attackers may exploit the vulnerabilities by getting their targets to open booby-trapped documents or view them in the Windows preview pane. Microsoft is still working to fix the vulnerabilities. The earliest it […]

Microsoft’s Defender security software is coming to iOS and Android

Post author By Randall
Post date February 20, 2020
Categories In Android, apps, attacks, Cybersecurity, defender, gear, ios, linux, malware, Microsoft, microsoft defender, Mobile, operating systems, phishing, Security, Tech

[ad_1] On Android and iOS, Defender will help prevent people from visiting online destinations that Microsoft deems unsafe, Rob Lefferts, a Microsoft corporate vice president, told CNBC. It may also prevent phishing attacks. Lefferts told CNBC that iOS and Android are “pretty safe, but pretty safe is not the same as safe.” It’s not yet […]