Category: mcafee

Multiple antivirus apps are vulnerable to common security flaws

Post author By Randall
Post date April 26, 2020
Categories In antivirus, avg, eset, exploit, f-secure, gear, Internet, kaspersky, linux, Mac, malware, malwarebytes, mcafee, Microsoft, News, Security, software, sophos, symantec, symlink race, Tech, vulnerability, webroot, windows

[ad_1] Intruders would still need to download and run the necessary code before launching a symlink race, so this is more of a tool to facilitate an existing breach than start it. Researchers also noted that most of the vendors (including AVG, F-Secure, McAfee and Symantec) have fixed the bugs, some of them quietly. This […]

Your obsession with celebrities is helping scammers spread spam

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In alexis bledel, Entertainment, gilmoregirls, handmaidstale, Internet, internet security, malware, mcafee, spam, Tech

[ad_1] According to a recently released study by security firm McAfee, Gilmore Girls and Handmaid’s Tale star Alexis Bledel has been named Most Dangerous Celebrity 2019 as internet searches for her in these famous roles (as well as news of a Gilmore Girls reboot) have led more people to malware this year than those for […]

A 19-year-old WinRAR bug is being used to install malware

Post author By Randall
Post date March 15, 2019
Categories In bug, gear, hackers, malware, mcafee, personal computing, personalcomputing, rar, Security, Tech, winrar
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[ad_1] By renaming an ACE file with a RAR extension, hackers can manipulate WinRAR and extract a malicious program to a computer’s startup folder, explained Check Point, the company that discovered the bug. Without the user knowing, the program then runs automatically when the computer is restarted. According to McAfee, one exploit uses a bootleg […]