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More evidence that Android is the most targeted mobile device
The bad guys are increasingly using potentially unwanted applications to sneak past security defences, warns Sophos Labs
AKBuilder, Microsoft Word Intruder exploiting Office RTF vulnerability
If you haven’t applied the latest patches to Microsoft Office, now is the time to do so – and while you’re at it, check that you’re not running Office with admin rights
Microsoft Is Shutting Down CodePlex
Microsoft corporate vice president Brian Harry announced in a blog post today that they are shutting down CodePlex, its service for hosting repositories of open source software. “As of this post, we’ve disabled the ability to create new CodePlex projects,”…
Threatpost News Wrap, March 31, 2017
This year’s Security Analyst Summit is previewed and the news of the week is discussed, including a Microsoft IIS zero day, a new Mirai variant, and the broadband privacy ruling.
News in brief: tech firms ‘must do more’ on terror; data breaches shoot up; gloom at toxic online spaces
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Xbox One's Faster, Simpler Interface is Now Available To Everyone
Microsoft today announced it is releasing a major update to the Xbox One gaming console. The much-awaited update comes with a few new features and improvements such as Beam, the company’s livestreaming client that does similar things as Twitch; and…
Publicly Attacked Microsoft IIS Zero Day Unlikely to be Patched
Researchers have disclosed a zero-day vulnerability and proof-of-concept exploit for a flaw in Microsoft IIS 6.0. The zero-day has been under attack since last July, the researchers said.
DoubleAgent ‘vulnerability’ – just how bad is it?
The saga of DoubleAgent is, among other things, a good reminder that ordinary users shouldn’t have admin privileges
Fileless UAC Bypass Uses Windows Backup and Restore Utility
Researcher Matt Nelson disclosed another Windows UAC bypass, this one abusing the sdclt.exe backup and restore utility to execute a payload without triggering an alert.