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Major Security Issues Found With Popular Android App Do you use the app 'ShareIt?' It's one of the most popular apps in the ecosystem, boasting more than a billion downloads from Google's Play Store and nearly 2 billion downloads overall (including the Windows, iOS and MacOS ecosystems). On...

Apple M1 Macs Are Not Immune To Malware Patrick Wardle is a legend in the Apple ecosystem, and one of the best independent security researchers out there. Not long ago, he sang Apple's praises for the security of their M1 processor. More recently however, he made a rather...

Update Available To Fix Windows 10 Crashing Issue Back in the early days of Windows, the OS didn't have a very good reputation. The dreaded Blue Screen of Death was an all-too-common occurrence and plugging peripherals into a Windows-based PC was referred to as 'Plug and Pray' functionality....

This WordPress Plugin May Have Exposed Websites To Hacks Is your company's website built around WordPress? It wouldn't be much of a surprise if that were the case. 24As the most popular platform on the web, there are tens of millions of WordPress sites out there, both personal and...

This Malware Might Be Undetectable To Some Antivirus Programs For a time, a few months ago, it seemed like the gang behind the dreaded Trickbot network and malware was on the ropes. Law enforcement had rocked the group back on its heels and confiscated or shut down large swaths...

Some MacBook Pros May Have Battery Charging Issue Do you own a MacBook Pro, purchased between 2016 and 2017? Has the battery been acting up and refusing to hold a charge beyond 1 percent? If you've ruled out issues with the charger, you should know that Apple recently...

Update To Popular Android App Included Malware Infection Do you use the popular Android app, 'Barcode Scanner?' If so, you're certainly not alone. The app has racked up more than 10 million downloads on Google's Play Store and is one of the most popular apps in its class....

Data Breach Victims Get More Spam And Phishing Emails Do you feel as though you get a lot of spam mail? If so, you should know that you actually get almost a hundred times more than what you think you're getting. However, most modern email systems (including Google's G-mail)...

New Security Vulnerability Affects Current Mac OS Users Not long ago, a critical flaw in Linux SUDO was discovered and is being tracked as CVE-2021-3156. Given the nickname 'Baron Samedit,' it's a flaw in a Unix program that allows system admins to provide root level privileges to any...