Lenovo today said that it would immediately begin reducing the amount of "crapware" on its consumer PCs, a move triggered by last week's admission that adware pre-loaded onto the Chinese company's machines posed a critical security threat.
Gregg Keizer |
28 Feb |
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Researchers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday said that they had found evidence that implies attackers have exploited a security vulnerability in the Superfish adware and a slew of other programs.
Gregg Keizer |
27 Feb |
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Lenovo's "brand buzz" rating fell by half since news broke last week that it had pre-loaded hacker-vulnerable adware onto consumer PCs, a brand quality measurement firm said today.
Gregg Keizer |
26 Feb |
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Google yesterday said it would shut down its Pwnium hacking contest, which it has held alongside the better-known Pwn2Own challenge each spring since 2012.
Gregg Keizer |
26 Feb |
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Lenovo and adware maker, Superfish, has come under more legal fire yesterday as two new lawsuits were filed in California federal courts taking the firms to task for putting consumers at risk of hacker spying and information theft.
Gregg Keizer |
25 Feb |
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Google has added an early warning alert to Chrome that pops up when users try to access a website that the search giant suspects will try to dupe users into downloading underhanded software.
Gregg Keizer |
25 Feb |
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Apple will launch an invite-only public beta of iOS 8.3 next month, then expand the program this summer with iOS 9, according to online reports.
Gregg Keizer |
24 Feb |
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Lenovo has released a promised tool to delete the Superfish Visual Discovery adware from its consumer PCs.
Gregg Keizer |
22 Feb |
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Microsoft today updated its free Windows Defender and Security Essentials antivirus programs with a signature that sniffs out and deletes the rogue certificate linked to Superfish Visual Discovery, the "crapware" that blew up in Lenovo's face this week.
Gregg Keizer |
21 Feb |
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Well, the crapware certainly hit the fan.
Gregg Keizer |
20 Feb |
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The Equation cyberespionage group that used tools similar to those deployed in the past by U.S. intelligence agencies appears to have targeted Macs as well as Windows PCs, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab said yesterday.
Gregg Keizer |
18 Feb |
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Google today relaxed its strict 90-day vulnerability disclosure that put it at odds with rival Microsoft last month, saying it would give vendors a 14-day grace period if they promised to fix a flaw within the two-week stretch.
Gregg Keizer |
14 Feb |
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Hewlett-Packard's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) today outlined the rules for its annual hacking contest, Pwn2Own, which will run March 18-19 with $465,000 in prize money on the table.
Gregg Keizer |
13 Feb |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into the cause of a spike in fraudulent tax returns filed using Intuit's TurboTax tax preparation software, according to a report by the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>.
Gregg Keizer |
12 Feb |
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Security experts yesterday were still frustrated about Microsoft's decision last month to halt advance warnings of each month's patch slate, with one calling it a "blockade" and another arguing that it makes it difficult for IT administrators to do their job.
Gregg Keizer |
12 Feb |
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