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MALWARE ALERT: Windows 10 ‘Safe Mode’ Isn’t Safe Right Now
Another day, another ransomware alert threatening to undo your precious, if a bit broken, Windows 10 device. A team of researchers have found a particularly nasty package that forces your PC into Safe Mode and then exploits it. Here’s what you need to know.
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Office Macro Virus Attacks Becoming More Frequent
The resurgence in Office macro viruses shows no sign of slowing up. According to Sophos, attacks using Office’s built-in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) now account for more than a quarter of all document-based attacks.
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How Movie Files Can Become The Source Of Malware Attacks
Apple’s latest security update for Mac OS X includes a series of patches to Quicktime designed to stop the movie playback software from being exploited to launch a malicious attack. How do you turn a non-executable movie into dangerous executable code?
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Sophos Signing Up Beta Testers For Cloud Platform Security
Business security software developer Sophos is signing up testers for its new Cloud Platform security suite, which shifts Sophos’ existing security software systems into a cloud environment, letting you deploy, manage and report via an online interface. The software beta hasn’t rolled out yet, but is due for release in “early 2013”. [Sophos]