Category: Tech News
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Windows 10 VPN Client broken via KB5009543
January 12, 2022 off to a busy start! Calls and emails have been pouring in today from Windows 10 and 11 users reporting issues with their Windows Built in VPN Client not allowing them to connect to VPN resources. We have seen this a few times now and it appears a new Microsoft update is […]
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Shortages in laptops and desktops could possibly last all of 2021
Shortages in laptops and desktops could possibly last all year. Anthony Spadafora over at Tech Radar reports supply chain shortages in laptops and desktops could possibly last until 2022. He tells us getting your hands on a new laptop or desktop in 2021 could be slightly trickier as the market responds to a major surge […]
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Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products
Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7.8), affects version 4.60 present in wide-range of Zyxel devices, including […]
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49 New Google Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking Cryptocurrency Wallets
Google has ousted 49 Chrome browser extensions from its Web Store that masqueraded as cryptocurrency wallets but contained malicious code to siphon off sensitive information and empty the digital currencies. The 49 browser add-ons, potentially the work of Russian threat actors, were identified by researchers from MyCrypto and PhishFort. “Essentially, the extensions are phishing for […]
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NetCAT: New Attack Lets Hackers Remotely Steal Data From Intel CPUs
Unlike previous side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed in Intel CPUs, researchers have discovered a new flaw that can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring an attacker to have physical access or any malware installed on a targeted computer. Dubbed NetCAT, short for Network Cache ATtack, the new network-based side-channel vulnerability could allow a remote attacker […]
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Web Browsers implementation of DNS over HTTPS TLS
Immediately after Mozilla announced its plan to soon enable ‘DNS over HTTPS’ (DoH) by default for Firefox users in the United States, Google today says it is planning an experiment with the privacy-focused technology in its upcoming Chrome 78. Under development since 2017, ‘DNS over HTTPS’ performs DNS lookups—finding the server IP address of a […]