Have you downloaded the NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) app? If you have, you need to apply the security update for protection against the Nvidia vulnerability.
It's a helper app designed to work in tandem with GeForce GTX graphics cards. It is designed to automate the process of keeping your drivers up to date and automatically optimize your game settings.
The leaders of the ransomware known as Sodinokibi (REvil Ransomware) have announced a nasty new tactic to get their victims to pay up when their files get encrypted.
The hackers are now threatening that they'll begin releasing stolen data from the Sodinokibi ransomware to the general public or to competitors unless the ransom is paid.
Windows users aren't big fans of change. Recall the cries of outrage when Microsoft tried in vain to retire MS Paint, which was never a very good graphics program and only a small subcomponent of the company's OS. Users revolted to the point that Microsoft decided rather than kill off the ancient program, they simply moved it to the app store so people could keep access to it if and as they wished.
Instagram has made a recent change you should be aware of. Any time you make a comment, you may get a popup warning that your comment may be "potentially offensive".
That is if the service's AI-powered tools conclude that the warning is appropriate based on an analysis of other comments that have generated complaints.
On the Dark Web, there's a live webcast show called "NulledCast" that few people have ever heard of. It's pretty popular in Dark Web circles, though.
The premise of the show is this: The hosts will hack the cameras in home security systems and mess with the owners.
Researchers at BlackBerry Cylance have discovered a new "Zeppelin" ransomware that is bringing companies to a standstill.
It has been used to target small numbers of healthcare and technology-related companies in the US, Canada, and Europe in recent weeks.
Do you have a home security system that incorporates Amazon's Blink XT2 cameras? Update blink cameras to fix any security vulnerabilities.
If so, be advised that researchers at Tenable Security recently identified several serious security flaws that would allow an attacker to take control of the cameras remotely and use them to spy on you and your family.
Researchers at SophosLabs have discovered a new threat to be on the alert for. A variant of the Snatch ransomware has been spotted in the wild.
It features an innovative means of getting around whatever antivirus software you may be used to defend yourself.
Are you using a device that's running on Windows 10 Mobile? If so, you don't have a lot of company. Sadly, the OS never really caught on. Microsoft pulled the plug on its development, announcing that the end of OS support would stop.
Unfortunately, that day has arrived.
Researchers from Group-IB monitor the Dark Web and have recently reported the appearance of nearly half a million credit card records available for sale.
Each record is valued at more than half a million dollars. The records were rolled out in staggered fashion, with the first file containing some 30,000 records.
