James Brown

Technology news writer and part-time security researcher. Author of how-to articles related to Windows computer issue solving.

Unwanted Programs
James BrownOctober 19, 2020
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WebDiscover Browser – How to remove WebDiscover?
WebDiscover Browser is just one of thousands of undesirable programs which are distributed in a bundle with free apps It…
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James BrownJune 25, 2020
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Tails developers intrigued how Facebook and the FBI managed to hack their OS
Developers of the anonymous Tails operating system are intrigued how their OS was hacked. Tails experts are trying to find…
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James BrownJune 24, 2020
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Twitter blocked DDoSecrets account
At the beginning of this week, a group of DDoSecrets activists (Distributed Denial of Secrets), describing itself as a “champion…
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James BrownJune 22, 2020
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Hacked Oxford server was used for phishing attacks on Office 365
Check Point experts unveiled a sophisticated cybercriminal campaign aimed at collecting corporate data and compromising Microsoft Office 365 accounts through…
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James BrownJune 19, 2020
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79 Netgear router models contain critical vulnerability
Information security experts Adam Nichols and d4rkn3ss independently discovered that there is critical vulnerability in 79 Netgear router models. A…
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James BrownJune 18, 2020
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AWS handled the most powerful DDoS attack in history, reaching 2.3 Tb/s
Amazon said that in mid-February of this year, AWS Shield service handled the most powerful DDoS attack in history, reaching…
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James BrownJune 17, 2020
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MaxLinear chipmaker became victim of Maze ransomware
MaxLinear, an American manufacturer of systems on a chip (SoC), reported about a cyberattack. MaxLinear became the victim of Maze…
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James BrownJune 16, 2020
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D-Link routers did not receive fixes for critical bugs
In February of this year, Palo Alto Networks experts identified a number of serious vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-865L routers,…
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James BrownJune 15, 2020
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Avast update interferes in running of programs on Windows 10
Bleeping Computer magazine warned that fixing a bug in the AVG and Avast applications led to changes in the registry,…
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James BrownJune 12, 2020
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Facebook helped the FBI to catch a pedophile and sponsored the creation of a 0-day exploit for Tails
An amazing story recently published Vice Motherboard. It turned out that Facebook helped the FBI to catch a pedophile, for…
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