Last week, we covered “Follina,” the Microsoft security vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office documents. After you opened an affected Office document, a bad actor could potentially take control of your system. This week, the threat turns to “SearchNightmare,” another Microsoft vulnerability. SearchNightmare is not unlike Follina: like the latter, SearchNightmare tricks the victim into opening a malicious document, such as Word …
Malware on Android isn’t a rare topic, unfortunately. While Google has a system to vet apps on the Play Store, hackers are clever, and find ways to slip malicious software through the cracks. “Facestealer” is the latest such software to do so: here’s what it is, and how to avoid it. Facestealer’s goal is to spy on your phone for …
Security vulnerabilities aren’t fun, especially when they affect products we rely on every day. A new vulnerability, dubbed “Follina,” unfortunately targets a suite of apps you likely use all the time: Microsoft Office. Follina, which Microsoft has identified as CVE-2022-30190, is a remote code execution vulnerability. When exploited, a bad actor can use this vulnerability to run arbitrary code with …
Last week, Apple released security patches for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. While the company didn’t advertise these software updates as security patches, the new versions fix dozens upon dozens of security vulnerabilities across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. If you have these devices, update them as soon as possible. Apple released iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, and macOS 12.4 on Monday, …
Google is a powerful, essential search engine that helps us find everything from new recipes to affordable flights. But unless you’re trying to sell something attached to your name, you probably don’t want your personal, identifying information available on Google for all to see. Now, you can remove it for good. Google announced this new measure in a blog post …
With the infamous Pegasus malware making the news, the idea of bad actors installing malicious software on your iPhone isn’t far fetched. However, that malware usually gets there when the phone is turned on. As it happens, researchers have found a way to install malware on a powered-off iPhone. Here’s the thing: when you “shut down” your iPhone, it doesn’t …