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Advice to anyone who operates a mobile device and wants to reduce the likelihood of Pegasus or other unwanted software being installed without their knowledge: stay informed regarding security vu...

https://boot13.com/security/pegasus-spyware/

Advice to anti-malware purveryors: stop doing this. It's short-sighted, dangerous, and stupid.

https://boot13.com/security/flagging-software-as-dangerous-for-the-wrong-reasons-is-idiotic/

VPNFilter doesn't present much of a risk to most users, but you should check to see whether your router is on the list of devices known to be affected. If it is, you should consider resetting it ...

https://boot13.com/security/what-you-need-to-know-about-vpnfilter/

It's encouraging to see that the FBI and other agencies are getting better at tracking the perpetrators of these malicious schemes. Other recent arrests include the person behind an attack on Deu...

https://boot13.com/security/mirai-botnet-update/

If you have CCleaner installed on any Windows computers, you should make sure you're running version 5.34, and if not, install it as soon as possible.

https://boot13.com/windows/ccleaner-malware-incident/

Everyone involved in this mess acted foolishly. But whereas we've grown accustomed to corporations caring less about people than about money, government institutions -- no matter how necessarily ...

https://boot13.com/windows/timeline-nsa-hacking-tool-to-wannacry/

When Microsoft released the Windows XP patch in response to the WannaCry threat, the patch was already developed; all Microsoft had to do was make it available to the general public. Sure, develo...

https://boot13.com/windows/wannacry-update/

Our advice remains the same: make sure all your Windows computers have the relevant updates installed, including Windows XP.

https://boot13.com/windows/wannacrypt-variants-infecting-systems-worldwide/

If you manage any computers that run Windows XP, you should install the update immediately.

https://boot13.com/security/wannacrypt-ransomware-microsoft-issues-updates-for-unsupported-windows/

The scourge of ransomware shows no signs of slowing down. A single careless click on a link in an email is all that’s necessary for one of the many varieties of ransomware to install itself and...

https://boot13.com/security/ransomware-update-2/