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A banking Trojan has been detected that abuses YouTube, Pastebin, and other public platforms in order to spread and control compromised machines. zdnet.com/article/this-banki…

Windows Media Player May Be Replaced By Microsoft App - A Reddit user named "Noam_ha" recently posted a screenshot displaying a popup message when users open the venerable Windows Media Player (WMP), asking users if they would instead like to open the... ow.ly/UK1750gWIWl

New And Potentially More Dangerous Intel Vulnerability Discovered - The "Spectre" vulnerability that impacts literally every Intel chip made over the last decade keeps finding new ways to make the news.  In this instance, researchers at Ohio State Uni... ow.ly/Z56650gVMPq

Netflix To Release More Parental Controls To Help Parents - If you have a Netflix account and children living at home, there's a reason to cheer about the company's most recent announcement.  They're rolling out some robust new parental control featur... ow.ly/E9C750gUQdh

Microsoft To Help Intel With Security Issues - By now, you've almost certainly heard of the "Spectre" and "Meltdown" security flaws that affect every Intel chip produced in the last decade.  Users have been waiting for a fix for both of these since Ja... ow.ly/QnqZ50gTsBL

Trustico CEO Leaks HTTPS Certificate Keys Through Email - The CEO of Trustico, a TLS certificate reseller based in the United Kingdom, finds himself at the center of a controversy that raises a number of disturbing questions about browser-trusted secu... ow.ly/mgWH50gSJa7

Another 2.4 Million Users Hacked In Equifax Breach - It looks like it's going to be another bad month for Equifax.  The company just can't seem to get out of its own way. In 2017, the company announced a massive data breach that (it initially claimed)... ow.ly/kIKw50gRP6G

New Android OS To Improve Lower End Phones - Google has another new product out.  A slimmed down, streamlined version of the Android OS called "Go."  Unfortunately, it's release didn't gather as much press as you'd expect when a new OS is released.  T... ow.ly/Isju50gQUPg

Mi-Cam Baby Monitor Video Feeds Vulnerable To Hacking - Do you have a Mi-Cam in your home?  Even if you don't have kids, you may have one. They're a highly popular, inexpensive means of keeping tabs on the comings and goings inside your home when you'... ow.ly/hlEs50gPZrb

Intel Releases New Patch For Spectre Chip Issue - By now, you've probably heard more than you ever wanted to hear about the critical Intel security flaw known as "Spectre."  The flaw is massive in scope and scale, impacting every chip that Intel has r... ow.ly/WeKl50gP4SH

High Speed Wireless Coming To Laptops Next Year - If you're in the market for a new laptop but can milk a little more life out of the one you've got, 2019 will be the year to buy.  The reason?  5G.  AT&T is slated to become the first carrier to offer ... ow.ly/wBGF50gNJ2n

Google Calls Out Microsoft For Security Issue - Depending on who you ask, Google's Project Zero is either the thing that's going to singlehandedly save the internet, or the bane of many companies' existence.  It's easy to see both sides of the argumen... ow.ly/Kyyk50gN1pR

5G Cellular Service Is Beginning To Roll Out - AT&T has big plans for their future and yours.  If they're your carrier of choice, and if you live in the cities of Dallas, Atlanta, or Waco, then you stand to be on the cutting edge of the changes the co... ow.ly/LLOc50gM6Uu

Android Ransomware Infections Declined in 2017 - Android users have a reason to cheer.  According to the latest report by ESET, the number of ransomware attacks targeting Android devices declined in 2017.  The decline represents a bit of an anomaly, g... ow.ly/cJjc50gLcUV

Sim Cards Can Now Be Built Into Processors - SIM cards have long been a source of frustration for equipment manufacturers.  With the relentless drive to produce smaller and smaller devices, the SIM card is a hurdle to be overcome.  It's relatively lar... ow.ly/wOx350gKjfF

New Apple Update Available for Character Bug Solution - Recently, another "exotic character" bug was found in iOS.  If someone sends this particular character (a special character that's part of the Indian language pack) to your phone via any messagin... ow.ly/bCEL50gJpx0

Known Bug On Macs May Be Causing Lost Data - Do you own a Mac?  Do you use APFS "sparse disk images?"  If so, be aware that under certain conditions, your trusty computer may allow you to copy important data into the void where it will be lost forever... ow.ly/meOJ50gI5ci

40 Percent Of All Login Attempts Are From Bots - Here's a statistic that is as disturbing as it is frustrating.  According to the latest "State of the Internet/Security" report for the fourth quarter of 2017, as published by Akamai, bot-traffic accoun... ow.ly/6wA450gHoC8

Traditional Hard Drive Technology Is Evolving - Rumors of the death of HDD technology have been greatly exaggerated.  The advancement of solid state technology and its increasing rate of adoption has been largely responsible for this, but don't count ... ow.ly/ZLGa50gGwVL

IRS Labeled Email Could Contain Ransomware - There's a new strain of the "Rapid Ransomware" making the rounds, and because of how it's being transmitted, it's destined to have a higher than average rate of infection.  The new strain was first discover... ow.ly/siDn50gFE0J