TikTok’s In-App Browser Includes Code That Can Monitor Your Keystrokes, Researcher Says​ by Richard Nieva, Forbes.com August 18, 2022 When TikTok users enter a website through a link on the app, TikTok inserts code that can monitor much of their activity on those outside websites, including [Read more..]

Many WordPress sites today have set the installation to auto-update when new versions of WordPress or your WordPress plugins are released. If you are one of them, your site should have received the update automatically by now. You can double check that you are running the 5.8.3 version. If not, do [Read more..]

Recent Patches Rock the Elementor Ecosystem by Ram Gall, Wordfence April 13, 2021 Over the last few weeks, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in more than 15 of the most popular addon plugins for Elementor, which are collectively installed on over 3.5 [Read more..]

Important Information About Your Digital Security​ Reposted from a Customer Service email from Quicken.com March 10, 2021 We want to remind you of an increasingly common form of cyber-attack — phishing. Phishing attacks are widespread in our industry and we do not want you to be victimized. [Read more..]

Millions of users affected by malicious Edge, Chrome browser extensions​ by TanmayPatange, TheWindowsClub.com Dec 19, 2020 According to Avast’s threat intelligence researchers, many third-party browser extensions for services like Facebook, Instagram, and Vimeo have been infected with a [Read more..]

A Challenging Exploit: The Contact Form 7 File Upload Vulnerability by Ram Gall, Wordfence.com Dec 17, 2020 Contact Form 7, arguably the most widely used WordPress plugin, released a security patch for an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in all versions 5.3.1 and lower. The WordPress plugin [Read more..]

Emergency WP 5.5.3 Release​ by Matt Barry, Wordfence.com Oct 30, 2020 If you have your WordPress sites set for automatic updates, this is rolling out tonight. If not, you need to update to WP 5.5.3 immediately.​ The WordPress core team has released an emergency release of WordPress 5.5.3, just [Read more..]

I have been using Windows Defender (recently re-branded to Microsoft Defender) since Windows 7 and (with the help of Firefox as my default browser) have had no malware issues at all. I highly recommend it to anyone who asks. This is another in a series of positive reports about its efficacy. [Read more..]

The COVID-19 Alert app for iOS and Android has been released by the Canadian Federal Government. However, currently it seems to be supported only in Ontario. COVID Alert Let’s protect each other Health Canada The iOS (iPhone, iPad) version is available from the Apple Store or at .  <- no [Read more..]

The Chrome browser Incognito Mode is not as Private as you think it is! TheWindowsClub.com June 4, 2020 Google faces $5 billion class-action lawsuit Google Chrome provides users with the Incognito mode. Not just Chrome but nearly all modern web browser applications these days have a private [Read more..]