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Windows 10 Warning: 250M Account Trojan Can Disable Windows Defender

Trickbot is not a new threat, but it is an evolving one. The latest twist of the banking Trojan knife as far as Windows 10 users are concerned is the addition of new methods to not only evade but actually disable Windows Defender security protection. As  reported  on July 14 in  Forbes , Trickbot is a particularly stealthy banking Trojan that has been around since 2016. Since then, it was thought to have compromised no less than 250 million email accounts in an effort to distribute the malware payload. That payload includes the stealing of online banking credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. Microsoft has always been front and center as far as Trickbot attack campaigns are concerned, with weaponized Word and Excel files being a favored approach. The  latest campaign  is targeting Windows 10 users and implementing a highly detailed and convincing, but fake nonetheless, Office 365 page to prompt for browser updates that install the Trojan itself. Disab...
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Mozilla to End All Firefox Support for XP and Vista in June 2018



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Mozilla announced today plans to discontinue any support for the Firefox browser on Windows XP and Vista in June 2018.
"As one of the few browsers that continues to support Windows XP and Vista, Firefox users on these platforms can expect security updates until that date," said Mozilla in a statementreleased today.
Earlier this year, Mozilla already moved Firefox users on XP and Vista machines to the Firefox 52 ESR (Extended Support Release).
The move of XP and Vista users to Firefox ESR was previously announced in December 2016, when Mozilla also said it would provide a final answer on Firefox support for XP and Vista in September 2017.
Well, that date has arrived (and passed), and after an internal review, Mozilla announced it would sunset all support for Firefox on the two Windows platforms on a yet to be decided date in June 2018.
Mozilla joins Google, who dropped support for XP and Vista back at version 50, released in April 2016, along with other older platforms such as OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, and OS X 10.8.
Firefox users that still need a browser for their old and antiquated XP and Vista machines would have to use old Firefox and Chrome versions, but both Mozilla and Google recommended that users upgrade to Windows 8.1 or newer, for security reasons.
Microsoft has stopped XP and Vista support in April 2014 and April 2017, respectively.
Last year, Mozilla also announced the end of support for Firefox on older OS X versions, such as 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8.

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