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Help Sngine get, Better, Safer, Smarter, by AFFA https://www.affasocial.com

When we have a website we have 2 things we must focus on "Spammers" "and Brute Force". Now I have stated 2025 will be the year for https://www.affasocial.comAll websites have the ability to easily block IP addresses and if you think about this it only blocks the IP address and as we know that can block a whole lotta of people on a shared connection. In other words it wont just block the...

2025-03-25 01:52:42

From Yesterday Microsoft March 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 7 zero-days, 57 flaws

March 11, 2025 01:45 PM 3 Today is Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 57 flaws, including six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also fixes six "Critical" vulnerabilities, all remote code execution vulnerabilities. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 23...

2025-03-12 20:58:52

Microsoft patches Windows Kernel zero-day exploited since 2023

March 12, 2025 10:30 AM 0 Slovak cybersecurity company ESET says a newly patched zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem has been exploited in attacks since March 2023. Fixed in Windows security updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday, the security flaw is now tracked as CVE-2025-24983 and was reported to Microsoft by ESET...

2025-03-12 20:55:36

Mozilla warns users to update Firefox before certificate expires

March 12, 2025 11:01 AM 0 Mozilla is warning Firefox users to update their browsers to the latest version to avoid facing disruption and security risks caused by the upcoming expiration of one of the company's root certificates. The Mozilla certificate is set to expire this Friday, March 14, 2025, and was used to sign content, including add-ons for various...

2025-03-12 20:53:59

New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play

March 12, 2025 01:35 PM 0 A new Android spyware named 'KoSpy' is linked to North Korean threat actors who have infiltrated Google Play and third-party app store APKPure through at least five malicious apps. According to Lookout researchers, the spyware is attributed to the North Korean threat group APT37 (aka 'ScarCruft'). The campaign has been active...

2025-03-12 20:48:13

CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure orgs

March 12, 2025 03:26 PM 0 CISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has impacted over 300 organizations in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States until last month. This was revealed in a joint advisory issued today in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center...

2025-03-12 20:46:07

Your site being ATTACKED - Spammed - Brute Forced THIS WILL STOP IT ALL

Detect Attacks with PHP and .htaccess ♦ Posted by Jeff Starr in .htaccess, PHP, Security Updated June 28, 2024 • 9 comments This tutorial explains how to detect and block security threats via .htaccess, and then pass that information to a PHP script for further processing. This is a powerful technique that combines the power of...

2025-03-08 17:15:20

New Eleven11bot botnet infects 86,000 devices for DDoS attacks

March 4, 2025 03:10 PM 0 A new botnet malware named 'Eleven11bot' has infected over 86,000 IoT devices, primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), to conduct DDoS attacks. The botnet, which is loosely linked to Iran, has already launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting telecommunication service providers and online...

2025-03-04 20:35:15

Download Windows 11 24H2 ISO (offline installer), official release

Windows 11 24H2 ISO images are now live on Microsoft’s servers after Windows Latest exclusively reported about the development yesterday. To download the media files, head to Microsoft’s downloads portal, click “Download now” under the ISO section, pick the edition you’d like to try and begin the download. Windows 11 24H2 is a massive update because it’s a...

2025-02-28 18:19:34

How to install Windows 11 24H2, now available for everyone

Windows 11 24H2 is now rolling out to the general public, but it may not show up right away when you check for updates. To download and install Windows 11 version 24H2 (Windows 11 2024 Update), head to Settings > Windows Update. In this guide, we’ll explain all possible ways to download and install the update. Windows 11 2024 Update has been available in the Insider...

2025-02-28 18:16:50

Malicious PirateFi game infects Steam users with Vidar malware

February 14, 2025 12:32 PM 0 A free-to-play game named PirateFi in the Steam store has been distributing the Vidar infostealing malware to unsuspecting users. The title was present in the Steam catalog for almost a week, between February 6th and February 12th, and was downloaded by up to 1,500 users. The distribution service is sending notices to potentially...

2025-02-14 21:48:22

SonicWall firewall bug leveraged in attacks after PoC exploit release

February 14, 2025 01:13 PM 0 Attackers are now targeting an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SonicWall firewalls shortly after the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. This security flaw (CVE-2024-53704), tagged by CISA as critical severity and found in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism, impacts SonicOS versions 7.1.x (up to...

2025-02-14 21:46:32

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