• Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 23rd, 2019
Debian & Ubuntu Fix Man-in-the-Middle Attack in APT Package Manager, Update Now

Debian & Ubuntu Fix Man-in-the-Middle Attack in APT Package Manager, Update Now

Could let remote attackers install malicious packages

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • June 13th, 2018
Red Hat Responds to New Speculative Execution Vulnerability, Patches Coming Soon <em>Updated</em>

Red Hat Responds to New Speculative Execution Vulnerability, Patches Coming Soon Updated

Also known as Lazy State Save/Restore or CVE-2018-3665

Security Researchers Discover Two New Variants of the Spectre Vulnerability

Security Researchers Discover Two New Variants of the Spectre Vulnerability

They are identified as CVE-2018-3640 and CVE-2018-3639

Red Hat Says It'll Soon Fix the Speculative Store Bypass Security Vulnerability <em>Updated</em>

Red Hat Says It'll Soon Fix the Speculative Store Bypass Security Vulnerability Updated

Urges all users to update their systems as soon as possible

  • Mac
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 29th, 2017
Apple Patches macOS High Sierra Root Password Security Vulnerability, Update Now

Apple Patches macOS High Sierra Root Password Security Vulnerability, Update Now

The security patch is now live in the Mac App Store

X.Org Server Security Vulnerability Patched in Ubuntu 17.04, 16.04 and 14.04 LTS

X.Org Server Security Vulnerability Patched in Ubuntu 17.04, 16.04 and 14.04 LTS

Users are urged to update their installations right now

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • October 11th, 2017
Canonical Outs Important Linux Kernel Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases

Canonical Outs Important Linux Kernel Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases

A total of five issues affect Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04

Adobe Fixed Critical Vulnerabilities in Flash and Shockwave

Adobe Fixed Critical Vulnerabilities in Flash and Shockwave

Adobe's latest update fixes several security vulnerabilities

Hackers Could Infect Headphones to Spy on You

Hackers Could Infect Headphones to Spy on You

Researchers find way to turn headphones into microphones

Zero-Days Exploded in 2015, a New One Discovered Each Week

Zero-Days Exploded in 2015, a New One Discovered Each Week

Four of the top five zero-days belonged to Adobe Flash

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 15th, 2016
Mac GateKeeper Vulnerability Still Active, Despite Apple's Patch

Mac GateKeeper Vulnerability Still Active, Despite Apple's Patch

Apple chooses the wrong method to fix GateKeeper flaw

Surprise! Flash Is Not 2015's Most Vulnerable Software

Surprise! Flash Is Not 2015's Most Vulnerable Software

Flash ranks only 3rd in 2015's most vulnerable software list

Google Releases Nexus November Security OTA Update, Factory Images

Google Releases Nexus November Security OTA Update, Factory Images

It addresses a critical security vulnerability, other issues

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • October 15th, 2015
Ubuntu Phone Users Will Receive an OTA-6 Hotfix to Patch a Security Vulnerability

Ubuntu Phone Users Will Receive an OTA-6 Hotfix to Patch a Security Vulnerability

Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 release date not affected

Oracle Patches the Venom Security Issue in All Supported VirtualBox Branches

Oracle Patches the Venom Security Issue in All Supported VirtualBox Branches

VirtualBox 4.2.30, 4.1.38, 4.0.30, and 3.2.28 released

Venafi: 97% of Global 2000 External Servers Are Still Vulnerable After Heartbleed

Venafi: 97% of Global 2000 External Servers Are Still Vulnerable After Heartbleed

Patching up Heartbleed isn't enough to fix the problem

Canonical Fixes Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Vulnerabilities

Canonical Fixes Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Vulnerabilities

Users have been asked to upgrade as soon as possible

 
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