•  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 14th, 2015
Firefox 35 Fixes Three Critical Vulnerabilities

Firefox 35 Fixes Three Critical Vulnerabilities

Multiple memory corruption bugs are removed

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 13th, 2015
Private Photos Exposed Publicly on Instagram

Private Photos Exposed Publicly on Instagram

This could have been a new Apple iCloud celeb hack

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 12th, 2015
Buffer Overflow Glitch in Wonderware Server Gets Fix from Schneider Electric

Buffer Overflow Glitch in Wonderware Server Gets Fix from Schneider Electric

ICS-CERT warns of high severity of the vulnerability

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 9th, 2015
Eight Security Vulnerabilities Patched by OpenSSL Project

Eight Security Vulnerabilities Patched by OpenSSL Project

Devs remind that older builds will be discontinued this year

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 19th, 2014
Security Bug in GitHub for Windows and Mac Leads to Arbitrary Command Execution

Security Bug in GitHub for Windows and Mac Leads to Arbitrary Command Execution

Users are recommended to upgrade the soonest possible

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 17th, 2014
10-Year-Old “mailx” Vulnerability Fixed in Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

10-Year-Old “mailx” Vulnerability Fixed in Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Security impact is moderate, update priority is medium

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 11th, 2014
Patch Against Critical Flaw in HD FLV Player Still Leaves the Plug-in Vulnerable

Patch Against Critical Flaw in HD FLV Player Still Leaves the Plug-in Vulnerable

Updating the plug-in does not fully mitigate risks

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 10th, 2014
Decryption Tool Available for Crypto-Malware Operation Global III

Decryption Tool Available for Crypto-Malware Operation Global III

Ransom message is similar to police scareware

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 10th, 2014
Flash Player 16.0.0.235 Fixes Remote Code Execution Bug Exploited in the Wild

Flash Player 16.0.0.235 Fixes Remote Code Execution Bug Exploited in the Wild

Updating to the new version is highly recommended

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 9th, 2014
Vulnerability in AliExpress Market Site Exposes Info of Millions of Customers

Vulnerability in AliExpress Market Site Exposes Info of Millions of Customers

Names, addresses and phone numbers could be easily revealed

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • December 8th, 2014
Yik Yak Flaw De-anonymizes User, Allows Control over Account

Yik Yak Flaw De-anonymizes User, Allows Control over Account

Service used by young people who share personal thoughts

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 27th, 2014
Emergency Patch for WinCC Issued by Siemens

Emergency Patch for WinCC Issued by Siemens

Exploit for vulnerabilities may already exist

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 21st, 2014
WordPress Releases Security Update Against Critical XSS Vulnerability

WordPress Releases Security Update Against Critical XSS Vulnerability

Bad comments could lead to OS level server access

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 19th, 2014
Privilege Escalation Risk Fixed in Android Lollipop, Lower Versions Vulnerable

Privilege Escalation Risk Fixed in Android Lollipop, Lower Versions Vulnerable

Proof-of-concept available, full exploit not developed

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 19th, 2014
Chrome 39 Disables SSLv3 Fallback, Awards $41,500 / €33,000 in Bounties

Chrome 39 Disables SSLv3 Fallback, Awards $41,500 / €33,000 in Bounties

Double-free glitch in Flash and use-after-free vulnerability in Blink lead receive the highest rewards

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 13th, 2014
Snapchat Asks Users to Give Up Third-Party Apps

Snapchat Asks Users to Give Up Third-Party Apps

Service seeks protection of users from unauthorized activity

  •  
  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • November 13th, 2014
Microsoft’s EMET 5.1 Improves Application Compatibility and Exploit Mitigation

Microsoft’s EMET 5.1 Improves Application Compatibility and Exploit Mitigation

EMET is a free security tool widely used by companies

 
Want more? Browse: