• Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 19th, 2016
ASDA Supermarket Exposed Customer Details for Almost Two Years

ASDA Supermarket Exposed Customer Details for Almost Two Years

Supermarket chain takes forever to fix XSS and CSRF bugs

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 19th, 2016
Yahoo Fixes Bug That Could Compromise Email Accounts When Opening an Email

Yahoo Fixes Bug That Could Compromise Email Accounts When Opening an Email

Infosec researcher pockets $10,000 for his work

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 14th, 2016
Infographic: The Five Stages of a Web Attack

Infographic: The Five Stages of a Web Attack

An intro into the five stages of a Web attack

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 13th, 2016
Three XSS Bugs Found on Mozilla's Add-ons and Support Portals

Three XSS Bugs Found on Mozilla's Add-ons and Support Portals

Security researcher gets $2,500 for his effort

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 12th, 2016
eBay Bug Allows Hackers to Steal User Passwords

eBay Bug Allows Hackers to Steal User Passwords

eBay XSS bug twice as dangerous if used in phishing scams

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 29th, 2015
AVG Forcibly Installs Vulnerable Chrome Extension That Exposes Users' Browsing History

AVG Forcibly Installs Vulnerable Chrome Extension That Exposes Users' Browsing History

AVG installs poorly written Chrome extension

1337x Admin Ignores Account Hijacking Issue, Staff Leaves Torrent Portal

1337x Admin Ignores Account Hijacking Issue, Staff Leaves Torrent Portal

Drama in the pirating community as mods leave popular 1337x torrent portal and create their own clone

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 8th, 2015
Script Kiddies Can Now Launch XSS Attacks Against IoT Wind Turbines

Script Kiddies Can Now Launch XSS Attacks Against IoT Wind Turbines

More security bugs continue to surface in IoT devices

Google Translate Website Affected by XSS Bug, Google Says It's OK

Google Translate Website Affected by XSS Bug, Google Says It's OK

The bug is in the website's "translate a document" feature

XSS Vulnerability Fixed in the WordPress WooCommerce Plugin

XSS Vulnerability Fixed in the WordPress WooCommerce Plugin

Hard to exploit, but a bountiful bug for hackers

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 13th, 2015
2015: WordPress Sites Saw a 250 Percent Rise in Attacks

2015: WordPress Sites Saw a 250 Percent Rise in Attacks

Healthcare sector was also hit hard by hackers

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 9th, 2015
Buggy Analytics Code Exposes NBC, NFL Sites to XSS

Buggy Analytics Code Exposes NBC, NFL Sites to XSS

ECMAScript 6 exposes sites to new XSS attack vectors

The Telegraph and Daily Mail Fix XSS Vulnerabilities

The Telegraph and Daily Mail Fix XSS Vulnerabilities

A third unauthorized redirect issue is still present

XSS Vulnerability in Mantis Bug Tracker Puts Corporate 0Day Bugs at Risk

XSS Vulnerability in Mantis Bug Tracker Puts Corporate 0Day Bugs at Risk

Mantis team fixes dangerous reflected XSS flaw

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 30th, 2015
It Took a Security Researcher 2 Minutes to Find an XSS Bug on YouTube Gaming

It Took a Security Researcher 2 Minutes to Find an XSS Bug on YouTube Gaming

Researchers receives $3,000 for his efforts from Google

Oracle EBS Fixed Against XSS, XXE, and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Oracle EBS Fixed Against XSS, XXE, and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Attackers could gain admin rights over EBS applications

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 17th, 2015
XSS Bug Fixed in Akismet Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin

XSS Bug Fixed in Akismet Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin

Automattic also sets up a protection system for older plugin versions, where the admin forget to upgrade it

 
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