• Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 21st, 2015
Christmas Mood: Google Supplements Security Research Program with $1 Million

Christmas Mood: Google Supplements Security Research Program with $1 Million

Google to continue its Vulnerability Research Grants program

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 7th, 2015
Trifecta of Security Bugs Affecting Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba Products

Trifecta of Security Bugs Affecting Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba Products

Most issues can be solved by uninstalling the software

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 6th, 2015
IoT Gas Detectors Are Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

IoT Gas Detectors Are Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

No smart devices can escape hackers, not even gas detectors

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 5th, 2015
3-Year-Old Vulnerability Affects Millions of Smart TVs, Phones, and Routers

3-Year-Old Vulnerability Affects Millions of Smart TVs, Phones, and Routers

Trend Micro reports that 6.1 million devices are affected

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 27th, 2015
LinkedIn Fixes CSS-Based Clickjacking Bug

LinkedIn Fixes CSS-Based Clickjacking Bug

LinkedIn's CSS abused for clickjacking attacks

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

Dpkg Vulnerability Closed in All Ubuntu OSes

Dpkg Vulnerability Closed in All Ubuntu OSes

User need to upgrade their systems to correct the issue

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Chrome for Android Has a Hidden Vulnerability, Quite Simple to Exploit

Chrome for Android Has a Hidden Vulnerability, Quite Simple to Exploit

Google's Chrome staff got in contact with the security researcher and has already started working on a fix

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 11th, 2015
iOS Apps Plagued by More High-Critical Vulnerabilities When Compared to Android

iOS Apps Plagued by More High-Critical Vulnerabilities When Compared to Android

On average there are 9 vulnerabilities in each app

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • November 5th, 2015
Firefox 42 Arrives in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Firefox 42 Arrives in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

New Firefox update was released a couple of days ago

A Hacker Just Won $1 Million for the First iOS9 Zero-Day

A Hacker Just Won $1 Million for the First iOS9 Zero-Day

Zerodium gets what it wanted, can now sell it to governments

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 11th, 2015
Kaspersky Antivirus Fixes Bug That Allowed Attackers to Block Windows Update and Others Services <em>UPDATE</em>

Kaspersky Antivirus Fixes Bug That Allowed Attackers to Block Windows Update and Others Services UPDATE

Attackers could have fooled Kaspersky antivirus in blocking Windows Update or some of its own update servers

Stagefright 2.0 Affects 1 Billion Android Devices, Exploitable via a Web Browser

Stagefright 2.0 Affects 1 Billion Android Devices, Exploitable via a Web Browser

Malicious metadata in MP3 and MP4 multimedia files can allow attackers to take over your Android smartphone

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 30th, 2015
Shopify Refuses to Fix RFD Vulnerability

Shopify Refuses to Fix RFD Vulnerability

Security researcher waited for 6 months for Shopify to fix its bug before releasing his findings online

Ubuntu Gets Security Update for the Nvidia Driver

Ubuntu Gets Security Update for the Nvidia Driver

Users have been advised to upgrade as soon as possible

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 16th, 2015
iOS 9 Fixes Nasty AirDrop Vulnerability

iOS 9 Fixes Nasty AirDrop Vulnerability

Attackers can gain full control over AirDrop-enabled devices

 
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