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Microsoft fixes critical flaws in all versions of Windows and Office
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings fixes for 33 vulnerabilities. Nearly half of those are found in Internet Explorer, and most of them are critical as they …
Thousands of Zhone SOHO routers can be easily hijacked
Two days before he is scheduled to give a talk about discovering and exploiting 0-day vulnerabilities in SOHO routers’ firmware, security researcher Lyon Yang has …
Google patches Stagefright 2.0 on Nexus devices
Google has released its monthly security update for Nexus devices. Among the issues this update fixes are the two vulnerabilities in the stagefright and utils Android …
Apple releases OS X El Capitan, patches passcode loophole in iOS
Yesterday Apple released OS X 10.11 El Capitan to end users. With it, the company concentrated more on performance and security instead on new features.Among the security …
Firefox 41 includes critical security updates
Mozilla released Firefox 41.. This latest version comes with includes four critical, five high, nine moderate and one minor security update.Fixed in Firefox 41: 2015-114 …
Critical Bugzilla flaw allows access to unpatched vulnerability information
Mozilla has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-4499) in its popular open source bug-tracking Bugzilla software – a vulnerability that can be exploited by …
iOS 9 partially fixes critical, easily exploitable AirDrop bug
Apple has released iOS 9. Along with many new and improved security and privacy features, fixes for a bucketload of security vulnerabilities have been included in this latest …
Persistent XSS flaw in SharePoint 2013 revealed, patched
Among the vulnerabilities patched earlier this month by Microsoft is an important one that endangers users of Microsoft SharePoint 2013, a web application platform in the …
Microsoft pushes out security updates, plugs holes actively exploited by attackers
Microsoft released twelve patches fixing over 50 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Active Directory Service, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Journal, …
Vulnerabilities in WhatsApp Web affect 200 million users globally
Significant vulnerabilities can exploit WhatsApp Web, the web-based extension of the popular WhatsApp application for phones.The exploit can allow attackers to trick victims …
Cisco squashes DoS bug in its unified infrastructure software
Cisco has released a patch for a serious remotely exploitable vulnerability affecting its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor and Cisco UCS Director …
Google plugs Google Admin app sandbox bypass 0-day
After having had some trouble with fixing a sandbox bypass vulnerability in the Google Admin Android app, the Google Security team has finally released on Friday an update …