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Android apps
Scan reveals known open source vulnerabilities in popular Android apps

Widespread use of unpatched open source code in popular Android apps is causing significant security vulnerabilities, warns the non-profit American Consumer Institute Center …

Advantech WebAccess
Advantech WebAccess RCE flaw still exploitable, exploit code available

A vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess, a web browser-based software package for human-machine interfaces (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, …

Schneider Electric Modicon M221
Remotely exploitable flaw in Schneider Electric PLCs is a danger to OT networks

A vulnerability in the Schneider Electric Modicon M221, a programmable logic controller (PLC) deployed in commercial industrial facilities worldwide, can be exploited to …

Philips health
Phillips plugs security flaws in e-Alert tool

Dutch tech company Phillips has fixed several serious security flaws in Philips e-Alert, a tool that helps magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems work as intended. About …

Wireshark
Wireshark can be crashed via malicious packet trace files

The Wireshark team has plugged three serious vulnerabilities that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash vulnerable installations. According to Cisco …

Datacaptor Terminal Server
Old “Misfortune Cookie” flaw opens medical gateway and devices to attack

A vulnerability in Qualcomm Life Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server (DTS) can be easily exploited to allow attackers to execute unauthorized code to obtain administrator-level …

Wemo
Hacking smart plugs to enter business networks

McAfee researchers have discovered a buffer overflow flaw in Belkin’s Wemo Insight Smart Plug that can be exploited by attackers to access and interfere with other …

match
Critical Apache Struts flaw opens enterprises to compromise, patch ASAP!

A critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-11776) in Apache Struts, the popular open source framework for developing Java-based web apps, could allow remote …

open lock
Networking vendors patch ​against new cryptographic attack

Vulnerable IPSec IKE implementations used in Cisco, Huawei, ZyXel and Clavister networking devices can allow attackers to retrieve session keys and decrypt connections, …

gap
Microsoft ADFS flaw allows attackers to bypass MFA safeguards

A vulnerability (CVE-2018-8340) in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) allows a second authentication factor for one account to be used for all other …

smart card
Vulnerabilities in smart card drivers open systems to attackers

Security researcher Eric Sesterhenn of X41 D-SEC GmbH has unearthed a number of vulnerabilities in several smart card drivers, some of which can allow attackers to log into …

Oracle
Critical vulnerability in Oracle Database, patch without delay!

Oracle is urging users to patch their Oracle Database installations to plug a critical security issue that can result in complete compromise of the Oracle Database and shell …

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