vulnerability
OS X’s Gatekeeper bypassed again
Do you remember when, last October, Synack director of research Patrick Wardle found a simple way to evade OS X’s Gatekeeper defense mechanism by bundling up a …
Flaw allows malicious OpenSSH servers to steal users’ private SSH keys
Qualys researchers have discovered two vulnerabilities in the popular OpenSSH implementation of the secure shell protocol, one of which (CVE-2016-0777) could be exploited by …
Cheap web cams can open permanent, difficult-to-spot backdoors into networks
They might seems small and relatively insignificant, but cheap wireless web cams deployed in houses and offices (and connected to home and office networks) might just be the …
Cisco kills hardcoded password bug in Wi-Fi access points
Along with fixes for a number of older vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and IOS XE software, the Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol, and the OpenSSL package …
Your smartwatch can give away your payment card’s PIN code
Smartwatches can be a perfectly useful and handy wearable device for some users, but it’s good to keep in mind that using them might mean opening yourself to an …
Fortinet says backdoor found in FortiOS is “a management authentication issue”
Fortinet, the company whose enterprise network security offerings include the popular FortiGate firewall platform, has issued a statement regarding a security issue that has …
Google researchers finds critical flaws in Trend Micro AV solution
If you are using Trend Micro’s Maximum Security 10 solution for Windows, you might want to update it to the latest available version as soon as possible. If you …
Drupal moves to fix flaws in update process
After IOActive researcher Fernando Arnaboldi publicly revealed three crucial vulnerabilities in Drupal’s update process last Thursday, the Drupal Security Team published …
General Motors invites hackers to report security flaws in their cars
General Motors has started a bug bounty program and has invited security researchers to report information on security vulnerabilities affecting the company’s products …
EZCast TV streaming stick leaves home networks vulnerable to attack
Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the EZCast TV streaming stick that enables hackers to take full control of home networks. EZCast, which has five …
Bugs in Drupal’s update process could lead to backdoored updates, site compromise
Drupal’s update process is deeply flawed, says IOActive researcher Fernando Arnaboldi. He recently discovered three separate flaws in it, the worst of which could be …
HTTPS Bicycle attack reveals password length, allows easier brute-forcing
Dutch security researcher Guido Vranken has come up with a new attack that could allow attackers to discover the length of a user’s password – and therefore make …
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