vulnerability
Flaw in Comcast’s home security system lets burglars in without triggering alarm
Rapid7 researcher Phil Bosco has discovered a crucial flaw in the Comcast XFINITY Home Security system, which can be easily exploited by burglars to enter homes without …
Cisco Jabber flaw allows MitM attackers to wiretap communications
A vulnerability in Cisco’s Jabber client for Windows can be exploited by attackers to wiretap communications, steal user credentials, and to tamper with messages sent …
The Tor Project announces bug bounty program
Representatives of the Tor Project, the non-profit organization that maintains the software needed for using the Tor anonymity network and operates the Onion network, have …
ISC’s infocon turns yellow to reflect critical impact of Juniper backdoors
SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center has raised its infocon status – the status of the condition of the Internet infrastructure – from green to yellow, …
Critical ScreenOS bugs allow undetectable decryption of VPN connections, device hijacking
Juniper Networks has discovered and patched a critical, high-impact vulnerability affecting ScreenOS on its NetScreen devices, and is advising customers to update their …
Linux machines can be “owned” by hitting backspace 28 times
Taking over a Linux machine that has been locked with a password can be as easy as pressing the backspace key 28 times, two researchers from the Cyber Security Research Group …
XSS, SQLi bugs found in several Network Management Systems
Network Management System (NMS) offerings by Spiceworks, Ipswitch, Opsview and Castle Rock Computing have been found sporting several cross-site scripting and SQL injection …
Critical RCE bug in FireEye’s security appliances exploitable via email
Last week, FireEye has silently pushed out a patch for an extremely easy-to-exploit remote code execution bug affecting its NX, EX, FX and AX Series security appliances in …
Critical Joomla RCE bug actively exploited, patch immediately!
An eight-year-old Joomla critical remote code execution vulnerability, which is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild, has been patched by the developers of the …
Flaws in industrial gas detectors exploitable by low-skilled attackers
Two industrial gas detector product lines manufactured by Honeywell sport two remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to retrieve the user’s …
Four critical Android bugs patched, one could lead to permanent device compromise
Google’s December security update for Android has been pushed out to Nexus devices on Monday, and it contains fixes for 19 vulnerabilities, four of which are deemed …
Millions of smartphones, IoT devices risk compromise due to 3-year-old bug
Can you believe that an estimated 6.1 million smart phones, routers, and smart TVs are vulnerable to remote code execution attacks due to security bugs that have been fixed …
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