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Security flaws could allow attackers to steal over 100 different cars
Since 2012, a trio of European researchers knew that the Megamos Crypto transponder – used in a over 100 cars manufactured by Audi, Ferrari, Fiat, Cadillac, Volkswagen …
Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE flaw exploited in the wild
Microsoft has pushed out an emergency out-of-band Internet Explorer update, which fixes a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2015-2502) that is being actively …
BitTorrent clients can be made to participate in high-volume DoS attacks
A group of researchers have discovered a new type of DoS attack that can be pulled off by a single attacker exploiting weaknesses in the BitTorrent protocol family.The …
Google’s Android Stagefright patch is flawed
The security update released by Google last week does not provide a complete defense against attackers taking advantage of the recently unearthed Stagefright Android …
Researchers get $100k for detecting emerging class of C++ bugs
Facebook has awarded $100,000 to a team of researchers from Georgia Tech for their discovery of a new method for identifying “bad-casting” vulnerabilities that …
Script injection vulnerability discovered in Salesforce
Elastica discovered an injection vulnerability in Salesforce which opened the door for attackers to use a trusted Salesforce application as a platform to conduct phishing …
Researchers hack Corvette via SMS to plugged-in tracking dongle
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have managed to hack a Corvette via specially crafted SMS messages sent to a tracking dongle (i.e. a …
Attackers actively exploiting Windows bug via malicious USB devices
In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 14 bulletins and patches addressing a bucketload of vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including its new …
Severe deserialization vulnerabilities found in Android and third-party Android SDKs
Closely behind the discoveries of the Stagefright flaw, the hole in Android’s mediaserver service that can put devices into a coma, and the Certifi-gate bug, comes that …
HTC phone stores fingerprints in easily accessible plaintext
Pressing a finger on your mobile phone’s fingerprint scanner has to be the easiest, most seamless way to unlock the device, and this is why more and more manufacturers …
UK job recruiters network hit by hacker, user info dumped online
TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement), the largest network of independent recruiters in the UK, has been hit by a Saudi Arabian hacker that goes by the online handle JM511.The …
File-stealing Firefox bug exploited in the wild, patch immediately!
A critical Firefox vulnerability has been spotted being exploited in the wild.The bug, reported by security researcher Cody Crews, allows attackers to violate Firefox’ …
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