vulnerability

Rogue apps can remove Android device locks

December 3, 2013

Security researchers from German IT consultancy Curesec have uncovered the existence of an Android flaw that could allow hackers to remove all existing device locks activated …

D-Link patches critical vulnerability in older routers

December 2, 2013

D-Link has released firmware patches for a number of its older routers sporting a critical authentication security bypass vulnerability discovered in October. The flaw was …

Lessons learned from Anonymous and Operation Last Resort

November 29, 2013

Activists that have links to Anonymous were able to gain access to U.S. government computers through a software flaw on the outdated Adobe ColdFusion platform. This left many …

Browser scan unveils an abundance of critical vulnerabilities

November 28, 2013

Through our Qualys BrowserCheck online tool we have collected data from over 1.4 million user computer scans and their respective browsers. From this research, we have found …

vBulletin.com hacked, hackers trying to sell info on 0-day used

November 18, 2013

The developers of popular Internet forum software vBulletin have announced late on Friday that their network has been attacked and successfully breached, and that the hackers …

Microsoft delivers eight security bulletins

November 12, 2013

The November Patch Tuesday advisories are out, and across the board mixed feelings own the day. Relief and frustration must be present for Windows and Security administrators …

Upcoming Patch Tuesday to bring both relief and frustration

November 8, 2013

The November Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin is out and I think everyone is breathing a sigh of both relief and frustration. Relief because for the first time in a few months, …

Microsoft and Facebook start Internet-wide bug bounty program

November 7, 2013

Dubbed The Internet Bug Bounty, it is sponsored by the two Internet giants and is aimed at anyone who discovers vulnerabilities in a series of open source programming …

Another Android “master key” bug revealed

November 7, 2013

The existence of another “master key” bug that can be used to push malware onto Android users has been publicly disclosed by Jay Freeman (a.k.a Saurik), the …

New Microsoft 0-day vulnerability under attack

November 6, 2013

Microsoft has released security advisory KB2896666 informing of a vulnerability (CVE-2013-3906) in the TIFF graphics format that is seeing limited attacks in the Middle East …

Network IDS reduces “white noise” for more focus on critical vulns

October 31, 2013

RandomStorm has announced the latest release of its next generation network intrusion detection system (NIDS), StormProbe. StormProbe analyses all network traffic, using more …

RSA takes a big data approach to help with high-risk threats

October 30, 2013

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, at RSA Conference Europe 2013 unveiled RSA Vulnerability Risk Management (VRM), a new software solution designed to help organizations …