vulnerability

OpenSSL “Heartbleed” bug undermines widely used encryption scheme

April 8, 2014

OpenSSL, an open-source cryptographic library that is the default encryption engine for popular Web server software and is used in many popular operating system and apps, …

Record year for Facebook bug hunters

April 4, 2014

With nearly 15,000 submissions – 687 of which were valid and eligible for awards – 2013 has been a record year for Facebook’s bug bounty program. Add to this …

Details for 30 Oracle Java Cloud Service flaws revealed

April 3, 2014

Polish security start-up Security Explorations has publicly released technical details and Proof-of-Concept code for 30 security vulnerabilities they found in Oracle Java …

European Cybercrime Centre warns about Windows XP security risks

March 31, 2014

The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol warns about security risks related to the end of Windows XP support. After 8 April 2014, Windows will stop supporting its …

Android bug can push devices into an endless reboot loop

March 25, 2014

A Proof-of-Concept app exploiting a recently discovered Android vulnerability that triggers the continuous rebooting of an affected device was apparently also behind the …

0-day Microsoft Word flaw exploited in targeted attacks

March 24, 2014

Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning of a remote code execution vulnerability that is being exploited in “limited, targeted attacks directed at Microsoft …

Flaws in Android update mechanism could turn apps into malware

March 24, 2014

A group of researchers from Indiana University and Microsoft Research have unearthed six Android vulnerabilities that can be exploited to turn apparently harmless apps into …

Full Disclosure mailing list closure elicits mixed reactions

March 19, 2014

The Full Disclosure mailing list has long been the perfect place for security researchers to disclose and discuss newly found vulnerabilities. But John Cartwright, one of its …

Gang wielding ColdFusion exploits expands botnet of hacked e-commerce sites

March 18, 2014

A German website of French automaker Citro?Â«n is the latest of the wide array of higher-profile webshop sites that have been compromised by a hacker gang leveraging Adobe …

Backdoor in Samsung Galaxy devices discovered

March 13, 2014

The developers of Replicant, a “fully free/libre version of Android”, have discovered a backdoor in a number of Samsung Galaxy devices that could allow attackers …

Criminals rush to exploit IE 0-day before the announced fix

March 11, 2014

Last week Microsoft has announced that today’s Patch Tuesday will include a fix for the critical IE zero-day vulnerability that was found exploited in watering hole …

GnuTLS library flaw opens way for MitM attacks

March 5, 2014

A critical cryptographic bug similar to the one recently discovered in iOS and OS X has been revealed to exist in the GnuTLS code library, widely used in open source software …