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Security vulnerabilities found in 80% of best-selling SOHO wireless routers

Tripwire has analyzed the security provided by the most popular wireless routers used in many small and home offices and found that 80 percent of Amazon’s top 25 …

Adobe fixes Flash 0-day

Adobe released their second out-of-band update for Adobe Flash this month. APSB14-07 fixes three vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash, including CVE-2014-0502 which is being used in …

Microsoft issues Fix it for critical IE 0-day exploited in attacks

Microsoft has finally issued a security advisory addressing the IE zero-day that has been recently actively exploited in attacks in the wild, and has followed with a Fix it …

Major vulnerability in Tinder dating app allowed user tracking

Include Security unveiled new research showing that users of the popular online dating app Tinder were at significant risk due to a vulnerability they discovered in the …

70% Android devices vulnerable to released remote access exploit

The recent release of a Metasploit module that allows attackers to remotely access (“get shell”) on most Android-running devices has again raised a very good …

Half a million Belkin WeMo users are wide open to attackers

IOActive has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Belkin WeMo Home Automation devices that could affect over half a million users. Belkin’s WeMo uses Wi-Fi and the …

IE 0-day used in watering hole attack tied to previous campaigns

An Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2014-0322) is actively exploited in the wild in a watering-hole attack targeting visitors to the official website of the U.S. …

Security vulnerability in the Duo WordPress two-factor authentication plugin

During an internal assessment, Duo Security found a vulnerability in their popular WordPress two-factor authentication plugin that completely bypasses the security measures …

Absolute Computrace anti-theft software can be remotely hijacked

Kaspersky Lab’s security research team published a report confirming and demonstrating that the weak implementation of anti-theft software marketed by Absolute Software …

Older Flash Player vulnerability exploited in the wild

Microsoft researchers have also recently discovered several attacks in the wild exploiting another Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2013-5330) on Windows, Linux and OS X. This …

Facebook bug prevents revocation of app permissions

Developers working for privacy software vendor MyPermissions claim to have discovered a critical vulnerability in Facebook’s code. The flaw can be exploited to make it …

Microsoft to keep next Patch Tuesday light

Microsoft continues the trend they started last month of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light. There are only five advisories this month – two critical, three …

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