Intel acknowledges that Skylake processors freeze in the middle of work. A bug has been found in the Intel processors that can freeze any system confirms Intel. Dubbed as Skylake, theRead More →
Security experts at Heimdal Security are warning a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular Neutrino and RIG exploit kit. Cyber criminals always exploit new opportunities and users’ bad habits, nowRead More →
A critical bug on eBay’s website opened the door for malicious hackers to create fake login pages to steal passwords and harvest credentials. An independent security researcher found the flawRead More →
CBS endangered cyber-procedural: Plane hacking! Software defined radio! White noise! OMG!. There are lots of cringeworthy technology moments on television, especially when the words “hacking” and “cyber” are introduced into theRead More →
API used a simple authentication scheme, exposing users to CSRF attacks that allowed third-parties to hijack accounts. Verizon fixed an issue in its My FiOS REST API that would haveRead More →
Russian ISP Eurobyte fails to answer Cisco’s emails, allows malvertising campaign to go on undisturbed. Cisco’s Talos research team has managed to identify and partially shut down a cyber-criminal group thatRead More →
First major automaker (aside from Tesla) to issue guidelines promising not to sue researchers. On January 5, General Motors quietly flipped the switch on Detroit’s first public security vulnerability disclosureRead More →
A number of weeks back, security researcher Parvez Anwar posted a number of DLL hijacking vulnerabilities within Microsoft Office on Twitter [1]. The following week, Microsoft released MS15-132, which addressedRead More →
IOActive’s Fernando Arnaboldi has sounded the alarm on three major flaws in Drupal’s update process that may allow attackers to poison Drupal installations via update packages and in worst caseRead More →
The security-focused smartphone contained vulnerabilities which allow hackers to control the device’s modem and call functions. Researchers have revealed a severe vulnerability in Silent Circle’s Blackphone which could allow attackers toRead More →
Despite calls to eliminate Adobe Flash Player, researchers inside and outside the vendor continue to invest in and build mitigations against modern attacks. As recently as three weeks ago, AdobeRead More →
Dll hijacking is a vulnerability that is caused by a misbehavior practiced by all versions of Windows.Many people believe that is a feature and not a bug because it wasRead More →
Researchers last week revealed a zero-day flaw that lets attackers take over a Linux system by pressing the backspace key repeatedly. Pressing backspace 17 to 20 times will overwrite theRead More →
Experts at Symantec discovered that hackers quickly take advantage of CVE-2015-8562 remote code execution to compromise Joomla servers. Joomla recently patched the CVE-2015-8562 vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers forRead More →
Adobe squeezes out one last batch of security fixes for 2015. Adobe has issued new versions of Flash to patch a load of security flaws – one of which isRead More →
Quantum cryptography, considered to be one of the most complex and unbreakable methods of encryption, has been found to be vulnerable to attack, according to a major new study. PublishedRead More →
A security researcher discovered a new variant of the Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player flaw. The French security researcher “Kafeine”Read More →
Commission faults Oracle’s Java SE update process with making consumers’ computers insecure. Oracle received a public slap on the wrist from the US Federal Trade Commission over Java SE, the desktopRead More →
Banking industry needs more time, has too much on its plate.The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced that it has pushed back the mandatory migration dateRead More →
OS X: NetSpot is a free utility that makes it easy to map out your wireless network, do a site survey if you have a particularly large one to manage,Read More →
