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Latest OS X update closes backdoor that allows root access
On Thursday Apple released another batch of updates for a variety of its products. The security update for OS X Yosemite (10.10.3) includes a fix for a four-year-old …
MitM, DoS bugs in Network Time Protocol squashed
Two vulnerabilities affecting Network Time Protocol (NTP), which is used for synchronizing clocks of computer systems, have been patched and made available in the latest …
Snapchat blocks third-party apps from accessing its APIs
Snapchat has had its fair share of data breaches and security troubles, the latest of which stemmed from the fact that the app’s internal API has been reverse-engineered …
Firefox 37 enhances security
Mozilla has released Firefox 37.0. This update includes security fixes for four critical, two high, five moderate and one low impact vulnerability. Among the new and changed …
Puush servers compromised to deliver malware disguised as app update
Users of screenshot-grabbing-and-easy-sharing app Puush are in danger of having their passwords stolen by malware that masquerades as the (then) latest update for the app. It …
Old Adobe Flex SDK bug still threatens users of many high-profile sites
An old vulnerability affecting old releases of the Adobe Flex SDK compiler can be exploited to compromise user data of visitors to many popular sites, including three of most …
OpenSSL security update less critical than expected, still recommended
As announced on Monday, the OpenSSL project team has released new versions of the cryptographic library that fix a number of security issues. The announcement created a panic …
D-Link patches critical flaws in wireless range extender, Wi-Fi cameras firmware
D-Link has released new firmware for its DAP-1320 wireless range extender and the DCS-93xL family of Wi-Fi cameras in order to patch two critical vulnerabilities that can lead …
Microsoft patches flaw exploited by Stuxnet – again
Among the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft in this month’s Patch Tuesday is one that was supposedly patched back in 2010. The Windows Shell Shortcut Icon Loading …
Microsoft patches Windows, IE, Office, SharePoint
This month Microsoft has released 14 new bulletins, 5 of which are rated as Critical, 9 as Important. As a déjà vu from last month, a critical remote code execution …
Apple issued update for FREAK flaw in OS X and iOS
Apple has released security updates for OS X and iOS which, among other things, fix the FREAK flaw that may allow an attacker to decrypt secure communications between …
Seagate acknowledges NAS 0-day, announces patch
After security researcher OJ Reeves publicly revealed the existence of a remote code execution zero-day flaw affecting Seagate’s Business Storage 2-Bay NAS line of …
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