vulnerability

Samsung’s smart home platform flaws let attackers fiddle with your doors

May 3, 2016

Researchers have managed to exploit design flaws in the Samsung SmartThings smart home programming platform and successfully mount a series of attacks that could result in …

Facebook vulnerability allowed access to personal and payment information

April 26, 2016

Bitdefender has discovered a significant vulnerability within Facebook which allowed access to any user account through simple social login manipulation. The attacker was able …

Shopware update fixes RCE bug that affects both shop and target system

April 26, 2016

Shopware, an open-source e-commerce software chosen by a number of big European companies to power their online shops, has recently pushed out a critical security update. The …

Critical flaws in HP Data Protector open servers to remote attacks

April 25, 2016

Hewlett Packard has released critical security updates for its HP Data Protector software, which fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution or unauthorized …

Flaw allows eavesdropping and tracking of mobile phone users

April 19, 2016

German hacker Karsten Nohl has demonstrated to the crew of CBS News’ 60 Minutes program how easy it can be for well-resourced attackers to eavesdrop on the phone calls …

VMware plugs critical information-leaking hole

April 15, 2016

VMware has plugged a critical security issue in the VMware Client Integration Plugin, which could allow for a Man in the Middle attack or web session hijacking in case the …

Uninstall QuickTime for Windows today!

April 15, 2016

The time has come to deinstall QuickTime from your Windows machine. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has just released advisories (ZDI-16-241 and ZDI-16-242) detailing …

Cisco UCS servers can be hijacked with malicious HTTP request

April 14, 2016

A data center server platform running Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) Central Software can be compromised by unauthenticated, remote attackers with a single, …

Samsung Galaxy devices can be made to make calls, send messages while locked

April 13, 2016

Half a dozen (and possibly even more) Samsung Galaxy phones can be made to place phone calls or send text messages even when they are locked, thanks to exposed USB modems. …

Microsoft patches Badlock, but doesn’t call it critical

April 12, 2016

Microsoft just released several security bulletins, with six marked as critical and seven categorized as important. The biggest surprise (or disguise) came in the patch marked …

Bug in OS X Messages client exposes messages, attachments

April 11, 2016

When in March Apple pushed out security updates for its many products, much attention has been given to a zero-day bug discovered by a team of Johns Hopkins University …

Google’s poor design decision undermines 2FA protection