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9271 crucial vulnerabilities found in 185 firmware images of embedded devices

A study into the security of the Internet of Things has confirmed that the web interfaces for user administration of commercial, off-the-shelf embedded devices – …

Cyber crooks actively hijacking servers with unpatched vBulletin installations

Administrators of vBulletin installations would do well to install the latest vBulletin Connect updates as soon as possible, as cyber crooks are actively searching for servers …

Bug in Android Gmail app allows effective email spoofing

Yan Zhu, a Technology Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has unearthed a flaw in the Gmail Android app that can lead to very effective phishing attacks.The flaw is …

BadBarcode: Poisoned barcodes can be used to take over systems

Researchers from Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab have proved that a specially crafted barcode can be used to execute commands on a target system, saddle it with malware, or perform …

vBulletin, Foxit forums hacked, attacker exploited a zero-day flaw?

On Monday, a vBulletin support manager has announced on the company’s forums that they are forcing a password reset for all of its customers.“Very recently, our …

Open source tool checks for vulnerabilities on Android devices

OEMs like Samsung and HTC run heavily customized versions of Android. Unfortunately, the OEM patch deployment infrastructure is disorganized and too often end users are left …

Open source KeeFarce tool loots encrypted passwords stored in KeePass

Denis Andzakovic, a hacker and researcher with New Zealand-based security consultancy Security-Assessment.com, has released the source code for KeeFarce, a tool that can …

The value in vulnerability management platforms

A study conducted by Forrester Consulting assessed IT decision makers’ satisfaction with their current vulnerability management platforms and the challenges companies …

US Library of Congress makes tinkering with your car software legal

The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works. But, there are …

Cloud-based vulnerability management: Top vendors in the field

With an increasingly fast-paced threat landscape threatening even the most complex network security infrastructures, vulnerability management has become essential.Many vendors …

Western Digital self-encrypting hard drives are completely insecure

A team of researchers has decided to check whether the encryption offered by Western Digital’s My Passport external self-encrypting hard drives is effective and …

A slew of LTE 4G vulnerabilities endanger Android users and mobile carriers

As an ever increasing number of mobile carriers around the world switches to from using GSM/UMTS networks to Long-Term Evolution (LTE 4G) ones, both carriers and users are …

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