vulnerability
Can poorly designed embedded devices kill?
The industry is not taking safety and security seriously enough, according to the Barr Group, who conducted a survey to better understand the state of safety- and …
Insecure APIs allow anyone to mess with Nissan LEAF electric car
A vulnerability in the mobile app used to interact with Nissan LEAF, a popular electric car, can be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to switch the car’s AC …
Sensitive child profiles, private messages exposed online
Security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered another database containing sensitive user data exposed online (i.e. accessible via Internet). Leveraging Shodan, he unearthed …
E-commerce web apps vulnerable to hijacking, database compromise
High-Tech Bridge researchers have published details and PoC exploit code for several serious vulnerabilities in Osclass, osCmax, and osCommerce, three popular open source …
Why a single point of failure should be your primary concern
Many organizations are transitioning to digital systems, which has increased the dependency on cloud service providers, web hosting platforms, and other external services. …
Critical Glibc flaw opens Linux distros, other software and devices to compromise
A critical bug has been found to open an unimaginable number of computers, networking and other connected devices to attacks that can result in complete system compromise. …
Year-old critical Magento flaw still exploited, payment info stolen
A whole year has passed since a critical e-shop hijacking flaw in the Magento CMS has been patched, but the vulnerability is still being exploited in attacks in the wild, …
Critical bug found in Cisco ASA products, attackers are scanning for affected devices
Several Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) products – appliances, firewalls, switches, routers, and security modules – have been found sporting a flaw that …
Flaw in Sparkle Updater for Mac opens users of popular apps to system compromise
A security engineer has recently discovered a serious vulnerability in Sparkle, the widely used open source software update framework for Mac applications, that could be …
Comodo Internet Security installs insecure Chrome-based browser
Google researcher Tavis Ormandy has found more vulnerabilities in yet another security solution. This time it’s Comodo Internet Security and, according to this issue …
Security flaws discovered in smart toys and kids’ watches
Rapid7 researchers have unearthed serious flaws in two Internet of Things devices: The Fisher-Price Smart Toy, a “stuffed animal” type of toy that can interact …
Revelation of security bugs jumpstarts launch of Malwarebytes’ bug bounty program
Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski has announced that the company has launched a bug bounty program in an effort to make its software more secure. “The Coordinated …