vulnerability
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 …
Attackers can use Siri, Google Now to secretly take over smartphones
A team of researchers from the French Network and Information Security Agency (ANSSI) has devised a way to covertly exploit the Siri and Google Now voice activated personal …
WiFi jamming attacks more simple and cheaper than ever
A security researcher has demonstrated that jamming WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee networks is not difficult to perform but, most importantly, also not as costly as one might …
Authentication bypass flaw in Netgear SOHO routers exploited in the wild
A critical security vulnerability affecting nine Netgear router models is being exploited in the wild. The flaw that the attackers took advantage of allowed them to access the …
Attackers compromise Cisco Web VPNs to steal login credentials, backdoor target networks
Another Cisco product is being targeted by attackers looking for a permanent way into the computer networks and systems of various organizations, Volexity researchers …
Pen-testing drone searches for unsecured devices
You’re sitting in an office, and you send a print job to the main office printer. You see or hear a drone flying outside your window. Next thing you know, the printer …
Huawei 3G routers rife with flaws
South Korean security researcher Pierre Kim has revealed today that fifteen Huawei 3G routers have a slew of serious vulnerabilities – RCE, XSS, CSRF, DoS, …
Stagefright 2.0: A billion Android devices could be compromised
Most Android users are, once again, in danger of having their devices compromised by simply previewing specially crafted MP3 or MP4 files.Zimperium researchers, who were the …
Compromising Macs with simple Gatekeeper bypass
Patrick Wardle, director of research at security firm Synack, has discovered a worryingly simple way to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper defense mechanism: just bundle up a …
500 million users at risk of compromise via unpatched WinRAR bug
A critical vulnerability has been found in the latest version of WinRAR, the popular file archiver and compressor utility for Windows, and can be exploited by remote attackers …
Companies leave vulnerabilities unpatched for up to 120 days
Kenna studied the proliferation of non-targeted attacks and companies’ ability to mitigate these threats through the timely remediation of security vulnerabilities in their …
Too many vulnerable medical systems can be found online
How many critical medical systems can be found on the Internet, accessible to and hackable by remote attackers? According to security researchers Scott Erven and Mark Collao, …