vulnerability
Disqus security flaw used to deanonymize online commenters
A security flaw in the API of popular blog comment hosting service Disqus can be exploited to reveal the email addresses of users, and therefore occasionally even their …
DARPA’s games crowdsource discovery of software flaws
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a series of games aimed at discovering whether large numbers of non-expert users can perform formal …
ENISA issues recommendations on SCADA patching
“How long can we afford having critical infrastructures that use unpatched SCADA systems?” the EU’s cyber security Agency ENISA asks, and advises EU Member …
Rogue apps can remove Android device locks
Security researchers from German IT consultancy Curesec have uncovered the existence of an Android flaw that could allow hackers to remove all existing device locks activated …
D-Link patches critical vulnerability in older routers
D-Link has released firmware patches for a number of its older routers sporting a critical authentication security bypass vulnerability discovered in October. The flaw was …
Lessons learned from Anonymous and Operation Last Resort
Activists that have links to Anonymous were able to gain access to U.S. government computers through a software flaw on the outdated Adobe ColdFusion platform. This left many …
Browser scan unveils an abundance of critical vulnerabilities
Through our Qualys BrowserCheck online tool we have collected data from over 1.4 million user computer scans and their respective browsers. From this research, we have found …
vBulletin.com hacked, hackers trying to sell info on 0-day used
The developers of popular Internet forum software vBulletin have announced late on Friday that their network has been attacked and successfully breached, and that the hackers …
Microsoft delivers eight security bulletins
The November Patch Tuesday advisories are out, and across the board mixed feelings own the day. Relief and frustration must be present for Windows and Security administrators …
Upcoming Patch Tuesday to bring both relief and frustration
The November Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin is out and I think everyone is breathing a sigh of both relief and frustration. Relief because for the first time in a few months, …
Microsoft and Facebook start Internet-wide bug bounty program
Dubbed The Internet Bug Bounty, it is sponsored by the two Internet giants and is aimed at anyone who discovers vulnerabilities in a series of open source programming …
Another Android “master key” bug revealed
The existence of another “master key” bug that can be used to push malware onto Android users has been publicly disclosed by Jay Freeman (a.k.a Saurik), the …
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