vulnerability
Researchers detail attacks for compromising Dropbox user accounts
Dropbox, the popular file hosting service that has managed to amass over 100 million users in the five years since it was launched, has had its fair share of problems: …
Shielding targeted applications
When we discuss exploit prevention, we often talk about “targeted applications.’ This term refers to end-user applications which can be exploited by hackers for …
Compliance and security vulnerabilities are top concerns for POS systems
Without adequate controls to manage store systems and the increase in number and variety of devices – retailers can expect security costs to continue to increase …
Apple Dev Center was hacked via remote code execution bug
Apple’s ever expanding article listing researchers’ credits for finding and reporting potential security issues in Apple’s web servers has some new entries, …
Scanning the Internet in less than an hour
Scanning the Internet used to be a task that took months, but a new tool created by a team of researchers from the University of Michigan can scan all (or most) of the …
LastPass bug leaks plain text passwords
Users of popular password manager LastPass have been advised to update to the latest version of the software, which incorporates a patch for a recently discovered bug that …
Google delivers patch for Android SecureRandom implementation
An Android security engineer has again confirmed the existence of the vulnerability that made the most popular Bitcoin wallet apps for the platform open to attack, and offered …
Joomla exploit doing rounds, users advised to update
Users who run their sites own sites and use the Joomla CMS but haven’t updated it in a while should do so immediately if they don’t want to see their sites …
Microsoft releases critical fixes for IE and Exchange Server
There’s a remotely exploitable, publicly disclosed, critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange (MS13-061)! But wait, is it really remotely …
Google increases rewards for Chromium bug reports
It has recently been proved that setting up bug bounties is a cheaper option than hiring full-time bug hunters, and Google’s two bug bounty programs – Google Web …
Windows XP’s approaching retirement will be boon for blackhats
Windows XP, one of Microsoft’s most popular products ever, is scheduled to be retired in April 2014. This means that from that moment on, no updates patching security …
Android security flaw puts Bitcoin users at risk
The Bitcoin Foundation has issued a security advisory warning users that have generated their Bitcoin wallet with an Android app that their Bitcoins can be easily stolen. The …
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