No sooner had we reported that Microsoft will adopt a “rolling update” model for Windows 10… …than we received notice of Apple’s latest “rolling update” for its Safari browser.
Tag Archives: Exploit
Microsoft Word Intruder – the malware that writes new malware for you
Malware construction kits started in the 1990s as a way of expanding the virus-writing counterculture, but now they are all about money. SophosLabs looks at MWI, the Microsoft Word Intruder…
Bugs in the hospital: how to pwn your own pethidine machine
Feeling short-changed by the nurse in charge of your painkiller quota? Telnet into the drug dispenser! Paul Ducklin looks at how to avoid this sort of security hole…
SSCC 196 – From Wi-Fi bugs to carder busts [PODCAST]
From bugs to busts, here’s the latest episode of our weekly security news podcast – for your listening pleasure.
That’s SHUTTING down your PC, not SHOOTING it down! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Ever felt like shooting your PC? This guy did it! (And more news in our weekly one-minute security video.)
Wi-Fi security software chokes on network names, opens potential hole for hackers
The Wi-Fi security software “wpa_supplicant,” found in Android amongst many other places, has a potentially hackable security hole…
D-Link router user? Keep your ears and eyes open for the next firmware fixes!
A critical bug that leaves various D-Link routers wide open has apparently been patched… …except that the patches need patches. Watch out!
If the “Deep Web” becomes searchable, is it still deep? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch the latest episode of our only-takes-a-minute security roundup video! This week: From old crypto bugs to the latest Windows security holes…
Get into RSA 2015 for free, hear eye-opening talks!
The annual RSA Conference in San Francisco is next week, starting on Monday 20 April 2015. Get a free expo pass on us…
Update Tuesday, April 2015 – Urgent action needed over Microsoft HTTP bug
We don’t usually focus on one vulnerability and say, “Do that first.” But this month, we’re willing to make an exception. The Microsoft HTTP stack has a bug that could let attackers straight in with a simple HTTP request…