You’ll be patching and rebooting everything this month. Paul Ducklin gives you a brief overview to help you prepare. He also explains some vulnerability terminology you might not have heard before…
Tag Archives: Exploit
Apple Safari 7.0.4 closes 22 holes, including 21 listed under “arbitrary code execution”
Apple just pushed out another Safari update, bumping OS X’s native browser to version 7.0.4. Paul Ducklin found himself thinking, “Is it just me, or has Cupertino bumped up the frequency of Safari patches lately?”
As one security hole closes, another one opens! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How many years was that security hole in Linux ? How many security patches for XP? How many lock screen holes in iOS? How much do Google specs cost? Find out in this week’s 60 Second Security video…
SSCC 147 – Why Snapchat will have to tell you the truth about security now [PODCAST]
As usual, Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their insightful and entertaining gaze on the security lessons we can learn from the past few days. Give it a listen – it’s our weekly quarter-hour security podcast…
Linux “got root” kernel bug patched after five years at large
Here’s a kernel bug in Linux that turned out to have been sitting there, Heartbleed style, awaiting discovery and exploitation for several years. Paul Ducklin digs in…
Patch Tuesday wrap-up, May 2014 – Adobe and Microsoft both patch multiple remotable holes
Patch Tuesday updates from both Microsoft and Adobe are out. There aren’t any huge surprises this month, but both companies have critical patches for remote code execution holes…
“Open the iPhone door, Siri!” – Apple’s digital helper coughs up another lock screen hole
A hacker has found a way to bypass the iPhone 5 lock screen to get at your contacts. Ironically, he got in by asking Siri, Apple’s voice-activated “helper.” Here’s how to close the hole while you wait for Apple’s fix…
Patch Tuesday for May 2014 – 8 bulletins, 2 critical, 0/zero/zilch/zip for XP
A quick note to remind you that tomorrow is Patch Tuesday. The scorecard is “2 from 8”, with eight security bulletins due, two of which are rated “Critical.” XP? Not a sausage…
Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Microsoft and Adobe have 0-days, AOL breached, and we win an award! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Are two zero-days better than one? What happened to AOL’s user database? And is that another award that Naked Security just won? Find out in 60 Sec Security for 03 May 2014…