It’s the time-saving technique employed by many coders – copy and paste code from crowd-sourcing ‘Q&A’ websites. But is it always secure?
Tag Archives: Security threats
TOMS hacker tells people to log off and enjoy a screenless day
TOMS seems like a really nice shoe company, and it just got hacked in a really nice way. But it’s still a hack.
Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug
Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another – this time in Signal.
Android devices hit by zero-day exploit Google thought it had patched
Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.
WhatsApp vulnerability could compromise Android smartphones
A researcher has released details of a WhatsApp flaw that could be used to compromise the app and the mobile device the app is running on.
PDF encryption standard weaknesses uncovered
Researchers have discovered weaknesses in PDF encryption which could be exploited to reveal the plaintext contents of a file to an attacker.
Google’s Password Manager now checks for breached credentials
Google has taken the next step in its strategy to secure users’ passwords. The search giant has taken a password-checking feature released in February as an extension to its Chrome browser and embedded it directly into its password manager service.
Ransomware attacks paralyze, and sometimes crush, hospitals
New attacks on the perennially besieged sector have crippled hospitals in the US and Australia and caused one health clinic to shut down.
Exim suffers another ‘critical’ remote code execution flaw
This latest Exim flaw could lead to at least a denial of service crash in the software but also the possibility of remote code execution.
O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution
This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.