Researchers have discovered a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all desktop versions of Edward Snowden’s favourite security application, Signal.
Tag Archives: Security threats
Facebook app left 3 million users’ data exposed for four years
Highly sensitive user data collected from the app was left on a badly secured website for anybody to get at.
The next Android version’s killer feature? Security patches
Not before time, Google is addressing the mess it’s made of Android updates
Remote code execution bug found in GPON routers, but how bad is it really?
An anonymous researcher recently disclosed two vulnerabilities in several older models of Dasan-made GPON routers.
2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE
What should be secret AWS and API keys were (un)secured with the default password credentials: “admin” as the name, “admin” for a password.
Windows-crashing bug not patch-worthy, says Microsoft
When is a bug not a bug? That’s the question raised by researcher Marius Tivadar’s latest Windows-crashing proof of concept.
Patch now! Microsoft and Adobe release critical security updates
…And the Microsoft vulnerabilities include 0-days. Get the patches now!
The Man on the Train: Caught with his phishing loot
How does it end for phishing attackers who get caught? In a case that’s been working its way through the British courts since last September, the unusual answer is in the first-class carriage of a train travelling between Wales and London.
Half a million pacemakers need a security patch
The devices are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and at risk of sudden battery loss.
Medical devices vulnerable to KRACK Wi-Fi attacks
Some KRACKs still haven’t been papered over.