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Tag Archives: Vulnerability
Ripple20 bugs set off wave of security problems in millions of devices
Security researchers have discovered a handful of game-changing vulnerabilities that spell trouble for dozens of connected device vendors and their customers.
Intel announces “exploit busting” features in its next processor chips
More bad news for cybercrooks… we hope.
Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
Billions of devices affected by UPnP vulnerability
Stop us if you’ve heard this before but a researcher has uncovered a new security vulnerability affecting many devices running the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol.
Botnet blasts WordPress sites with configuration download attacks
A million sites attacked by 20,000 different computers.
Firefox fixes cryptographic data leakage in latest security update
How time flies – the latest four-weekly Firefox update is out.
VMware flaw allows takeover of multiple private clouds
VMWare’s VMware Cloud Director has a security flaw that researchers believe could be exploited to compromise multiple customer accounts using the same cloud infrastructure.
No password required! “Sign in with Apple” account takeover flaw patched
A bug bounty hunter found a way to login using “Sign in with Apple”… but without the part where you have to put in a password.
Github uncovers malicious scanner targeting developers
GitHub has uncovered a form of malware that spreads via infected repositories on its system.