Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.
Tag Archives: Vulnerability
October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical remote desktop bug
Microsoft fixed 59 vulnerabilities in October’s Patch Tuesday, including several critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws.
Copy-and-paste sharing on Stack Overflow spreads insecure code
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?
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.
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.
Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
That’s how Senator Wyden described the results of DefCon’s Voting Village, where all of 100 voting systems were easily picked apart by hackers.