You might want to unplug this not-so-smart robot: researchers found they can watch video streams piped out from its security camera.
Tag Archives: Vulnerability
How one man could have flooded your phone with Microsoft spam
What a difference one tiny little character can make to a phone number.
Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all
The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.
Mystery zero-day in Chrome – update now!
When a bug’s a zero-day that means it’s being actively exploited. So don’t delay, just patch today!
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Media Encoder and After Effects
After fixing a pile of critical security flaws as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe has raised two more needing urgent attention.
Nearly half of hospital Windows systems still vulnerable to RDP bugs
Almost half of connected hospital devices are still exposed to the wormable BlueKeep Windows flaw nearly a year after it was announced, according to a report released this week.
Firefox 73.0.1 fixes crashes, blank web pages and DRM niggles
Firefox version 73 has only been out for a week but already Mozilla has had to update it to v73.0.1 to fix a range of browser problems.
WordPress plugin hole could have allowed attackers to wipe websites
A WordPress plugin with over 100,000 active installations had a bug that could have allowed unauthorised attackers to wipe its users’ blogs clean, it emerged this week.
Bluetooth bugs – researchers find 10 “Sweyntooth” security holes
More trouble in the Internet of Things – Bluetooth firmware code in many devices is found to have numerous bugs.
Firefox six-weekly security fixes are out – get them now!
No zero-day bugs, so by updating promptly you are keeping ahead of the crooks, not merely catching up!