How many years was that security hole in Linux ? How many security patches for XP? How many lock screen holes in iOS? How much do Google specs cost? Find out in this week’s 60 Second Security video…
Tag Archives: Vulnerability
Apple rushes out iTunes 11.2.1 – fixes giant permissions hole
Did you just download the quarter-gigabyte iTunes 11.2 update for your Mac? If so, consider it a practice run: you need to do it all over again…
Apple releases OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, repeats last month’s security updates
Apple just issued a Security Advisory for OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Don’t get too excited – from a security point of view, it seems to be nothing more than last month’s fixes all over again. So, at betwen 0.5GB and 1GB to download, do you need it?
SSCC 147 – Why Snapchat will have to tell you the truth about security now [PODCAST]
As usual, Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their insightful and entertaining gaze on the security lessons we can learn from the past few days. Give it a listen – it’s our weekly quarter-hour security podcast…
Linux “got root” kernel bug patched after five years at large
Here’s a kernel bug in Linux that turned out to have been sitting there, Heartbleed style, awaiting discovery and exploitation for several years. Paul Ducklin digs in…
Patch Tuesday wrap-up, May 2014 – Adobe and Microsoft both patch multiple remotable holes
Patch Tuesday updates from both Microsoft and Adobe are out. There aren’t any huge surprises this month, but both companies have critical patches for remote code execution holes…
“Open the iPhone door, Siri!” – Apple’s digital helper coughs up another lock screen hole
A hacker has found a way to bypass the iPhone 5 lock screen to get at your contacts. Ironically, he got in by asking Siri, Apple’s voice-activated “helper.” Here’s how to close the hole while you wait for Apple’s fix…
US Navy sailor allegedly led team that hacked government computers
A US Navy systems administrator stationed on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman acted as ringleader for a gang of anti-government cyber crooks, prosecutors alleged last week. 
Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
It’s weekly roundup time! Here’s all the great stuff we’ve written in the past seven days. 
Patch Tuesday for May 2014 – 8 bulletins, 2 critical, 0/zero/zilch/zip for XP
A quick note to remind you that tomorrow is Patch Tuesday. The scorecard is “2 from 8”, with eight security bulletins due, two of which are rated “Critical.” XP? Not a sausage…