Tag: Vulnerability
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Adobe plugs critical RCE Flash Player flaw, update ASAP! Exploitation may be imminent
Adobe has released a Flash Player update that plugs a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-15981) that could lead to remote code execution, and …
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3 New Code Execution Flaws Discovered in Atlantis Word Processor
This is why you should always think twice before opening innocent looking email attachments, especially word and pdf files. Cybersecurity …
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Patch Skype for Business now or risk DoS via emoji kittens!
For the second time in three years, there’s a vulnerability in Microsoft Skype that could get communications tangled up in bouncy little …
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Update now! Dangerous AMP for WordPress plugin fixed
If you’re one of the 100,000+ users of AMP for WP, good news – the popular plugin for implementing Accelerated Mobile Pages returned …
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Two friends jailed for TalkTalk hack plot
Two friends have been jailed over their role in the 2015 hack of British telecoms firm TalkTalk. Connor Allsopp, 21, and 23-year-old …
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Vulnerabilities Dip 7%, but Researchers Are Cautious
A total of 16,172 vulnerabilities were published this year through the end of October – a 7% decrease compared with the same time period …
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Almost a quarter of reported vulnerabilities have no known solution
The number of reported vulnerabilities in 2018 is seven percent down on the same period last year, according to a new report from Risk …
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Helping researchers with IoT firmware vulnerability discovery
John Toterhi, a security researcher with IoT security company Finite State, believes that many of the security problems plaguing IoT …
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Inevitable: Earthquakes and Exploits
Nate Silver’s 2012 book “The Signal and The Noise” crisply explains the inevitability of earthquakes and the accuracy with which their …
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Most of the ATM’s Around the World Can be Hacked Under 30 Minutes
Recent research revealed that most of the ATM’s around the world are vulnerable to compromise and cash out from the ATM by attackers …
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Gmail “From field” bug makes phishing attacks easier for hackers
Software developer Tim Cotten has discovered a bug Gmail’s ‘From:’ header structure that can allow the addition of an arbitrary email …
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Thought you deleted your iPhone photos? Hackers find a way to get them back
Twice a year, an international contest called Pwn2Own – the Olympic Games of competitive hacking, if you like – gives the world’s top …
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