A German security researcher has published a video over the weekend showing a new zero-day affecting Apple’s macOS desktop operating system. In an interview to German tech site Heise, Linus Henze, the security researcher, says the vulnerability allows a malicious app running Read More …
Security researchers have observed ongoing internet scans and exploitation attempts against Cisco RV320 and RV325 WAN VPN routers, two models very popular among internet service providers and large enterprises. ttacks started on Friday, January 25, after security researcher David Davidson published a proof-of-concept exploit for two Cisco Read More …
Well, there’s some good news for hackers and vulnerability hunters, though terrible news for tech manufacturers! Exploit vendor Zerodium is now willing to offer significantly higher payouts for full, working zero-day exploits that allow stealing of data from WhatsApp, iMessage Read More …
Adobe has issued an out-of-band security update to patch two critical vulnerabilities in the company’s Acrobat and Reader for both the Windows and macOS operating systems. Though the San Jose, California-based software company did not give details about the vulnerabilities, it did Read More …
On April 14, 2017, The Shadow Brokers (TSB) leaked a bevy of hacking tools named “Lost in Translation.” This leak is notorious for having multiple zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities targeting critical protocols such as Server Message Block (SMB) and Remote Read More …
Today, Microsoft released its monthly security patches –known as the Patch Tuesday updates. This month the Redmond-based company fixed 38 vulnerabilities across a large set of products. For the fourth month in a row, Microsoft patched a Windows OS zero-day Read More …
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that hackers are actively exploiting in the wild as part of a targeted campaign appears to be attacking a Russian state health care institution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, Read More …
When the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) performs operational tasks, they may find vulnerabilities in software, hardware, websites, or critical infrastructure. When they find these vulnerabilities, they go through a review process called the “Equities Process” that determines Read More …
Approximately half of all vulnerabilities disclosed during 2018 come with a remote attack vector while only 13% of them require local access according to Risk Based Security’s 2018 Q3 Vulnerability Quick View Report. As reported by Risk Based Security, 16,172 vulnerabilities Read More …
At Pwn2Own 2018 mobile hacking competition held in Tokyo on November 13-14, white hat hackers once again demonstrated that even the fully patched smartphones running the latest version of software from popular smartphone manufacturers can be hacked. Three major flagship Read More …