May’s Patch Tuesday Include Fixes for ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, Zero-Day Vulnerability

Microsoft’s May security release includes updates for 80 vulnerabilities for a number of Microsoft products, including a security update for unsupported operating systems such as Windows XP and Server 2003 not included in the mainstream customer support notification. Of the security vulnerabilities fixed in Read More …

Update WhatsApp now: Bug lets snoopers put spyware on your phone with just a call

WhatsApp has disclosed a serious vulnerability in the messaging app that gives snoops a way to remotely inject Israeli spyware on iPhone and Android devices simply by calling the target. The bug, detailed in a Monday Facebook advisory for CVE-2019-3568, is Read More …

Mysterious hacker has been selling Windows 0-days to APT groups for three years

For the past three years, a mysterious hacker has been selling Windows zero-days to at least three cyber-espionage groups, as well as cyber-crime gangs, researchers from Kaspersky Lab have told ZDNet. The hacker’s activity reinforces recent assessments that some government-backed cyber-espionage Read More …

Old-school cruel: Dodgy PDF email attachments enjoying a renaissance

The last few months have seen a big increase in malware attacks using PDF email attachments, according to security firm SonicWall. “Increasingly, email, Office documents and now PDFs are the vehicle of choice for malware and fraud in the cyber Read More …

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Zero-Days Allow Access to Confidential Session Data

On March 30th, security researcher James Lee disclosed information on two zero-day vulnerabilities present in current versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. These vulnerabilities make it possible for confidential information to be shared between websites. A flaw in the same-origin policy Read More …

ASD reveals rules for keeping vulnerabilities secret

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has quietly published its process for deciding when knowledge of cybersecurity vulnerabilities is kept secret. This is the first official acknowledgement that the ASD might not disclose all of the vulnerabilities it discovers. However, knowledge Read More …