2018
New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions
An Indian security researcher has discovered a highly critical flaw in X.Org Server package that impacts OpenBSD and most Linux distributions, includ…
VMware Releases Security Advisory
VMware has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to …
Microsoft Releases October 2018 Security Updates
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabiliti…
Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp Account
Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp messenger that could have allowed hackers to r…
New Exploit for MikroTik Router WinBox Vulnerability Gives Full Root Access
A known vulnerability in MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously thought.A cybersecurity researcher from Tenable Research …
Google Project Zero Discloses New Linux Kernel Flaw
Google Project Zero this week disclosed the details and released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a potentially serious Linux kernel vulnerabilit…
ecent MikroTik vulnerability exploited in the wild
It has been noted that, that recently patched MikroTik vulnerability CVE-2018-14847 is being exploited in the wild. Security patches were issued in A…
3D Printers in The Wild, What Can Go Wrong?
Richard wrote a quick diary yesterday about an interesting information that we received from one of our readers. It's about a huge amount of OctoPrin…
Expert publicly disclosed exploit code for Windows Task Scheduler Zero-Day
A security researcher has publicly disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all Microsoft’s Windows operating s…
Microsoft Releases August 2018 Security Updates
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabiliti…
Samba Releases Security Updates
The Samba Team has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Samba. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to t…
Adobe Releases Security Updates
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe C…
VMware Releases Security Updates
VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, and Virtual Appliances. An attacker could exploit th…
Steam game Abstractism pulled after cryptomining accusations
Valve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer resources to mine for crypto…
Samsung Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in SmartThings Hub
Samsung has patched a series of critical vulnerabilities in its SmartThings Hub, which could be exploited to execute OS commands or other arbitrary c…
Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
Google has released Chrome version 68.0.3440.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to…
Apache Releases Security Updates for Apache Tomcat
The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31,…
Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update
Oracle releases Critical Patch Updates that contains security fixes for 334 products across all the families. Around third of vulnerabilities fixed a…
Guthub adds security vulnerability alerts for Python
By the end of the last year Github introduced security alerts for known vulnerabilities in dependencies of projects. At first it supported only Ruby …
Apple Releases Security Updates
Apple has released a security updates for macOS, iOS, iTunes and others to address multiple vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit some of these …
Adobe Releases Security Updates for its products
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, Adobe Connect a Adobe Experience Manager. A remote at…
New security updates from Microsoft
New security updates from Microsoft Microsoft has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its products. A remote attacker could ex…
Mozilla Releases Security Update
Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to…
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces WPA3
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 the next generation of Wi-Fi security, bringing new capabilities to enhance Wi-Fi protections in perso…
Cisco Releases Security Updates
Cisco has released several updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilit…
New security updates for Chrome
Google has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities …
New security updates from Microsoft
Microsoft has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to …
New security updates from VMware
VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in VMware AirWatch Agent. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take …
Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control…
Mozilla Releases Security Update
Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to…
Apple Releases Security Updates
Apple has released a security update for macOS High Sierra and supplemental updates for Sierra and El Capitan to address multiple vulnerabilities. An…
Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
Google has released Chrome version 67.0.3396.62 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that a remote attacker could expl…
Pre-installed malware found in 141 low-cost Android devices in over 90 countries
Researchers from Avast the antivirus firm are investigating the discovery of pre-installed malware found in 141 low-cost Android devices in over 90 c…
Flaw in Schneider PLC Programming Tool Allows Remote Attacks
Schneider Electric this week announced that an update for its EcoStruxure Machine Expert product patches a high severity vulnerability that can be ex…
ISC released security updates for BIND
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released updates that address vulnerabilities in versions of ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND). A re…
Critical vulnerability discovered in RHEL dhclient
Critical vulnerability discovered in DHCP client dhclient (part of NetworkManager) in RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and it's derivatives allowing f…
New vulnerability affecting PGP a S/MIME
New vulnerability affects PGP or S/MIME enabled e-mail clients. That means only users which use e-mail encryption are affected. The vulnerability wi…
New Chrome version
Google has released new version of its Chrome browser. Version 66.0.3359.170 fixes several new vulnerabilities for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. One of …
Mozilla has released security updates
Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR and Firefox. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities …
Microsoft has released security updates
Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to tak…
Adobe has released security updates
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Connect, Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application. A …
More security flaws discovered in Intel CPUs: Spectre-NG
Eight new security flaws were discovered in Intel processors. Initial findings show that at least some ARM processors may be also affected. Further r…
A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook
Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions team identified a malicious Chrome extension , which uses a miscellany of techniques to target cryptocurrency trad…
GitHub urged some users to reset their passwords
During the course of regular auditing, GitHub discovered that a recently introduced bug exposed a small number of users’ passwords to their internal …
Drupal Releases Critical Security Updates
Drupal has released critical updates addressing a vulnerability in Drupal 8.x and 7.x. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take con…
Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates
Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Safari 11.1, macOSHigh Sierra 10.13.4 and iOS 11.3.1. An attacker could exploit som…
Updates for CMS Drupal
New vulnerabilities in Drupal can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. We advise administrators to update to pa…
New security patches of Cisco product
Cisco has released several security patches for its products. Some of the vulnerabilties can be exploited by attacker to gain control of an affected …
New version of Chrome browser
Google has released Google Chrome version 66.0.3359.117. This version fixes vulnerabilites exploitable to take control of an affected system. Google …
Security fixes for Oracle products
Oracle issues security patches for its products. Security updates fixes vulnerabilities some of which may be exploited by attackers to gain control o…