Security News > 2015 > September

Apple Gatekeeper Bypass Opens Door for Malicious Code (Threatpost)
2015-09-30 13:10

Researcher Patrick Wardle will demonstrate a Mac OS X Gatekeeper bypass that exploits a weakness in the Apple OS that allows signed apps to execute malicious code.

500 million users at risk of compromise via unpatched WinRAR bug (Help Net Security)
2015-09-30 12:37

A critical vulnerability has been found in the latest version of WinRAR, the popular file archiver and compressor utility for Windows, and can be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a machine ...

Scammers use Google AdWords, fake Windows BSOD to steal money from users (Help Net Security)
2015-09-30 11:30

Faced with the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), many unexperienced computer users' first reaction is panic. If that screen contains a toll free number ostensibly manned by Microsoft techn...