Security News > 2019 > May

Microsoft Releases Patches For A Critical 'Wormable Flaw' and 78 Other Issues
2019-05-14 18:33

It's Patch Tuesday—the day when Microsoft releases monthly security updates for its software. Microsoft has software updates to address a total of 79 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its Windows...

New speculative execution bug leaks data from Intel chips’ internal buffers
2019-05-14 18:10

Intel-specific vulnerability was found by researchers both inside and outside the company.

Intel CPUs Impacted By New Class of Spectre-Like Attacks
2019-05-14 18:01

Intel has disclosed a new class of speculative execution side channel attacks.

Boost Mobile Detected Unauthorized Activity on Customer Accounts
2019-05-14 17:54

California-based Boost Mobile, founded in 2000 as a joint venture with Nextel Communications and now a Sprint subsidiary, has warned an unspecified number of customers about unauthorized online...

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003
2019-05-14 17:11

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a...

Capturing ROI on Your Unified Endpoint Management Investment
2019-05-14 17:03

Unified endpoint management exists because devices have grown in number, variety and complexity of how they're being used in the workplace. So how should IT and security leaders approach UEM? John...

WhatsApp Exploit Reveals 'Legalized Hacking' at Work
2019-05-14 17:03

Attackers exploiting a buffer overflow in WhatsApp's signaling software to automatically infect devices with malware - without users even having to answer their phone - and then alter call logs to...

Buffer the Intel flayer: Chipzilla, Microsoft, Linux world, etc emit fixes for yet more data-leaking processor flaws
2019-05-14 17:00

Intel CPUs dating back a decade are vulnerable to latest cousin of Spectre Intel on Tuesday plans to release a set of processor microcode fixes, in conjunction with operating system and hypervisor...

Adobe Addresses Critical Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Reader Flaws
2019-05-14 16:18

Adobe has issued patches for 87 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday - the bulk of which exist in Adobe's Acrobat and Reader product.