Security News

The Year to Come in ICS / Critical Infrastructure Security
2017-12-05 15:38

In my previous column, I outlined a series of high-level, prescriptive steps for organizations to follow to better the security posture of their Industrial Control Systems (ICS) networks....

Android's December 2017 Patches Resolve Critical Flaws
2017-12-05 15:17

The December 2017 Android security patches that Google released this week resolve 47 vulnerabilities, including 10 rated Critical severity. The patches affect a variety of platform components and...

Critical Flaw in WAGO PLC Exposes Organizations to Attacks
2017-12-05 09:37

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Germany-based industrial automation company WAGO are affected by a potentially serious vulnerability that could give a remote attacker access to an...

Cisco Patches Critical Playback Bugs in WebEx Players
2017-11-30 19:22

A Cisco Systems security advisory is urges users of its WebEx platform to patch six vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute remote code.

Should Social Media be Considered Part of Critical Infrastructure?
2017-11-30 14:42

Is Social Media a Critical Industry? read more

Cisco Patches Critical WebEx Vulnerabilities
2017-11-30 11:06

Updates released by Cisco for components of its online meetings and video conferencing platform WebEx patch nearly a dozen vulnerabilities, including critical flaws that can be exploited for...

Apple Patches Critical Root Access Flaw in macOS
2017-11-29 17:05

Apple has released a security update for macOS High Sierra in an effort to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that can be easily exploited to gain root access to a system. read more

Critical macOS High Sierra bug allows easy root access
2017-11-29 15:10

If you’re using a Mac, and are running macOS High Sierra, drop everything that you’re doing and go and set/change the computer’s root password. Why? What’s happening? Turkish software developer...

Critical Apple Login Bug Puts macOS High Sierra Systems at Risk
2017-11-29 01:47

A major bug in Apple’s macOS High Sierra gives anyone with physical access to a system running the latest version of the OS root access simply by putting "root" in the user name field.

Critical Code Execution Flaw Found in Exim
2017-11-27 16:45

Serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks have been found in the popular mail transfer agent (MTA) software Exim. read more