Security News

Joomla Update Patches Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2015-10-23 12:56

Joomla released a new version of its CMS Thursday, 3,4,5, that addresses a critical SQL injection vulnerability that could have let attackers gain access to data in the backend of any site running...

Apple pushes out critical security updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and other products (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 10:11

Apple has released security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in the following Apple products: OS X El Capitan, Mavericks and Yosemite, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, iOS, iTunes, Xcode, and Mac ...

Academics Find Critical Flaws in Self-Encrypting Hardware Drives (Threatpost)
2015-10-20 18:04

Some consumer-grade, self-encrypting external hard drives from Western Digital are littered with security vulnerabilities that render their encryption an afterthought.

WordPress Fixes Critical Stored XSS Error in Akismet (Threatpost)
2015-10-15 17:29

Developers at Automattic fixed a stored cross-site scripting error this week in Akismet, the anti-spam plugin that figures into millions of WordPress websites.