Security News

Qualcomm Chip Flaws Could Giver Attackers Root Access to Android Devices (August 8, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-08-09 19:04

Researcher releases exploit for OS X 0-day that gives root access (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 10:27

Italian security researcher Luca Todesco has published PoC exploit code for a newly discovered zero-day privilege escalation flaw affecting OS X Yosemite (v10.10) and Mavericks (v10.9). Symantec e...

Apple OS X zero-day flaw hands over root access without system passwords (ZDNet)
2015-08-04 07:18

Bug in OS X Yosemite allows attackers to gain root access (Help Net Security)
2015-07-23 12:42

Security researcher Stefan Esser has revealed the existence of a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), and has provided a working proof of concept local exploit that inst...

Latest OS X update closes backdoor that allows root access (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 11:26

On Thursday Apple released another batch of updates for a variety of its products. The security update for OS X Yosemite (10.10.3) includes a fix for a four-year-old "backdoor API to root privileges" ...

Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers
2011-04-15 05:13

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215809/Hackers_gain_root_access_to_WordPress_servers By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service April 14, 2011 Hackers have compromised several servers that support...