Security News

Account Takeover Vulnerability Found in Popular EA Games Origin Platform
2019-06-26 18:03

A popular gaming platform used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could have allowed remote hackers to takeover players' accounts...

Tor Browser Issues Update for Critical System Takeover Flaw
2019-06-20 15:53

The update patches critical flaw (CVE-2019-11707), a type confusion vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox code that Tor uses.

Microsoft Management Console Bugs Allow Windows Takeover
2019-06-18 15:01

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs and an XML external entity (XXE) problem opens the door to takeover of admin desktops.

High-Severity Cisco Flaw in IOS XE Enables Device Takeover
2019-06-13 13:57

A high-severity flaw could give attackers full control of Cisco routers or switches.

Critical Flaws in Amcrest HDSeries Camera Allow Complete Takeover
2019-06-07 21:56

Time's up on public disclosure of six serious bugs impacting the vendor’s IPM-721S model security camera.

Critical Vulnerabilities Lead to Account Takeover in Major IPTV Streamer
2019-06-05 16:38

Critical vulnerabilities have been found in the Ukrainian IPTV video streaming platform Ministra, which uses Infomir-manufactured set top boxes (STBs) to transmit streaming content from the...

BlueKeep ‘Mega-Worm’ Looms as Fresh PoC Shows Full System Takeover
2019-06-05 14:14

A working exploit for the critical remote code-execution flaw shows how an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full run of a victim machine in about 22 seconds.

Week in review: BlueKeep vulnerability, preventing Google account takeovers
2019-05-26 17:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR In recognition of GDPR’s first anniversary, nCipher...

Critical Flaws in Khan Academy Opened Door to Account Takeovers
2019-05-22 17:44

The two critical cross-site request forgery flaws in the online learning non-profit Khan Academy have been resolved.

How effective are login challenges at preventing Google account takeovers?
2019-05-21 05:15

Despite implementation bugs that might affect the security of physical security keys, they are the strongest protection against phishing currently available, Google maintains. On-device prompts...