Security News

Information on 50 Million Turkish Citizens Dumped Online (Threatpost)
2016-04-06 16:00

Turkey’s communications minister is denying reports this week that the personally identifiable information of 50 million of the country's citizens has been leaked online.

Emergency Update Coming for Flash Vulnerability Under Attack (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 23:09

Adobe will release an emergency Flash Player update as soon as Thursday, patching a critical vulnerability that is being publicly attacked.

WhatsApp Adds End-to-End Encryption To One Billion Users (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 21:24

Move over Apple, WhatsApp with one billion users takes center stage in encryption debate.

BREACH Attacks Revived to Steal Private Messages from Gmail, Facebook (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 18:52

New life has been injected into the BREACH crypto attacks by researchers who have discovered how to bypass existing mitigations.

Locky Variant Changes C2 Communication, Found in Nuclear EK (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 18:09

A Locky ransomware variant is finding new life by mixing up its attack strategy.

Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Quanta Routers Won’t Be Patched (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 17:46

Routers manufactured by Quanta are riddled with critical vulnerabilities that won’t be patched, as the company considers the product end of life.

Firefox Add-On Flaw Leaves Apple And Windows Computers Open To Attack (Threatpost)
2016-04-05 11:00

Researchers say reliance on an outdated Firefox extension platform opens the door for remote system attacks on Mac OS and Windows systems.

‘Surreptitious Sharing’ Android API Flaw Leaks Data, Private Keys (Threatpost)
2016-04-04 21:04

Researchers have identified a vulnerability in an Android API in messaging apps like Skype and perhaps Signal, and Telegram, that could lead to privilege escalation and data loss, including private keys.

Google Patches Old Flaw Exploited by Rooting Application (Threatpost)
2016-04-04 18:00

Today’s monthly Android Nexus Security Bulletin from Google includes a patch for a vulnerability being exploited in the wild to root Nexus 5 Android devices.

Cisco ‘High Severity’ Flaw Lets Malware Bypass FirePower Firewall (Threatpost)
2016-04-04 17:34

Cisco and the open-source IDS Snort are both vulnerable to malware under specific configurations.