Security News

Microsoft Patches Publicly Disclosed IE, Edge Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 20:27

Microsoft patched a half-dozen critical browser vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed, but apparently not used in attacks as of yet.

Adobe Patches 31 Vulnerabilities, Flash Zero-Day Under Attack (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 18:00

As part of Patch Tuesday Adobe patched a zero-day vulnerability in Flash Player the company claims is being used in targeted attacks against Internet Explorer users on Windows.

KFC Warns 1.2 Million UK Customers of Colonel’s Club Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 17:08

KFC Corporation warned 1.2 million of its UK-based Colonel’s Club members to reset their passwords after 30 members were targeted in an attack.

Facebook Releases Free Certificate Transparency Monitoring Tool (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 14:00

Facebook makes freely available an internal tool used to monitor CT logs for new TLS certificates issued for a domain. Users can monitor and audit this information for malicious or mistakenly issued certs.

Apple Fixes 12 Vulnerabilities in iOS 10.2 (Threatpost)
2016-12-12 21:22

Apple released iOS 10.2 on Monday, addressing a handful of security vulnerabilities, including two issues that could have led to arbitrary code execution.

Netgear Routers Remain Exposed to Critical Flaw (Threatpost)
2016-12-12 19:30

Netgear has confirmed a critical vulnerability in its Nighthawk routers that expose devices to command injection attacks. A public exploit is available.

Alpha Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Released (Threatpost)
2016-12-12 18:47

A sandboxed alpha version of the Tor Browser was released over the weekend and while there are still some rough edges and bugs, it could be a step toward protecting Tor users from recent...

German Industrial Giant Victim of Cyber Espionage (Threatpost)
2016-12-12 15:38

German industrial firm ThyssenKrupp said it’s working with authorities to investigate a data breach of unspecified amount of internal data.

Ransomware Gives Free Decryption Keys to Victims Who Infect Others (Threatpost)
2016-12-09 17:49

Researchers say they have uncovered a ransomware sample that is still under development that comes with a novel and nasty twist. Infected victims of the ransomware, known as Popcorn Time, have the...

NYU Students Apply Blockchain Solution to Electronic Voting Security (Threatpost)
2016-12-09 16:00

A team of New York University students architected a permissioned blockchain system called Votebook that could be applied to secure electronic voting. Their solution was the winning entry of the...