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5 biggest security vulnerabilities of 2018
2018-12-19 18:07

2018 brought massive, hardware-level security vulnerabilities to the forefront. Here's the five biggest vulnerabilities of the year, and howyou can address them.

WordPress Patches Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
2018-12-18 14:51

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in WordPress allow attackers to access features that were intended for administrators only, RIPS Tech security researchers say.  read more

Warding off security vulnerabilities with centralized data
2018-12-18 06:30

This is the second article of a series, the first article is available here. File access permissions Having a system that lets you set the proper permissions and prevents unauthorized people from...

Vulnerabilities in high-performance computer chips could lead to failures in modern electronics
2018-12-17 06:15

A Washington State University research team has uncovered significant and previously unknown vulnerabilities in high-performance computer chips that could lead to failures in modern electronics....

Attackers increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities to enlarge their IoT botnets
2018-12-14 07:00

Attackers looking to add IoT devices to their botnets are increasingly adding vulnerability exploitation to their attack arsenal, Netscout researchers warn. Instead on just relying on a list of...

Several Vulnerabilities Patched With Release of WordPress 5.0.1
2018-12-13 15:11

WordPress developers announced on Thursday the availability of version 5.0.1 of the content management system (CMS), which addresses several types of vulnerabilities. read more

Adobe Patches 87 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat Software
2018-12-11 20:18

The December 2018 Patch Tuesday updates released by Adobe address a total of 87 vulnerabilities affecting the company’s Acrobat software. read more

Chrome 71 Patches 43 Vulnerabilities
2018-12-07 15:43

Google has released Chrome 71 to the stable channel with 43 security fixes inside, as well as with a series of additional protections to improve the overall user experience.

Google Patches More Than 50 Android Vulnerabilities in December
2018-12-06 15:08

Google this week released a set of security patches for Android, to address over 50 vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system. read more

Google Patches 11 Critical RCE Android Vulnerabilities
2018-12-04 16:56

Google’s December Android Security Bulletin tackles 53 unique flaws.