Security News

Adobe Patches Vulnerabilities in Flash Player, ColdFusion
2018-09-11 14:48

Adobe’s Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 address a total of 10 vulnerabilities in Flash Player and ColdFusion, but none of the flaws appear too serious. read more

Qualys Community Edition: Discover IT assets, manage vulnerabilities, scan web apps
2018-09-06 16:10

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2018, Anthony Mogannam, Product Manager, SME/SMB Solutions at Qualys, talks about issues related to open source software and Qualys Community Edition....

Multiple Vulnerabilities Addressed in Opsview Monitor
2018-09-05 17:59

Opsview recently addressed a series of remote code-execution, command-execution and local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Opsview Monitor. read more

Unpatched Ghostscript Vulnerabilities Impact Popular Software
2018-08-22 18:44

Ghostscript Impacted by Multiple -dSAFER Sandbox Bypass Vulnerabilities read more

Researchers Blame ‘Monolithic’ Linux Code Base for Critical Vulnerabilities
2018-08-22 17:10

With an OS design based on a verified microkernel, researchers contend almost all Linux OS flaws could be mitigated to less than critical severity.

Windows 10: Microsoft and Intel patch latest Spectre CPU vulnerabilities
2018-08-22 11:27

New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.

10,644 vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2018
2018-08-14 11:30

There have been 10,644 vulnerabilities disclosed through June 30th, according to Risk Based Security’s 2018 Mid Year VulnDB QuickView report. This is the highest number of disclosed...

25 Android smartphone models contain severe vulnerabilities off the shelf
2018-08-13 17:34

Researchers say that the swathe of bugs impacts major vendors.

Vulnerabilities in smart card drivers open systems to attackers
2018-08-13 17:33

Security researcher Eric Sesterhenn of X41 D-SEC GmbH has unearthed a number of vulnerabilities in several smart card drivers, some of which can allow attackers to log into the target system...

Vulnerabilities in mPOS devices could lead to fraud and theft
2018-08-10 20:00

Vulnerabilities in mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) machines could allow malicious merchants to defraud customers and attackers to steal payment card data, Positive Technologies researchers have found....