Security News

IoT Village uncovers 47 security vulnerabilities across 23 devices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-16 14:00

New dangers in both home security and municipal power facilities were revealed as the results of the 2nd Annual IoT Village, held at DEF CON 24 in Las Vegas. More than 47 new vulnerabilities were...

Ransomware usage explodes, as app, browser and plug-in vulnerabilities increase (Help Net Security)
2016-09-14 13:30

Bromium conducted research on cyber attacks and threats affecting enterprise security over the last six months. The good news is while the number of vulnerabilities is steadily increasing, not all...

Microsoft Patches 47 Vulnerabilities with September Patch Tuesday (Threatpost)
2016-09-13 20:24

Microsoft patched 47 vulnerabilities with 14 security bulletins, seven critical, with its monthly Patch Tuesday updates today.

FDA, DHS Investigating St. Jude Device Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2016-09-12 19:32

The FDA and DHS are jointly investigating cybersecurity vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical devices.

Are all IoT vulnerabilities easily avoidable? (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 13:15

Every vulnerability or privacy issue reported for consumer connected home and wearable technology products since November 2015 could have been easily avoided, according to the Online Trust...

WordPress Update Resolves XSS, Path Traversal Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2016-09-08 16:23

Developers with WordPress are strongly encouraging users of the content management system to update to the most recent version, 4.6.1, released on Wednesday.